Adding an extra PS5 SSD might result in even faster load times

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Shift your PS5's internal SSD to an M.2 NVMe SSD can possibly improve the load times of PS4 games, a new depth psychology suggests.

Reported to Extremity Foundry (via VG C), by swapping your PS5's internal SSD to an M.2 NVMe SSD - this example used a Samsung 980 Pro - you may exist capable to improve your console's load and transfer multiplication.

Thanks to the PS5's Microcode Beta 2.0 update, those looking to upgrade their PS5 SSD buttocks now execute indeed, as the update unlocked the console's M.2 expansion port. In its video, Digital Foundry explained that it chose to use the Samsung 980 In favour of 500GB model of SSD, but that "results should apply to larger capacity 1TB and 2TB variants arsenic well."

The team at Digital Foundry put the off-the-shelf SSD to the test with games such as Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart, The Witcher 3, and Fallout 4, and found that "The Samsung 980 Pro is fast enough to handle onerous PS5 exclusives like Ratchet and Clank and works just like PS5's stock screw its livery of high-bandwidth scenes." However, they as wel discovered that wholly three of the games tested "run with a stingy lead happening the 980 Pro [and] have zero loss in performance and only gain in overall memory board."

In terms of consignment times, the tech channel says that IT found the new Samsung 980 Pro did deliver quicker load times when compared to the PS5's internal SSD when playing PS4 titles. For this screen, the team used Cyberpunk 2077 and found that the game loaded almost 3 seconds faster on the new SSD.

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