{"id":17532,"date":"2026-05-08T17:58:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oscoo.com\/?p=17532"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:58:31","slug":"will-an-ssd-improve-fps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oscoo.com\/it\/news\/will-an-ssd-improve-fps\/","title":{"rendered":"Un'unit\u00e0 SSD migliorer\u00e0 gli FPS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17532\" class=\"elementor elementor-17532\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df927e0 blog-post-container e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"df927e0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56427bc intro elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56427bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Upgrading to a <a href=\"\/it\/news\/what-is-an-ssd-the-complete-guide\/\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">unit\u00e0 a stato solido (SSD)<\/span><\/a> <strong>will not directly increase your maximum or average FPS in games<\/strong>. Your graphics card (GPU) and processor (CPU) are the real drivers of frame rates. However, an SSD dramatically reduces game loading times and eliminates stuttering caused by slow data reading, making your gaming experience feel much smoother and more responsive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0afa8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bb0afa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why an SSD Won\u2019t Boost Your FPS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8f29e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8f29e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your FPS (the number of frames rendered per second) depends on how fast your GPU can draw those frames and how quickly your CPU can process game logic, physics, and draw calls. During active gameplay, most of the data the game needs is already loaded into your system\u2019s RAM or video memory (VRAM). Once the game is running, the storage drive is no longer a bottleneck for raw rendering speed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae002b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ae002b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Think of it this way: imagine a busy restaurant kitchen. The GPU is the chef, cooking each dish as fast as possible. The SSD is the pantry \u2013 it gets ingredients to the chef quickly. A faster pantry does not make the chef cook faster. But if the pantry is too slow (<a href=\"\/it\/news\/ssd-vs-hdd-understanding-the-differences\/\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">a mechanical HDD<\/span><\/a>), the chef will constantly run out of ingredients and have to wait. That waiting is what you experience as in-game stutter. So, while an SSD won\u2019t give you higher FPS numbers, it solves a completely different problem that can ruin your gameplay experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-935ac23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"935ac23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><a href=\"\/it\/oscoo-leading-ssd-manufacturer\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/oscoo-2b-banner-1400x475-1.webp\" style=\"widht:100%;\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82ec709 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82ec709\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What an SSD Really Improves: Loading and Stuttering<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2fc25e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2fc25e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you\u2019ve ever played an open-world game and felt the game \u201chiccup\u201d \u2013 a sudden freeze or a drop to single-digit FPS while moving fast \u2013 that was likely your hard drive struggling to keep up. Here\u2019s where an SSD makes all the difference.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3ef6c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3ef6c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Massively Faster Load Times<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aeb669 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5aeb669\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From clicking \u201cPlay\u201d to controlling your character, an HDD can take 40 seconds or more for a large game like\u00a0<em>Cyberpunk 2077<\/em>\u00a0o\u00a0<em>Starfield<\/em>. A basic <a href=\"\/it\/news\/what-is-a-sata-ssd\/\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">SSD SATA<\/span><\/a> cuts that down to around 12-15 seconds, and a modern NVMe SSD can do it in under 10 seconds. Fast travel, reloading a save, or starting a new match \u2013 all become nearly instant.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae8d27d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae8d27d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Eliminating \u201cStutter\u201d and Texture Pop-in<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb693f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb693f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">In open-world or seamless games, such as <em>The Witcher 3<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Horizon Forbidden West<\/em>, o\u00a0<em>Call of Duty: Warzone<\/em>,\u00a0 the game constantly loads new terrain, buildings, character models, and textures as you move around. An HDD\u2019s read speed often can\u2019t keep up, resulting in:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Sudden frame time spikes (micro-stutter)<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Blurry or low-resolution textures that slowly \u201cpop\u201d into clarity<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Complete freezes for half a second or more<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">An SSD, with read speeds from 500 MB\/s (SATA) up to 7,000 MB\/s or more (NVMe), feeds that data smoothly. The stutters disappear. The game just feels more polished.