So some of yall might have read -https://www.anandtech.com/show/15848/storage-matters-xbox-ps5-new-era-of-gaming
Most of my research (let me know if I'm wrong) points to NVMe SSDs not providing significant speed boosts vs SATA SSDs aside from workstation, heavy video editing workflows. Fine but keeping in mind that new consoles could bring about changes in PC space, might someone buying an NVMe SSD today enjoy those benefits in 2-5 years? Or would other hardware changes need to happen as well?
Basically if someone built a computer today pairing a fast NVME SSD and a fast CPU, without changing anything, could they enjoy benefits in 5 years purely from software and design changes in games and other utilities? Or are most of the bottlenecks deeply tied to hardware designs in place today? Could the new DirectStorage API, even a miraculous new windows file system, changes in game software design be enough?
I ask because if the answer is no, then for most people the premium might not be worth it now over SATA SSD.
Most of my research (let me know if I'm wrong) points to NVMe SSDs not providing significant speed boosts vs SATA SSDs aside from workstation, heavy video editing workflows. Fine but keeping in mind that new consoles could bring about changes in PC space, might someone buying an NVMe SSD today enjoy those benefits in 2-5 years? Or would other hardware changes need to happen as well?
Basically if someone built a computer today pairing a fast NVME SSD and a fast CPU, without changing anything, could they enjoy benefits in 5 years purely from software and design changes in games and other utilities? Or are most of the bottlenecks deeply tied to hardware designs in place today? Could the new DirectStorage API, even a miraculous new windows file system, changes in game software design be enough?
I ask because if the answer is no, then for most people the premium might not be worth it now over SATA SSD.