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YoYo
January 13th, 2017, 23:46
As You know FSX/P3D has many textures ect. and time of loading sometimes drive crazy.
I bought few days ago dedicated for me for simulator the new kind of SSD for Socket M.2 NVMe (Socket to 32 Gb!) that will (perhaps) solve the problem of reading textures by the game.

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad52/rafikst/Various/timthumb_zps3efid3fz.jpg (http://s921.photobucket.com/user/rafikst/media/Various/timthumb_zps3efid3fz.jpg.html)

Here my short video how it works! For me its a simply wow! :redfire:
Normal SSD disc - read /write : 500/400 MB/s, this new kind of SSD read /write : 3000/2200 MB/s (I bought Patriot Hellfire 480Gb for P3D)
Please see this:


http://youtu.be/WsXEF7SG7Xs

Near 6 sec to the Menu
Near 10 sec to the Airfield
so in total You need near 16 sec to be in the cockpit.

greenie
January 14th, 2017, 01:24
YES!! thanks for the HU. Going to get one :)

Jafo
January 14th, 2017, 01:35
YES!! thanks for the HU. Going to get one :)
You'll need a MB that handles them.

Been using a m.2 drive for quite a while....partitioned into 2...half for the OS and half for FSX.
There ain't nothing faster....;)

YoYo
January 14th, 2017, 01:44
YES!! thanks for the HU. Going to get one :)

Just remember that motherboard needs to have M.2 slot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2 (but some of this SSD works on normal PCI-e too, example: http://core0.staticworld.net/images/article/2015/09/plextor-m6e-100613243-orig.jpg ).
No any problem on Windows 10, on Win 7 is a problem (no support of this driver, You can install KB but the procedures is a clear madness: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2990941 :biggrin-new: ).

greenie
January 14th, 2017, 01:45
You'll need a MB that handles them.

Been using a m.2 drive for quite a while....partitioned into 2...half for the OS and half for FSX.
There ain't nothing faster....;)

...there's always a downside ...sigh.

Now to find out whats a suitable MB

Edit . Very fast YoYo answered my question before I asked ! Thanks for the info , better start saving :)

rvn817j
January 14th, 2017, 05:23
Anyone contemplating a "new build" should seriously consider including M2 SSD in that build. Place your OS on the M2 SSD and OS load times are smoking fast. Same with all programs placed on that M2 SSD...SMOKING FAST! If I recall correctly, I purchased a new motherboard (AMD 970 chipset) with an M2 socket about 2 months ago for less than $100 and swapped out some stuff I had in another computer (e.g., AMD FX8350 CPU). Of course the M2 SSD cost more than the motherboard. I'm sure a similar path is available for those using Intel products. If anyone is interested in more details let me know. (P.S. AMD coming out with new "flagship" CPU in a couple months, so it might be a good idea to wait and see how that affects pricing, etc., on new builds...even Intel new builds.)

Bjoern
January 15th, 2017, 10:47
My laptop has one of those, but comparisons to my destop PC are difficult because FSXSE is almost bare bone.

bpfowler
March 7th, 2017, 12:44
Any word from the field on the Intel 600p 500gb m.2 nvme option?

It looks like a sale-priced mid-range performer. Much more affordable than others, but sustained reads of 600mbs sounds good...here's a lucidly-written tech overview of a few nvme jobs:
http://nerdtechy.com/best-pcie-m-2-nvme-solid-state-drive

Planning a new build after 5 years, the advantages of m.2 nvm seem compelling.