As you know, Bethesda recommends initially installing Starfield on an SSD, and yet the problem persists. The testing conducted on the Compusemble channel deserves attention, as the YouTuber discovered that solid-state drives running Starfield encounter “hiccups while traversing,” meaning that the SSD receives much more information than intended, resulting in a potential bottleneck.
For further description of the problem, Compusemble compiled tests obtained in “New Atlantis,” a highly popular and graphically demanding game setup. The results showed that the built-in SSD reached 100% usage, causing the graphics processor to not function properly, and in some cases, its usage dropped to a shocking 0%. Moreover, the interesting fact is that the user utilized the Crucial T700 Gen5 SSD, which boasts one of the fastest speeds on the market, so the blame cannot be placed solely on the storage itself.
Determining the root problem here is not an easy task; however, Compusemble reports that this is another case of “SSD optimization lacking,” which puts the block size range in jeopardy. From a non-professional perspective, an SSD requires a specific block size to achieve maximum performance, and in this case, the block size is too small, causing the SSD to even exceed the 555 MB/s mark.
Perhaps this is not the main cause of Starfield’s freezing, and it can be verified using any comparative analysis application that displays the level of SSD usage. Even if this problem occurs on your computer, unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to fix it, as it is more likely a developer-side issue.
Bethesda needs to quickly realize the SSD problem, as it has contributed to hiccups among some gamers but has not yet been addressed.
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