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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months ago

Is a HDD still useful for gaming in 2025?

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Is a HDD still useful for gaming in 2025?

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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months ago

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

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On Linux, I find that games run great from a mechanical drive. Loading times are slower than with an SSD, of course, but not enough to bother me.
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  Sounds good to me. Not that it matters but which distro do you use?
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    I use Debian.

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