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I am so glad I spent $1k on an SSD just for this game


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Got my ssd for around $200 and my loading screens usually are visibile for around 4 - 5 seconds, occasionally I get one that sticks in certain world areas when going to pvp and back over and over, other than that its great and fast as hell.

 

$1000 for a ssd.... you got ripped off so bad or your just plain lying.

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Odd, I spend more time playing the game, than I do seeing loading screens.

 

and 250 internet? I spend that much for TV cable and Internet cable. Your internet must be truly impressive.

 

Indeed, he must have some sort of ultra sonic speed internet, i pay 13bucks for mine, and its pretty much as fast as it gets these days.

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So I can sit at loading screens for 5 minutes. Also glad I spend $250 a month on my internet connection.

 

Spending $250 on an internet connection is either your own sad delusion, or, one of the best scams I've heard of.

 

I'm selling a bridge.

 

Interested?

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Spending $250 on an internet connection is either your own sad delusion, or, one of the best scams I've heard of.

 

I'm selling a bridge.

 

Interested?

 

I'm not even sure how it's possible to spend that much, unless it's like a business line or something.

I'm honestly curious as to what one gets for that price.

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You know what the problem is with an SSD? An SSD doesn't handle access to random data very well and being that SW:TOR is a game with a large amount of differential data I assume that the loading time isn't going well because of that little hitch in an SSD's performance.

 

I work in IT and I used an SSD myself for this game to see if it'd work. It works better from a normal hard drive so far and I believe the statement above is the cause.

Does not matter how fast your harddrive is or how well it handles random access data. I tested the game on a ramdisk where loadtimes should be instant but there is hardly any difference from having it on a 7200rpm disk or SSD. And the ramdisk is between 20 and few hundred times faster than most SSDs out there.

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Maybe I am incorrect here...but itsn't using SSD'd for constantly accessed data a bad idea?

What I mean is everyone who has one that I know...uses it as their swap space for faster boot up and that's it.

I had heard they can burn out faster if you use them on a consistent basis. Or has this issue been addressed with newer models?

Just curious.

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Not really based on your internet connection. It is your HDD. Check to see if your HDD is bad and do a cleanup on it. Defrag it using JKdefrag. Check for viruses. Reduce services. I have a 32gb ssd but I dont have the game on it. Load times are never more than 30 seconds.
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My OS is on a 120Gb 6 GB/s SSD, and the game is on a 60Gb 3 GB/s SSD and my loading times are seconds, not minutes. I paid much less than 1000 for both total. You got screwed.

 

*edit* LOL I just looked up the price I paid for both, and it came out to be $291.83 for them both. You really got screwed OP. LOL Where the hell do you shop for computer parts?

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There is absolutely no way that is true. I am sorry man but I have to call BS on this. It is one of the largest complaints from people...

 

The only loading screens that annoy me are when i switch from pvp back to planets like tatooiine or alderaan or nar'shadaa ... those take about 30-40 seconds to load.

 

and i have a normal SAS HDD

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I don't have an SSD and I've never seen a loading screen for more than 30 seconds.

 

Same here - after seeing all the QQ threads about loading times I even timed it - the highest was 27 seconds.

 

Additionally, if you spent $1000 on a SSD then you shouldn't be worried about the loading screens - you should be worried about your obvious early onset dementia. Same goes for $250/month in internet.

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I only run my OS from my SSD, and I got nothing to complain about loading windows. It's not even 20 seconds. I can't even bother to think or time it as it's not long enough for me to actually feel like I have to wait anything. You sure your processor isn't from stone age?

 

Now, 250 for connection, 1k for SSD, you're being ripped off. I paid 200 euros few years back for my SSD, and that was a lot back then, and I pay 36 euros a month for my 100mbit connection. I surely feel your pain, in regards that for that kind money, your stuff should run better, but it ain't running. And I hardly doubt it's in the games end by the sound of it.

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