Abnormal loading times on my external HDD.
When I say abnormal, I mean insanely abnormal. For reference, in the time it takes me to load into the menu, I would have already been in a match in games like Apex, Siege, RL, all games I have installed on the same external HDD. I'm not sure if this is an issue with the Riot Client fetching between my main drive where it's installed and Valorants spot on the hdd, but it is HORRIBLE.
And it's not like I don't have an overkill PC for Valorant:
i7 13th Gen and a 4060
My main drive is an NVME drive, but it's space constrained
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valorant is a game that requires fast disk speeds
the faster your ssd or hdd the faster the game will load
that's why an ssd is recommended for valorant
While you're not wrong, it doesn't make sense given the other games I've listed would've had me mid match before Valorant can reach the menu, all probably fetching more data.
I've also mentioned those games are on that same hard drive.
yes it would because all games are coded differently
Again, you're not wrong, but it doesn't make this not abnormal.
from experience with other tickets I've noticed that it can take up to 15min just to load into valorant if you are using a hard drive
as soon as they switched to ssd it was normal
and it's also a known fact that valorant is dependent on high read/write speeds
we clear?
This is an issue with files loading off of your disk. You might have a HDD. If you do, you should defragment it or get an SSD and place Valorant on it.
Use
windows key + r than type "dfrgui" to check what type of drive you have.
Learn how to defragment:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/defragment-your-windows-10-pc-048aefac-7f1f-4632-d48a-9700c4ec702a
Solid State Drives (SSD) and Hard Disk Drives (HDD) are data storage devices. SSDs are usually much smaller, thinner, and offer more storage volume, speed, and efficiency compared to HDDs.
My thing here is I have had Valorant on a much older system on an HDD, and never once had it taken this long. I cannot be the only one who finds this abnormal. I’d like to reiterate bigger more intensive games on this same HDD have taken significantly less time to load, to the point where it would have me mid match before Valorant will even see the menu.
Warzone of all games is among that list.
Please try to defragment your HDD. This optimization helps your drive reference files easier and quicker
This is effective if you are experiencing abnormal load times in game(s)
Defragment a hard drive set up less than 2 weeks ago?
New straight out of the packaging
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amillo
get an ssd
Yes. You mentioned you had already put a lot of storage on the device. Valorant, Warzone, etc. Correct if I'm wrong but Warzone is an 150gb game.
thats it
this ticket is solved
Lyra, I find your dismissive content rather reductive
An SSD is a solution, but it is not the only solution
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Sorry if I annoyed you, but given your reasoning this should be impacting other games as well, and it’s not.