Hard to compare. I built a new PC and put ESO on an SSD. Regular perforance I don't see a difference, but my loading screens are less frequent and are shorter. However, it's also very likely that's from the brand new PC rather than the old one.

MissBizz wrote: »

Hard to compare. I built a new PC and put ESO on an SSD. Regular perforance I don't see a difference, but my loading screens are less frequent and are shorter. However, it's also very likely that's from the brand new PC rather than the old one.

So its a buff to kill the loading screen boss?! I'll take it any day!

It may help, depending on what type of drive you were running ESO on prior to the SSD. But, I've run it on both and didn't notice much difference, if any at all.

Originally my PC only had a SSD so that's where my ESO install was. I then bought a 2TB Western Digital "Black" HDD and moved my ESO install there - didn't notice any difference in performance or loading times. The WD drive I'm using is fast though. If the HDD you're moving it over from is a slower type, then there may be a more noticeable difference between it and your SSD.

j.murro2ub17_ESO wrote: »

I did notice a bit of performance improvement when I upgraded to an SSD a few months ago. Less stutter I used to get when moving.

Do you ever get stuttering or fps drops in the centers of towns? Like the fountain In Craglorn? That's where I get it, even in empty cities.

Perhaps it launches a bit faster, but not as much as I would expect. In game, I did not notice any improvement. Most importantly, if you experience issues like you set up siege engine in zergy battle in Cyrodiil and have to wait 30 seconds for it to load and be usable, SSD will make no difference whatsoever.

I have an SSD and still get incredibly long load times when I enter cyrodiil and travel to a keep. Regardless go SSD, you will never go back. Your boot times will be incredibly fast, and you won't have to listen to those terrible hard drive clicks. I have a quiet case and I can still hear my Raptor clicking away when I boot my hard drive to play the PTS.

TESO doesnt benefit that much: loading screens won't be any shorter. Your computer is just faster at waiting.

I'd put your OS and your most used applications on your SSD (ESO counting as one presumably).

Personally, I find this game has enough loading screens to make the SSD worth it.

SSD will always improve performance if the delay is caused by read/write actions on the hard drive.

Having upgraded from a regular hard drive to an SSD while owning ESO, I can say that it definitely has speeded things up as far as load screens etc. But it won't help out with any connection/lag/latency issues whatsoever. My next bottleneck to be upgraded is processor.

If your OS is on the SSD, you'll see an overall improvement. The game itself will run well on an SSD or on a high performace SATA3 drive.

Your OS is going to be the main thing accessing your drive regularly. Same goes for any background processes you have running, as well.

You may see a slight performance increase in loading screens and initial startup.

Beyond that, the delays you experience are likely server side (waiting for data transfer), as opposed to client side.

Anything you want to access frequently or want a bit more responsiveness out of, put on the SSD. Infrequently accessed data, put on a standard.

Decent sized (and fast) SSD's are inexpensive for primaries (I'd go no smaller than a 256 Gb), and large SATA3 mechanical's are cheap and much more reliable than they once were.

Also, odd as it sounds, while you're in your case, take the time to re-seat your memory cards. Just pop them lose, one at a time, and put them back securely. This will clear any oxidation that may have formed on the contacts and can make a notable difference, depending on how long they've been in there.

I've the same setup as @TehMagnus , Live on SSD, PTS on fast SATA3.

The long load times you get in cyrodiil and very occasionally overworld are server client communication issues and have nothing to do with how long the game takes to load from disk. That being said eso will load faster on a ssd.