Game stutters if there's players

[nasomi]

Sata2 is 3gbit/sec, sata is 1.5gbit/sec. You aren't "capped" at sata2, the protocol is capable of transfering at 375MB/sec, much faster than the physical media is capable of. Even sata's 187.5MB/sec is faster than pretty much any single hard drive.

People are reccomending SSD's not because of their raw read/write speed, but because of their low random read/write latency. That is, how long it takes to find the data you need. The drive with physical platters needs to rotate to the correct position, get the arm int he correct position, and grab the data. The SSD has it stored on a glorified ram chip, so there's no physical lag.

I have the same problem, when I go into an area it's chopppy when I first get there until hte models are loaded. Then I can run around find.

And if you're here to complain, travel is fine, you have feet and ports. That's a lot more than you had in xi, and the maps are just as big. Running from bastok to jeuno? Not much different than from uldah to gridania. In fact uldah to gridania is faster. And you can port there, without finding a white mage! Free warp too! At any level! Instant travel is bad. It makes the world feel small, and less immersive. XIV's quests are easier than XI's. But I guess you want it all handed to you so you don't have to think at all. There's other games that cater to what you want, maybe you should try them.

[Digirotta]

Sata2 is 3gbit/sec, sata is 1.5gbit/sec. You aren't "capped" at sata2, the protocol is capable of transfering at 375MB/sec, much faster than the physical media is capable of. Even sata's 187.5MB/sec is faster than pretty much any single hard drive.

Please keep in mind, that the original poster i was quoting, hasn't revealed which SSD's he/she has in RAID-0 setup.

SATA1 or SATA/150 = 1,5Gbps or 150MB/s
SATA2 or SATA/300 = 3,0Gbps or 300MB/s
SATA3 or SATA/600 = 6,0Gbps or 600MB/s

My single SATA3 SSD, with 580mb/s read speed and 280mb/s write speed, would alone exceed SATA2 3Gbit/s standard. My drive is number 401 on this list.

THIS is why i'm concerned about Okiura's stuttering gameplay. Is it her/his lack of TRIM, slow SSD's, or bottlenecked protocol?

//edit: Typo. And a broken link.

[Bahn]

SATA1 or SATA/150 = 1.5Gbps or 150MB/s
SATA2 or SATA/300 = 3.0Gbps or 300MB/s
SATA3 or SATA/600 = 6.0Gbps or 600MB/s

Just as a nitpick, GigaBITSper second is different from MegaBYTES per second. It's not as simple as moving the decimal place place a couple places to the right. 8 bits = 1 byte, so if you want to get the true throughput, convert the Gigabits into Megabits, then divide by 8.

1.5 Gigabits (Gb with a lowercase b) = 1500 Megabits (Mb with a lowercase b) / 8 = 187.5 MB (what we're all familiar with)
3.0 Gb = 3000 Mb / 8 = 375 MB
6.0 Gb = 6000 Mb / 8 = 750 MB

As you can see, SATA II is sufficient for most $100-$150 lower end SSDs, while SATA III may be necessary for high end SSDs that would put strain on a SATA II controller. However, what SSDs, as another poster eloquently pointed out, are good for in FFXIV is not for the raw read/write speeds, but the very low seek/access times for random file access, which FFXIV does a LOT of. Even a low end SSD would help with this, as long as you get one with low access times (which unfortunately, usually is feature of the higher end more expensive SSDs).

[Digirotta]

1.5 Gigabits (Gb with a lowercase b) = 1500 Megabits (Mb with a lowercase b) / 8 = 187.5 MB (what we're all familiar with)
3.0 Gb = 3000 Mb / 8 = 375 MB
6.0 Gb = 6000 Mb / 8 = 750 MB

How is it that wiki states otherwise?