SSD Handling for best performance

[Celestiale]

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

[LucShep]

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.

[petsild]

 

Hi,

what LucShep writes here is very useful, I use, for example, Temp dcs located originally in AppData.

[Celestiale]

Thank you LucShep, this seems like a good method, guess I will use the soft link for that.