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Pirate RPG game is secretly looting your SSD lifespan — new Windrose patch promises smoother sailing and addresses…

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(Image credit: Steam - Windrose) Windrose , an early access PvE survival game made by Kraken Express, has come under scrutiny for consuming an abnormal amount of disk I/O during gameplay that will scare even the best SSDs . Multiple users have reported this issue in forum posts, and at least one YouTuber, Pixel Operative, has complained about it, revealing that the game can write up to 108 GB per hour to your SSD due to optimization issues in how it saves data. The new patch has substantially decreased the disk usage. Players have discovered that the game will read from and write to storage virtually nonstop at speeds of around 15 MB/s to 30 MB/s, depending on the player’s location and in-game movement. According to footage Pixel Operative shared, disk usage will spike up to 30 MB/s constantly when the player’s character is running around a base. This behavior worsens when piloting a ship.…

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