Nvidia's RTX IO Will Give PC Capabilities Comparable to PS5's SSD
Nvidia has developed a new RTX IO technology to enable much faster loading of data from SSD. The process will be done without the processor - the files will go directly from the media to the GPU memory, which will increase performance and reduce the size of games.
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Bart Swiatek
September 2, 2020
WoW: Shadowlands System Requirements - You Can't Play Without SSD [Updated]
The release of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will entail a significant increase in the system requirements of Blizzard's MMORPG. The company has announced that not only a better CPU and GPU but also an SSD will be required to play the new expansion for the iconic MMORPG.
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Jacob Blazewicz
September 2, 2020
Windows 10 May Damage SSDs
Microsoft is trying to get rid of an error that can cause SSDs to wear out faster.
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Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
August 28, 2020
Prices of SSDs and RAM May Drop Soon
The DRAMeXchange website reports that we may soon see a significant drop in prices of RAM and SSDs. The reason for this is that many companies' warehouses are still stocked and the production of new chipsets is more efficient than expected.
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Bart Swiatek
August 18, 2020
SSD in PS4 Pro Reduces Loading Times and Improves Graphics
Digital Foundry experts have looked at what can be gained by installing a high-speed SSD into our PlayStation 4 Pro. As it turns out, quite a lot - this type of storage not only significantly reduces loading times, but also improves visuals in some games.
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Bart Swiatek
August 4, 2020
Ori Dev on PS5 and Xbox Series X SSDs: „1 TB is Too Small”
Thomas Mahler, Executive Director of the Ori series, commented on SSDs mounted in PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X console. The creator at Moon Studios did not fail to mention the advantages of Sony's and Microsoft's SDDs, but expressed his disappointment with only 1TB of storage.
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Jacob Blazewicz
June 17, 2020
PS5 Can do Things „Impossible on Other Hardware”
A developer who has worked at Sony claims that the incredible speed of the PS5's SSD enables the console to do things that cannot be done on other platforms. However, in his opinion, the biggest leap forward in the next generation will be that both the PS5 and Xbox Series X will be equipped with an SSD by default.
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Bart Swiatek
June 8, 2020
PS5's SSD Too Fast for Unreal Engine 5, Forces Code Modifications
The speeds provided by the SSD on the PS5 required changes to Unreal Engine 5's code. Epic Games has modified the I/O areas to allow for faster data transfer.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
June 4, 2020
Tim Sweeney Comments on PS5 vs. PC SDD Contest
In response to a question asked by a Internet user, Tim Sweeney - the head of Epic Games - once again reiterated that the SSD of the PS5 console will be faster than technology used in PCs.
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Bart Swiatek
June 2, 2020
PS5's SSD Won't be the Fastest - PCs Got Something Better
Although Sony pitches PlayStation 5's SSD as a real breakthrough, it turns out that there is already technology available on the PCs that offers more than twice of its data reading speed. But there's a catch.
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Bart Swiatek
June 1, 2020
PS5's SSD Will be 100 Times Faster Than HDD on PS4
PlayStation 5's SSD is expected to be a hundred times faster than the disk used in PlayStation 4, and Sony considers this technology essential to achieving higher levels of immersion in games.
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Bart Swiatek
May 22, 2020
Tim Sweeney on PS5's Storage: „The World of Loading Screens is Over.”
Tim Sweeney, head of Epic Games, commented on the Unreal Engine 5 demo presented yesterday, which ran on PS5's devkit. In his opinion, the technology used in Sony's new console can significantly affect the way video games look like and how they are created.
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Bart Swiatek
May 14, 2020
Phil Spencer: Gaming on XSX Will be Like Switching From 2D to 3D
Phil Spencer maintains community's interest in Xbox Series X, announcing the upcoming presentations of new games. In addition, he compared the revolution that will take place with this device to the leap that was achieved between 2D and 3D.
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Christian Pieniazek
April 28, 2020
Co-creator of Halo is Delighted With PS5's SSD
The PS5's technical solutions delight subsequent game developers associated with hardware platforms from other manufacturers. Co creator of Halo considers the SSD in the new console a „huge difference”.
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Mateusz Popielak
April 20, 2020
PS5 - People Don't Understand the Role of SSD
Digital Foundry's John Linneman stressed in a Twitter post that a faster drive in the PlayStation 5 does not mean that the whole console will be more efficient - in terms of GPU and CPU, Sony's hardware is inferior to the competitive Xbox Series X.
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Bart Swiatek
March 23, 2020
Xbox Series X - Storage Can be Expanded With a Seagate Card
Microsoft has released more information about external drives for Xbox Series X. In addition to the standard USB options, Xbox Series X Storage Expansion Card will be available, offering speeds equal to internal storage.
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Adrian Werner
March 17, 2020
RAM and SSD Prices May Spike
Many PC component price analysts have expressed their concerns about the coronavirus outbreak in China. After all, many large companies have their branches in that region of the world, and the virus could hit production and consumer demand.
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February 4, 2020
We know the Bandwith of SSD Installed in Xbox Series X
Thanks to an entry published on LinkedIn, as well as specs posted on the web by the Phison company, we have probably learned about the parameters of the drive that will be used in the new Xbox.
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Bart Swiatek
January 23, 2020
PS5 and Xbox Scarlett May Use Samsung's NVMe SSDs
Samsung will probably be responsible for the production of very fast NVMe SSDs, which will be used in the 9th generation consoles - PS5 and Xbox Scarlett. This is suggested by one of the slides from a presentation that was shown at the Samsung SSD Forum 2019 event in Tokyo.
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Bart Swiatek
November 26, 2019
Rumors About Removable PS5 SSDs Were Bogus - Patents Concerned Toys
Reports that PlayStation 5 will have removable SSDs have turned out to be false. That's what TweakTown says, which proved that Sony's patents were related with Toio toy parts.
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Konrad Serafinski
November 23, 2019