I don't quite understand a few things about this review. One is that they're using a 960 EVO 250GB as their benchmark SSD, but it's not the best SSD, the 960 PRO 2TB is. How does it compare to that.
The other thing I don't get is that Intel wants to sell Optane drives to "eSports gamers". Why would they need that? I've heard people on the Overwatch forums complaining about slow map loading from laptop hard drives... but if you're playing organized eSports, they're not going to start the match without you. Matches are paused mid-match all the time for technical glitches. If you're just playing on your machine at home, that's not really eSports, that's just playing computer games at home, perhaps with a higher than average dedication to winning. And map loading time is miniscule with SSDs, so I don't see the advantage you could possibly derive from there. (It all fits in RAM anyway, which is cheap.)
I dunno, I kind of see this whole thing as a solution without a problem, at least in the consumer market.
The other thing I don't get is that Intel wants to sell Optane drives to "eSports gamers". Why would they need that? I've heard people on the Overwatch forums complaining about slow map loading from laptop hard drives... but if you're playing organized eSports, they're not going to start the match without you. Matches are paused mid-match all the time for technical glitches. If you're just playing on your machine at home, that's not really eSports, that's just playing computer games at home, perhaps with a higher than average dedication to winning. And map loading time is miniscule with SSDs, so I don't see the advantage you could possibly derive from there. (It all fits in RAM anyway, which is cheap.)
I dunno, I kind of see this whole thing as a solution without a problem, at least in the consumer market.