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ca6bbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ca6bbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><thead><tr><th>Gaming Scenario<\/th><th>HDD\u00a0<\/th><th>SSD\u00a0<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>First launch of a AAA game<\/td><td>40-70 seconds<\/td><td>8-15 seconds<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fast travel or level reload<\/td><td>Long wait (20+ seconds)<\/td><td>Short (3-5 seconds)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>High-speed movement in open world<\/td><td>Frequent stuttering, texture pop-in<\/td><td>Smooth, minimal hitches<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maximum FPS value<\/td><td>No difference<\/td><td>No difference<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Frame time consistency<\/td><td>Poor \u2013 spikes common<\/td><td>Excellent \u2013 flat line<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-660dc61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"660dc61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When Does an SSD Actually Become Mandatory?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-655afa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"655afa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Not every game benefits equally. Here are the two situations where an SSD is no longer just \u201cnice to have\u201d \u2013 it\u2019s required.<\/p><ol start=\"1\"><li><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Modern open-world or streaming-heavy games<\/strong><br \/>Recent titles like\u00a0<em>Starfield<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Baldur\u2019s Gate 3<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Alan Wake 2<\/em>, e\u00a0<em>Microsoft Flight Simulator<\/em>\u00a0use continuous data streaming. The game world expands and changes as you move. With an HDD, you will experience regular freezes, missing geometry, or even crashes. Many reviewers and developers now explicitly list an SSD as the\u00a0<strong>minimum requirement<\/strong>.<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Competitive or multiplayer games with large maps<\/strong><br \/>While games like\u00a0<em>Fortnite<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Apex Legends<\/em>, e\u00a0<em>Call of Duty<\/em>\u00a0can technically run on an HDD, you will be the last player to load into the match. In some cases, the game may start without you. An SSD ensures you\u2019re ready when the action begins.<\/p><\/li><\/ol><p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Conversely, older or smaller games \u2013\u00a0<em>League of Legends<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Valorant<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Minecraft<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Rocket League<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 will see minimal in-game benefit from an SSD beyond quicker initial loading.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-645a713 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"645a713\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Upgrade Advice: What Should You Actually Buy?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7670716 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7670716\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>If you still use a mechanical HDD for gaming, upgrading to an SSD is highly recommended.\u00a0<\/strong> Even the cheapest SATA SSD (about 500 MB\/s) will transform your PC. Boot times, app launches, game loads \u2013 everything becomes dramatically faster. This is one of the most noticeable and cost-effective upgrades you can make, often for less than the price of a new game.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5627ed0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5627ed0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Don\u2019t chase the fastest NVMe for gaming.<\/strong> A PCIe 3.0 NVMe drive (around 3,500 MB\/s) and a bleeding-edge <a href=\"\/it\/product\/on2000pro-m-2-2280-nvme-pcie-gen5-0-ssd\/\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">PCIe 5.0 drive<\/span><\/a> (up to 10,000 MB\/s) load most games within 1-2 seconds of each other. In double-blind tests, the difference is rarely perceptible. For gaming, you do\u00a0not\u00a0need the fastest drive on the market. Instead, focus on reliability and warranty.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02e9030 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02e9030\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Prioritize capacity over speed.<\/strong> Modern AAA games are enormous:\u00a0<em>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare<\/em>\u00a0can exceed 200 GB,\u00a0<em>Starfield<\/em>\u00a0is over 120 GB, and\u00a0<em>Baldur\u2019s Gate 3<\/em>\u00a0uses around 150 GB. A 512 GB SSD will fill up after just three or four big titles. A 1 TB or 2 TB drive, even if it\u2019s a slower SATA model, is far more practical than a tiny, super-fast drive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5302c16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5302c16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>If you already have a SATA SSD, hold off on upgrading.<\/strong> Switching from a SATA SSD to an NVMe SSD for gaming purposes will yield almost no perceptible improvement in load times or stutter reduction. Save your money, or spend it on a larger capacity SSD to install more games.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L'aggiornamento a un'unit\u00e0 a stato solido (SSD) non aumenter\u00e0 direttamente gli FPS massimi o medi nei giochi. La scheda grafica (GPU) e il processore (CPU) sono i veri responsabili della velocit\u00e0 dei fotogrammi. Tuttavia, un'unit\u00e0 SSD riduce drasticamente i tempi di caricamento dei giochi ed elimina il balbettio causato dalla lettura lenta dei dati.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quick-answers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oscoo.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oscoo.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oscoo.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oscoo.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oscoo.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17532"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.oscoo.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17561,"href":"https:\/\/www.oscoo.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17532\/revisions\/17561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oscoo.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oscoo.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oscoo.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oscoo.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}