SPEED KILLS WHY SERIES X’S SSD IS A GAME-CHANGER. .
They may sound worryingly like an infection, but SSDs really are killer tech components. Solid-state drives boast far faster read/write speeds than traditional hard drives. What’s the practical in-game application, you ask? Faster loading times, baby! Much faster, in many cases.
Unlike Xbox One, Series X comes with a built-in SSD. And it’s not just any old solid-state drive. Microsoft’s next-gen console sports a speedy NVMe SSD. Not only will games load more quickly, but in an interview with PCGames Hardware, Phil Spencer confirmed the console’s drive can deliver in-game benefits that go beyond slashing load times. “The ability to directly supply data to the CPU and GPU via the SSD will enable game worlds to be created that will not only be richer, but also more seamless.