Should i install GTA5 on SSD to improve loading time?

[Amit009]

I have installed GTA5 at my 1TB WD 7400 RPM HDD, it has huge free space but still loading takes so long that i eventually get kicked out of sessions. When we fail in some mission and continue, it takes so long that i eventually get kicked out of the mission. When i click "Online" on the home page of GTA5 it usually takes 4-5 minutes to enter an online session. Im planning to keep GTA5 for long thats why i dont want to give my SSD's space to the game. But still it often becomes unbearable and i have to end the game through Task manager. My internet speed is good i.e 100 Mbps(around 10 Megabytespersecond downloading speed). Check out the pics given in the link below to understand where it usually gets stuck up.

 

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Edited July 30, 2020 by Amit009

[Gaffa]

Erm, you uploaded WhatsApp-taken images rather than knowing how to use the built-in screenshot function? Wowsers, that's rough. 

Well you should really load into GTA V (single player) before Online anyway, particularly on PC where there are cheaters who can mess about with a session so much, you have issues joining. 

In response to the fundamental question though - no. Having the game on an SSD - once the game is already fully loaded - won't really make much difference at all with GTA Online session load times, as that heavily relies on P2P networking (thus, the network connection and stability of the session host and / or script host). Remember that speed is only one factor of an internet connection's quality - there's other considerations like ping and packet loss amongst other stuff, and that other player's stuff is the factor of importance usually when joining other players who are already in a session. 

 

Having GTA V on an SSD will improve how quickly you load into single player though, but not by a huge amount - and if you've been going straight online from game launch instead of single player, then that's probably one area you're noticing slow downs. You should ideally start loading into single player and then go online from there - you'll probably face less issues just doing that. 

 

But overall, no, an SSD isn't going to do a lot for GTA V and even less for GTA Online. 

Edited July 30, 2020 by Gaffa

[Amit009]

6 hours ago, Gaffa said:

Erm, you uploaded WhatsApp-taken images rather than knowing how to use the built-in screenshot function? Wowsers, that's rough. 

Well you should really load into GTA V (single player) before Online anyway, particularly on PC where there are cheaters who can mess about with a session so much, you have issues joining. 

In response to the fundamental question though - no. Having the game on an SSD - once the game is already fully loaded - won't really make much difference at all with GTA Online session load times, as that heavily relies on P2P networking (thus, the network connection and stability of the session host and / or script host). Remember that speed is only one factor of an internet connection's quality - there's other considerations like ping and packet loss amongst other stuff, and that other player's stuff is the factor of importance usually when joining other players who are already in a session. 

 

Having GTA V on an SSD will improve how quickly you load into single player though, but not by a huge amount - and if you've been going straight online from game launch instead of single player, then that's probably one area you're noticing slow downs. You should ideally start loading into single player and then go online from there - you'll probably face less issues just doing that. 

 

But overall, no, an SSD isn't going to do a lot for GTA V and even less for GTA Online. 

Okay! i will check if loading into single player first makes any difference. thnx for the tip. P.S i know taking screenshots within the game but at the moment i just clicked it from my mobile.