As shown on the CompuseMble channel in the following performance tests, a new game from Remedy Entertainment – Alan Wake 2 It boasts incredibly high use of SSD NVMe, reaching the maximum bandwidth of 2.74 GB/s, especially during the tripod scenes of the game “Palaces of the Reason”.

Like Control, Alan Wake 2 became known as the test of modern graphic processors with rays in real time, but he went even further, demanding mesh shaders in all directions, adding support for tracking tracks and striving for an even higher degree of realism.

The contents of the Alan Wake 2 can clearly create a large load on the drive, as a result of which the NVMe Gen 5, used in testing, is constantly at a higher limit of optimal temperatures, although, fortunately, outside the range of proper heat level. This is an inevitable side effect of the peak speed of 2.74 GB/s during the transition between the scenes. The game also constantly loads SSD with a bandwidth of about 1.6 GB/s.

Alan Wake is not a one -of -a -kind game, for the uninterrupted work of which NVMe solid -state drive is more or less required. Games DirectStorage and RTX I/O Similarly, built on the basis of the next generation data storage systems as expectation, and not a secondary role. Among the last major games using these technologies are Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Portal Prelude RTX.

For users who do not use NVME and especially users who do not use SSD, for most SSD games are not required at all. However, even if the game is not optimized for solid -state drives, their use will significantly improve the boot time.

If the game supports DirectStorage and is recommended by SSD as a mandatory requirement, you will most likely want to follow this advice. For example Ratchet & Clank, works very quickly on SSD, unlike the hard drive.

Those who want to use the NVME solid -state drive for games do not have to look for a long time, because Ratchet & Clank, and Alan Wake 2 show that SSD is certainly needed on a PC, and judging by the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X, similar games will only become more common over time.