Hi guys! I'm looking to improve my gaming performance. I run The Sims 3, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life 2 and a few other games natively on my MacBook Pro 13". By no I means do I care for getting unrealistically high performance, but I would like to know how an SSD would effect gaming performance. Would it give a notable increase in terms of FPS? or responsive?
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It's your graphics card an RAM that effect things like fps. An SDD would most likely just help your game load faster.
I play TF2/SCII on my 13" Pro with SSD and the performance is not great at all. I have a high-end Alienware gaming system so it's not a huge deal but I wouldn't look at upgrading to SSD as the right investment for improved performance. Games will load slightly faster, that is all. Honestly, I think the computer can handle the games just fine but the graphics drivers are significantly behind as compared to Windows. Try Bootcamp and you will notice an improvement.
Alright, I guess that's fair. In any case, this is the SSD I'm thinking of buying. What do you guys think:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231378
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231378
