The Elder Scrolls Online

Update 49 is now available for testing on the PTS! You can read the latest patch notes here: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/categories/pts

Experiencing latency lag when playing from external hard drive

Leave a Reply
Zablas
Zablas
Soul Shriven
Hello! I've recently installed installed ESO on my external hard drive since my laptop (Dell XPS 13-9360) has a small SSD. I play the game on medium graphics with no fps lag but I noticed that I am getting latency lag for someone reason even though my internet is fine. I wanted to ask if anyone has experienced this as well and is there any way around this?
  • idk
    idk
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    I expect very few have ESO on an external drive because of the added latency one could expect .

    Much depends on the type of drive and interface to the PC as to how much one would have.
  • Elsonso
    Elsonso
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would find a way to run it off of an internal hard drive. I run it off of an SSD just to avoid the delay reading from a traditional internal hard drive.
    XBox EU/NA:@ElsonsoJannus
    PC NA/EU: @Elsonso
    PSN NA/EU: @ElsonsoJannus
    Total in-game hours: 11321
    X/Twitter: ElsonsoJannus
  • Zablas
    Zablas
    Soul Shriven
    lordrichter wrote: »
    I would find a way to run it off of an internal hard drive. I run it off of an SSD just to avoid the delay reading from a traditional internal hard drive.

    Yeah I'd like to do that, but the game takes up over 90GB and the maximum space on my laptops SSD is 256GB :/ I do play the game on my PC but only weekends since 5/7 days I'm away for university.
  • Elsonso
    Elsonso
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    Zablas wrote: »
    lordrichter wrote: »
    I would find a way to run it off of an internal hard drive. I run it off of an SSD just to avoid the delay reading from a traditional internal hard drive.

    Yeah I'd like to do that, but the game takes up over 90GB and the maximum space on my laptops SSD is 256GB :/ I do play the game on my PC but only weekends since 5/7 days I'm away for university.

    Understood, but I am frankly surprised it runs at all on an external drive. :smile:
    XBox EU/NA:@ElsonsoJannus
    PC NA/EU: @Elsonso
    PSN NA/EU: @ElsonsoJannus
    Total in-game hours: 11321
    X/Twitter: ElsonsoJannus
  • Vapirko
    Vapirko
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    ✭✭✭✭✭
    Can you upgrade your laptops SSD? I’ve noticed lots of odd things to cause latency. Even some addon seem to cause added latency.
    Edited by Vapirko on November 23, 2018 1:08AM
  • Zablas
    Zablas
    Soul Shriven
    Vapirko wrote: »
    Can you upgrade your laptops SSD? I’ve noticed lots of odd things to cause latency. Even some addon seem to cause added latency.

    Yes that is a possibility. Only a matter of money I guess :D
Sign In or Register to comment.