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GAMING PERFORMANCE
Q14: How many games can I accelerate with Intel® Optane™ memory?
A14: You cannot quantify the number of games or applications that can be accelerated as this is
highly dependent on the size and architecture of the software, other software and usage
patterns on your system, and specific platform configuration.
Q15: Games tend to occupy several 10s of GB of space, how does a much smaller sized module
accelerate an entire game? Will gameplay be affected due to the smaller size of the module
relative to the game size?
A15: On the first attempt at launching the game, the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver detects
the specific files used during launch and accelerates these files accordingly during subsequent
launches. Even though games may occupy many GBs of space, most of it may not be needed for
immediate gameplay. Gameplay will not be affected due to the module size. When playing
multiple games, Intel recommends higher capacity options like 32GB.
Note: Intel® Optane™ memory prioritizes frequently used files and applications for acceleration.
Thus, infrequently used files and applications may fall out of the cache overtime.
Q16: If I use Intel® Optane™ memory with an HDD to accelerate my game, I understand game
launch and level loads become faster or close to that of an SSD only experience, but what
about game play? Is game play impacted?
A16: Gameplay today is not that different between an SSD based system and an HDD based system
since the game data is loaded into DRAM during game play. Adding Intel® Optane™ memory is
not expected to enhance game play unless the game vendor specifically optimizes the game to
take advantage of the hardware.