▲ 155 ▼ Starfield install size revealed, available to preload now (www.eurogamer.net) submitted 3 years ago by iusearchbtw@lemmy.sdf.org to c/games@lemmy.world 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments On PC, the game is 139.84 GB. On console, it's 100.19 GB for Standard or 117.07 GB for the Premium Edition
[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) They were all that price unless I went up to PCIe 4.0, which my laptop doesn't support. I got a well-known brand. But thanks for the heads up! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 2nsfw2furious@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) For future proofing it can be worthwhile to get a pcie4 drive for a pcie3 machine. That said, even if you have a pcie4 machine it may not be worth it to bother with pcie4 storage. I was annoyed about loading times with baldurs gate 3 and decided to try installing it to a RAM disk (yes, using 130GB of RAM)... Barely loaded any faster. Turns out the main bottleneck is elsewhere and my storage was not the issue permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 2 points 3 years ago It was for a laptop. I'm not going to be changing the motherboard to a PCIe 4.0 compatible one. By the time I buy a new laptop, I may need PCIe 5.0. I'm not sure, but I don't want to overspend now when by the time I need something it is cheaper. If PCIe 4.0 is more than $38 cheaper when I need it than now, then I saved money. And I doubt I'll be in the market for a new laptop any time soon. Mine is only 2 years old and still kicks ass. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Marsupial@quokk.au 0 points 3 years ago Well known brand like Sandisk? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 2nsfw2furious@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) For future proofing it can be worthwhile to get a pcie4 drive for a pcie3 machine. That said, even if you have a pcie4 machine it may not be worth it to bother with pcie4 storage. I was annoyed about loading times with baldurs gate 3 and decided to try installing it to a RAM disk (yes, using 130GB of RAM)... Barely loaded any faster. Turns out the main bottleneck is elsewhere and my storage was not the issue permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 2 points 3 years ago It was for a laptop. I'm not going to be changing the motherboard to a PCIe 4.0 compatible one. By the time I buy a new laptop, I may need PCIe 5.0. I'm not sure, but I don't want to overspend now when by the time I need something it is cheaper. If PCIe 4.0 is more than $38 cheaper when I need it than now, then I saved money. And I doubt I'll be in the market for a new laptop any time soon. Mine is only 2 years old and still kicks ass. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 2 points 3 years ago It was for a laptop. I'm not going to be changing the motherboard to a PCIe 4.0 compatible one. By the time I buy a new laptop, I may need PCIe 5.0. I'm not sure, but I don't want to overspend now when by the time I need something it is cheaper. If PCIe 4.0 is more than $38 cheaper when I need it than now, then I saved money. And I doubt I'll be in the market for a new laptop any time soon. Mine is only 2 years old and still kicks ass. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Marsupial@quokk.au 0 points 3 years ago Well known brand like Sandisk? permalink fedilink source parent