Originally Posted by
Kraco
If it's a game that needs to load stuff during the gameplay, then there's a very clear performance boost. Instead of waiting for half a minute you wait for five seconds. But if you only play games that load a map and then you play the same limited map for an hour, I guess it's not such an issue (until you get used to SSDs, anyway, and wouldn't want to wait even once an hour).
But for now a gaming PC with a budget less than 1000 dollars is hard pressed to include an SSD. Getting a subpar video card is a tragic mistake, though. You can always add an SSD later with absolutely nothing lost, but if you get a lousy video card first and then upgrade later, the first one will be wasted money that could have been used to get a decent one to begin with. Yeah, I've been there myself.