RE: DRE: CTS community mail

  • From: richard moorcroft <greattekkenmaster@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 08:32:15 -0700

Games used to look very good and it was about 2 - 5 gigs,, splinter cell
double agent was like 8 gigs,, the game looked too good,, what have they
done to the games that make it so big????? why can't they reduce the the
size and still make it look as good as it is now????
On Mar 16, 2015 5:21 PM, "Wynand-Ben" <paashaasggx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Desktop app are frequently optimized like ass yea.
>
> Games are different imo.  We were seeing 25-35+ gig games last gen already.
> High quality or lossless audio, HD Video(Cutscenes etc.) takes huge
> amounts of space and so does High res textures.
>
> 100gb does sound a little excessive tho...  but there are many 30+ gig
> stuff out now.
> Bloodborne is apparently a 40gb download.
>
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> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:32:03 +0200
> Subject: Re: DRE: CTS community mail
> From: ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx
> To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> The problem that I have is that applications these days will find a way to
> squeeze every last bit power from your machine.  It's like they think RAM,
> Disk Space and CPU power are an unlimited resource.  You see the same in
> video games as well.  Star Citizen is a 100GB download.  WTF!?
>
> http://www.pcgamer.com/star-citizen-client-expected-to-be-around-100gb/
>
> A few years ago I was doing the same kind of work on my machine with 2GB
> of RAM and a slower CPU and HDD.  Now with 4 times the amount of computing
> power I'm 4 times less productive.
>
> I feel that computing power vs application requirements is a metaphor for
> the human condition.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Di Lhong <geosaurus8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 8.1 is not too bad. start window interface is a little mobile phone...but
> it's not too bad either.
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Wynand-Ben <paashaasggx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Windows 8 interface is a little annoying.  Performance wise its amazing imo
>
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> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 06:05:56 -0700
> Subject: RE: DRE: CTS community mail
> From: greattekkenmaster@xxxxxxxxx
> To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Windows 8 is a mess,, windows 10 should be COMPLETE RUBBISH too ,, thats
> what I expect from it so far
> On Mar 16, 2015 3:00 PM, "Wynand-Ben" <paashaasggx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If I werent a PC gamer I may have considered other options.
>
> The "windows experience" has gotten significantly better since Win7 tho I
> reckon.
>
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> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:54:31 +0200
> Subject: Re: DRE: CTS community mail
> From: nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx
> To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I feel that too.
> The less I use Windows the better it works.
> I often open Windows and kill a whole lot of processes before I work on it.
> On 16 Mar 2015 14:49, "sameegh jardine" <sameegh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Home:mac os x
> Work: Windows
>
> With Windows for some reason I feel like my performance lessens over time
> way more than I experience with mac os x. [Also, significantly less issues]
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Wynand-Ben <paashaasggx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> I havent really had any performance issues with windows since Vista tho...
>
> In recent years the only times I have re installed was along with big
> hardware upgrades.
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:33:09 +0200
> Subject: RE: DRE: CTS community mail
> From: nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx
> To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> That's why I use Linux for everything other than gaming.
> On 16 Mar 2015 14:30, "Wynand-Ben" <paashaasggx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Lol
>
> Thats usually the point in time I go fuckit and wipe it all with fresh
> copy of OS.
>
> I find that usually faster than trying to troubleshoot...  if you have the
> option to wipe it ofcourse.
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:12:45 +0200
> Subject: Re: DRE: CTS community mail
> From: ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx
> To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I'm sure there's an inverse relationship between computer power and
> application performance.
>
> These days 8 - 12GB, multi-core CPU machines are pretty much the norm.
> Yet about 50% of my day is spent waiting for my machine to enter a usable
> state.  As soon as I try anything even remotely advanced (like run two
> things at the same time) my CPU, Disk and Memory usage shoots to 99%.  I'm
> literally doing nothing now except trying to take a screenshot of Task
> Manager, and Windows thinks it needs to max out one of my CPU cores to do
> that.
>
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