TL;DR:

Image showing the release times for Starfield

Image comparing the different editions of Starfield

Minimum Specs:

  • OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 (10.0.19043)
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 125 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: SSD Required

Recommended Specs:

  • OS: Windows 10/11 with updates
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel i5-10600K
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 125 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: SSD Required
    • LUHG@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      SSD has been a best practice requirement for a long ass time anyway. SSDs are cheap now.

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        1 year ago

        I just bought an 8TB chonker last week for $340. It comfortably fit my entire Steam library of 19 years with room to spare.

        A year ago this same drive was still averaging ~$650-$700.

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          1 year ago

          In case someone’s wondering about cheaper options; Samsung 980 500GB NVMe M.2 costs as much as £32 GBP (~40 USD), and 1 TB version is £52 GBP (~65 USD).

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      1 year ago

      It shouldn’t be a surprise. Games load assets on the fly to save memory, which would be terrible on a hard drive.

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                Well that’s just not factually accurate. The accurate thing would be it causes so little wear and tear it might as well not count on the memory chips. But using ANYTHING causes wear and tear to build up eventually and a SSD has more points of failure than just reading and writing to the memory.

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                    1 year ago

                    You can’t read I said the SSD has more points of failure than the memory. And those points of failure go up the longer it’s used.

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          1 year ago

          Well some games now rely on the speeds of SSDs since the newest consoles have them, so that HDD does not in fact work fine anymore.