Comment on Starfield Launch Details, PC Specs & More
BlinkAndItsGone@lemm.ee 10 months agoIt’s probably not 100% necessary; even Jak & Daxter: Rift Apart, which leans heavily on DirectStorage-type loading speeds to switch between worlds on the fly, can be played off a hard drive, tests have shown. But any PC built in the last 5+ years really should have an SSD.
beefcat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“Playable” and “good experience” don’t necessarily mean the same thing though. Those rift transitions in R&C are rough on anything less than a decent NVMe SSD. Though there may be some room for improvement, as even high end NVMe drives struggle to handle these transitions as gracefully as the PS5.