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Like obviously not for newer cutting edge games but for newer indie games and older AAA games?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

HDDs don't usually affect the performance of a game or how it operates so they're fine even for newer games, the only thing it'll change is that you'll have significantly slower loading times

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (5 children)

That's not always the case. Some games stream in assets as you play so you might get bad pop-in or freezes. Forza Horizon 5 was nearly unplayable on an HDD for me, because the map couldn't load in fast enough while driving quickly. No issues after reinstalling it on an SSD.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Lots of people did (and still do) play Forza on an Xbox one which uses an HDD, and back when I did as well the game ran just fine

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