RAM disk good for gameing

[Cla55ifi3xd]

Hypothetically if you had enough RAM, would installing a game to a RAM disk improve load times?

If so how noticeable over a hard drive, ssd, or m.2?

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, Cla55ifi3xd said:

Hypothetically if you had enough RAM, would installing a game to a RAM disk improve load times?

If so how noticeable over a hard drive, ssd, or m.2?

Check the youtube channel

Doesn't matter really, a standard sata SSD is fine

[AresKrieger]

You do realize that you'd have to wait put everything back into the ram disk every time you shut off your computer, ultimately it's is not worth the hassle since the gains are diminishing and it won't be that much better than a ssd.

[knightslugger]

not likely by a very noticeable amount. the constant RAM dump would get old.

 

m.2 (which is a connector ONLY) SSD can be NVMe OR SATA... the former being wildly faster than the later.

 

RAMDisk is great to use as a lighting fast scratch disk, but use without a UPS is DANGEROUS is not downright stupid.

[Energycore]

I tried it with a game on a RAMDisk and it wasn't faster than the SSD. I suspect the throughput bottleneck was elsewhere.

[Cla55ifi3xd]

23 minutes ago, AresKrieger said:

You do realize that you'd have to wait put everything back into the ram disk every time you shut off your computer, ultimately it's is not worth the hassle since the gains are diminishing and it won't be that much better than a ssd.

Yes I know about how volatile RAM disks are. 

[Cla55ifi3xd]

28 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

not likely by a very noticeable amount. the constant RAM dump would get old.

 

m.2 (which is a connector ONLY) SSD can be NVMe OR SATA... the former being wildly faster than the later.

 

RAMDisk is great to use as a lighting fast scratch disk, but use without a UPS is DANGEROUS is not downright stupid.

So even a non nvme m.2 ssd performs the same as a sata ssd?

[corrado33]

48 minutes ago, Cla55ifi3xd said:

So even a non nvme m.2 ssd performs the same as a sata ssd?

From what I understand, yes. 

[Cla55ifi3xd]

3 minutes ago, corrado33 said:

From what I understand, yes. 

I was under the impression Sata was limited by the power. Maxing out around 500 mbs. Where pcie based ssd have no such limitations. 

[knightslugger]

56 minutes ago, Cla55ifi3xd said:

So even a non nvme m.2 ssd performs the same as a sata ssd?

it's slightly faster on paper. in common use, you'll not experience a perceptible improvement.

[corrado33]

Just now, Cla55ifi3xd said:

I was under the impression Sata was limited by the power. Maxing out around 500 mbs. Where pcie based ssd have no such limitations. 

NVME = PCIE = faster.

 

Sata m.2 = sata 2.5" = slower than PCIE. 

[Cla55ifi3xd]

1 hour ago, Cla55ifi3xd said:

Hypothetically if you had enough RAM, would installing a game to a RAM disk improve load times?

If so how noticeable over a hard drive, ssd, or m.2?

Should have clarified hard drive, sata ssd, pcie ssd... techies and there technicalitys thanks everyone 

[knightslugger]

7 minutes ago, Cla55ifi3xd said:

I was under the impression Sata was limited by the power. Maxing out around 500 mbs. Where pcie based ssd have no such limitations. 

donno anything about the power.

 

NVMe has a higher transfer rate because it is connected to the PCIe bus on a 4x lane. I think SATA uses 1 PCIe lane. SATA Express i think uses 2.

[Cla55ifi3xd]

Every one got off topic to quickly I assumed that since I seperated ssd and m.2 you would look at the fastest of each. 

[knightslugger]

well they are mutually exclusive, Classified. M.2 is simply an interface, much like DisplayPort, MOLEX, or DB9.

[Cla55ifi3xd]

8 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

well they are mutually exclusive, Classified. M.2 is simply an interface, much like DisplayPort, MOLEX, or DB9.

Ok 2.5 ssd vs m.2 ssds can have the same speed got that part why would I put both down if not for you all to look at the deferent ones there are no 2.5 nvme or pcie ssds. A 2.5 ssd can not go as fast as "some" m.2 ssds. 

[knightslugger]

well actually there are 2.5" form factor NVMe SSDs. They use the U.2 connector on the PCIe 3.0 4x bus.

[Cla55ifi3xd]

What does any of this have to do with my original question. I don't know but I'm enjoying it.