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How much will an SSD help Anthem's load times compared to a hard drive?

Prey’s initial load took between 53 seconds and 1minute 13 seconds through a hard drive, and 37 seconds when shifted to an SSD. Loading a save game dropped from 15-19 seconds to six seconds.

A new video has surfaced, which shows comparison between SSD and HDD load times for Bethesda’s latest title, Fallout 4.

Do note, to get the most out of PS4 titles on PS5, the games have to be installed on the PS5’s SSD. You can still play PS4 games off an external HDD, but you won’t get the load time benefits.

Games load faster if they are installed on an SSD rather than an HDD and there will be significant differences in terms of performance between them. Related read: How to move Steam Games to ...

The SSD is a Samsung EVO 250, and the HDD is a Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB. You can also check out our comparison of Fallout 4 running on a GTX 570 compared to a GTX 970 here.

Digital Foundry found that high-quality SATA SSDs load games just as fast or faster than the PS5's internal storage.

The second scene of the game took the M.2 SSD 1.9 seconds to load, while the SATA SSD took 3.7 seconds and the HDD clocked in at 21.5 seconds.

SSDs are known to reduce loading times by almost 50% in popular titles. Faster loading of in-game segments simply translates to a better gaming experience, devoid of interruptions.