Celestiale Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Hey folks, I just got myself a Samsung 990 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD just for DCS in order to increase performance. Now I wonder what I have to do to get the best performance out of it. Is it enough to copy the game folder, or do I also have to move the save folder to the new SSD? Does it make a difference in terms of performance if I transfer the supporting applications (SRS, Simshaker, TrackIR) to the new SSD? Thanks, infos are much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucShep Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Opinions vary and there is no "absolutely right" or "absolutely wrong" aproach. We're not yet at a point where games like DCS can overload an NVME. On most cases, moving the entire DCS installation folder to the new separate driver location will more than suffice. Leaving the programs (SRS, Simshaker, TrackIR, etc) and DCS save folder in the main drive. That said, you may also want to move the DCS saves folder to the new separate NVMe as well. This is more involved but, if you want to experiment with it, you can do that by using symbolic links for folders (SimLinks). Once done, the shaders compiling, user mods and various configs and logs can (somewhat) benefit, space and speed wise, by being in the faster, separate drive. 2 CGTC Caucasus retexture mod | A-10A cockpit retexture mod | Shadows reduced impact mod | DCS 2.5.6 (the best version for performance, VR or 2D) = aka Luke Marqs; call sign "Ducko" = Spoiler Win10 Pro x64 | Intel i7 12700K (@5.1/5.0p + 3.9e) | 64GB DDR4 @3466 CL16 (Crucial Ballistix) | RTX 3090 24GB EVGA FTW3 Ultra | 2TB NVMe (MP600 Pro XT) + 500GB SSD (WD Blue) + 3TB HDD (Toshiba P300) + 1TB HDD (WD Blue) | Corsair RMX 850W | Asus Z690 TUF+ D4 | TR PA120SE | Fractal Meshify C | UAD Volt1 + Sennheiser HD-599SE | 7x USB 3.0 Hub | 50'' 4K Philips 7608/12 UHD TV (+Head Tracking) | HP Reverb G1 Pro (VR) | TM Warthog + Logitech X56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsild Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Hi, what LucShep writes here is very useful, I use, for example, Temp dcs located originally in AppData. MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4, Kingston 3600 MHz 64 Gb, i5 12600K, Gigabyte RTX 4090, Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus,VKB NXT Premium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestiale Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Thank you LucShep, this seems like a good method, guess I will use the soft link for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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