MLC SSDs

[John Connor]

I'm curious to see if an SSD makes terrain load faster in FS... I wouldn't think so, but maybe.

When I fly to California I have more realistic scenery and the hard drive light is constantly flashing. And the terrain is rendered like crap unless I refresh and it loads which takes up to a minute or two when I hit the 2 key on the number pad for refresh. So with a 1 GB/s SSD it should be faster.

 

[Charlie98]

When I fly to California I have more realistic scenery and the hard drive light is constantly flashing. And the terrain is rendered like crap unless I refresh and it loads which takes up to a minute or two when I hit the 2 key on the number pad for refresh. So with a 1 GB/s SSD it should be faster.

I'll have to see with mine. What FS are you running?

I still have FS '04 running on the Pentium D machine upstairs... I really need to upgrade. D:

 

[John Connor]

The third party scenery I'm using is called MegaScenery Southern California . I am using FS2004 at the moment. I do have FSX too. My FS2004 install is 26GB. LOL


http://www.megascenery.com/vol1-us-V2.htm

 

[Charlie98]

The third party scenery I'm using is called MegaScenery Southern California . I am using FS2004 at the moment. I do have FSX too. My FS2004 install is 26GB. LOL
http://www.megascenery.com/vol1-us-V2.htm

:awe:

They have a Dallas version... uh, oh... I see another item on the Christmas list!

 

[glugglug]

I think you woefully underestimate the difference between a HDD and SSD. I am willing to bet that not only do you not need 1GBps, but that the cheapest SSD you can still find for sale, put on a port limited to SATA I will be complete overkill.