Why does this matter? Because since the addition of weapon based render ranges models are pulled into memory as they enter that range. Frame rate drops get caused by a combination of slower memory due to high load and by slower read times of the drive itself.

But back to my statement of Battlefield. Why does it run fine and Dust doesn't? I think Battlefield is more complex even down to the graphics.

Woah a new theory to work with. Go outside with a long range gun and run forward. Simulated frame-rate drop. Do you know if that's a change that was made at some point, or rendering always worked this way?

Might also explain why I never seem to suffer from lag much - fkin scout lol. My optimal range isn't usually past 40m, and if it's anything to do with the current weapon I'm holding, it's usually 2.5 - 10m.



Battlefield is in it's 4th major iteration, and backed by a larger dev studio with experience going back a longer time. It's always going to be better optimised etc.


As for OP

Yeah Samsung works. PS3 limited by bandwidth of SATA I but it's not the bandwidth that makes a difference, it's the access times, and those will always be massively better than mechanical hard drives.

But back to my statement of Battlefield. Why does it run fine and Dust doesn't? I think Battlefield is more complex even down to the graphics.

um do u know the max speeds the ps3 will utilize?

Woah a new theory to work with. Go outside with a long range gun and run forward. Simulated frame-rate drop. Do you know if that's a change that was made at some point, or rendering always worked this way?

Might also explain why I never seem to suffer from lag much - fkin scout lol. My optimal range isn't usually past 40m, and if it's anything to do with the current weapon I'm holding, it's usually 2.5 - 10m.



Battlefield is in it's 5th major iteration

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You should all buy turbo controlers to go along with your SSDs. So you wont be as bad at da pew pew anymore

Modded controllers don't actually help your gun game, they just increase fire-rate of semi and burst automatic weapons. They don't fix performance issues. Conversely, SSDs fix performance issues such as lag or in some cases frame rate (where applicable to drops from system performance/read issues from old hard drives)

SSDs, believe it or not, will eventually be incorporated into any computing machine that uses one because it is an optimized design in comparison to the magnetic Hard Drives that were developed back in 1956. Will it take a few more years for that to happen? Absolutely, however now you see that some machines come with SSDs already and usually the price of that machine is much higher than one with a simple HDD.

Its the same concept as choosing between a standard graphics card vs a graphics card with a GPU. The GPU is more optimized for performance.

Dude. SSDs have been standard in gaming pc's for a couple of years now. The only 'lag' an SSD fixes on Dust is framerate drops. Also what on earth is a graphics card without a GPU? That's like, the most important part of a graphics card.

That is my point exactly. Everything in a PS3 is legacy (or moving toward that way)

Though, no SSDs do not come standard in any new machine. HDD is still standard but you have the option to pay a little extra for that SSD.

As far as no GPU vs GPU goes, someone with no knowledge trying to buy or build a PC may or may not realize how important GPUs are.

You should all buy turbo controlers to go along with your SSDs. So you wont be as bad at da pew pew anymore

Everybody I have talked to recommends Samsung SSD's. Dust has more problems than a SSD can fix though, so unless you play games with longer load times it won't be worth it from what I've researched.

If somebody bought one and isn't arguing in favor only to justify their purchase, I would like to hear how they feel about it.

The most concrete advantage I've noticed is initial spawn times, particularly in PC matches. Other than that, I've noticed very little effect.

Match entry much earlier than non SSD players. This can easily be used to your benefit in almost every match.

Much more stability in the messed up maps. The Gal lag facility runs perfectly smooth for me. The MCC map generally only kicked people that did not have SSDs from what I saw.

Very slightly faster PS3 start up time and game initialization. You really have to look for it on this tho.

Less heat issues with the PS3. SSDs generate FAR less heat than HDDs. I have a theory that this attributes to stability over long grinds as heat is easier moved away from the critical components within the PS3s very tight case.


Minimal benefits but benefits indeed. How much you feel those are worth is up to you but with the drastically reduced price of SSDs compared to back when I bought them for my PS3, Desktop, and Laptop they are very well worth it.

seeing as price of SSD's is pretty high i just bought a 12gb super slim PS3. it was -ú75 pre-owned with a DS3 to replace my 8yr old trashed one. Just use it as a dedicated dust system

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forget dust. Come play Ps4 with me