Digital Foundry didn’t see much difference between slow SSD and native PS5 drive in Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

Technical department specialists Eurogamer tested the download speed in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and other games for PS5 on built-in SSD and two solid-state drives Western digital… The first was SN850who recommended Mark Cerny, and the second – cheap SN750 SE at a price of $ 55.

The latest model is remarkable in that its declared read speed is 3,200 MB / s, or 58% of the required 5,500 MB / s. A more expensive SSD has an indicator of 7,000 MB / s, that is, competitors differ in this respect by more than two times.

The results obtained can be found in the comparison table, and they are really surprising.

In terms of loading speed, the built-in storage is ahead of third-party solutions, but the difference is minimal. In Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, the transition from the start screen to the game takes 7 seconds. When SN850 is connected, the figure increases to 8 seconds, and SN750 SE – to 10. Loading the game after the menu is even lower – the difference is a split second. A similar result was shown Ghost of tsushima, Cyberpunk 2077 and Control…

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