Quote: Originally Posted by puffy usb, come on get serious

I use a USB 3.0 PCI-E, and it has firmware updates about once per month. I've seen a gradual increase in overall drive performance as I've upgraded the firmware and drivers over the past year.

When I first bought my external 3.0 drive, I used it for FRAPS recording, which is quite intense when you're recording low-compression 1080p video (think 1 gig or more per minute). Not only does the drive handle this with aplomb, it's virtually silent when doing so.

So, while I can't speak for all uses, I'd say USB 3.0, with the right hardware and proper updates, is definitely a viable option for *some* games. I don't use it for that purpose, but, hey, if you can run Dragon Age on NAS over a high-thoroughput network, then I don't see why USB 3.0 would be a problem.