Will SSD's become the new norm for gaming requiremenets?

[schuck6566]

I was looking at Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and noticed that it requires an SSD even under the minimum requirements. "Storage: 125 GB available space. Additional Notes: SSD Required." This is what the recommended says "Storage: 125 GB available space. Additional Notes: SSD Required; Performance scales with better hardware."

So,if it's an SSD on SATA it'll suck?while an NVMe drive on pci express 3 might be barely playable,on 4 will be ok, and on 5 should get the results they show in trailers? Is this what they REALLY mean by performance scales with better hardware? or are they talking about needing a **80 or **90 series card just to keep the game from stuttering?

This kinda confusion is what makes me glad I have the original oblivion game and don't need to pay $50 to get the remaster and also makes me glad my wife is a console gamer.

 

I seem to remember a couple of other games also stressing SSD being recommended (Horizon Forbidden West was another I didn't get at the time because it required 150GB of SSD space and I hadn't put the 1TB NVMe drive in yet.)

Guess the tech requires faster hardware to meet the systems demands.

[ozlay]

Original with the overhaul mod. Is better anyway. 

[Barefooter]

On 08/05/2025 at 07:07, schuck6566 said:

I was looking at Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and noticed that it requires an SSD even under the minimum requirements. "Storage: 125 GB available space. Additional Notes: SSD Required." This is what the recommended says "Storage: 125 GB available space. Additional Notes: SSD Required; Performance scales with better hardware."

So,if it's an SSD on SATA it'll suck?while an NVMe drive on pci express 3 might be barely playable,on 4 will be ok, and on 5 should get the results they show in trailers? Is this what they REALLY mean by performance scales with better hardware? or are they talking about needing a **80 or **90 series card just to keep the game from stuttering?

This kinda confusion is what makes me glad I have the original oblivion game and don't need to pay $50 to get the remaster and also makes me glad my wife is a console gamer.

 

I seem to remember a couple of other games also stressing SSD being recommended (Horizon Forbidden West was another I didn't get at the time because it required 150GB of SSD space and I hadn't put the 1TB NVMe drive in yet.)

Guess the tech requires faster hardware to meet the systems demands.

"Performance scales with better hardware." cut and pasted for every game now

[damric]

The Oblivion Remaster is brutal on all hardware: CPU, GPU, RAM, and Storage. It's very fun though.

[Kaz]

Other games that need a SSD are Kenshi and Star Citizen.  Most games work fine off a HDD.

 

I think the recommended standard for most people is to get a 2 TB m.2 drive for gaming and to remove games as necessary for space. 

[SoloCamo]

At this point I can't imagine playing any game without an SSD... the experience is just better and SSD's have come down enough where I can't see HDD's being viable unless you just need flat out storage for non games.

[schuck6566]

lol,I think this says it all.  

 

[neurotix]

I just got (well, a year ago or so) a Crucial T700 1TB PCI-E 5 NVMe/M.2 drive. I require Linux as my main OS, and only use Windows for benching and gaming. So I gave Linux 200GB and the rest to Win11 (it ended up being 765GB or something). I have Forza Horizon 4 and 5 installed on the thing and only have like 300GB free. These space requirements are concerning.

 

I remember back in Dec. 2014 when it launched I had Dragon Age Inquisition day 1 and it absolutely requires a SSD (SATA at the time) or zoning and loading maps took like 3 minutes. So this really is nothing new.