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  • mithoschapter
     
    Oct 6, 2012 9:40 am GMT
    Hey there everyone!

    I just installed a new Samsung 830 128GB SSD and put steam and skyrim on it, but I believe that my load times are actually longer than they used to be... Any clue as to why?
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  • simsamsalabim
     
    Oct 6, 2012 12:21 pm GMT
    Are you using the same mods and retextures as you were using before?

    Also, is your SSD sata II or sata III? If your old HDD was sata III and your new SSD is sata II it could possibly be slower due to the lower transfer rate, maybe.
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  • mithoschapter
     
    Oct 6, 2012 12:59 pm GMT
    It is SATA III, but I realized that my BIOS wasn't yet updated all the way (forgot to do that with the new install, so it was on the old factory driver), so Ithink that may fix it. I will see when I return back home from work.
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  • U1gitarooman
     
    Oct 6, 2012 8:45 pm GMT
    Now im not an expert, but I think there is some kind of "page file" difference from HDD and SDDs. did you install windows on it?

    But then again, I thought Windows 7 detects SSDs and changes that automatically... but I'm not sure.
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  • mithoschapter
     
    Oct 7, 2012 6:26 am GMT
    Yes, Windows is on it, and I have already changed the SATA mode to AHCI, and the WEI went up to 7.9 for Hard disk speed/useage.
    Is there something I need to do on steam or Skyrim though that makes it know its on an SDD and to speed things up now though? Any other ideas?
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  • FAT_ALTAIR
     
    Oct 7, 2012 10:05 am GMT
    There is no noticeable difference for me running Skyrim on an SSD or an HDD. My SSD is smaller(120gig) and shuffling games to it seems to be more hassle than it is worth. My advice is use an SSD to boot your OS as well as system files and run games from your HDD. With serial speeds the way they are, there's really no difference.
  • mithoschapter
     
    Oct 7, 2012 4:43 pm GMT
    Then is there a reason that my game stutters dramatically everytime i cross a certain distance, like its taking a second to load the area? I don't remember this when i played on my HDD, but I'm getting that now that I'm on my SSD. and load times between screens are probably around 1.6 times as long.
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  • mithoschapter
     
    Oct 9, 2012 9:16 am GMT
    But even worse is the stuttering while travelling. It didn't use to be nearly this long on the 7200 rpm HDD, but my SSD is taking longer to do it. Any ideas? Read tests are around 500MB/s and the WEI shows a 7.9, so I'm fairly certain that i have some option checked wrong or something.
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  • ViolentCop
     
    Oct 9, 2012 2:50 pm GMT
    I can completely relate, I have the exact same model SSD (256GB) and I get very noticeable pauses and/or stutters while playing as well.

    The only difference between the TC and I is that my load times are incredibly less than when I operated on a normal hard drive (500GB 7200RPMS).

    I used to think it was a problem with the Save Game clutter or what not, but now I don't know what to do in order to identify why I get these hiccups.
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  • westy159
     
    Oct 9, 2012 5:34 pm GMT
    Look at more technical forums on the subject. I guess these problems wont only apply to Skyrim.
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