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    I see a problem....

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Gundy, Oct 12, 2007.

  1. Gundy

    Gundy Notebook Enthusiast

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    lol I have noticed that these newer games comming out are starting to require more and more and more and more lol HD space. Are any HD making co. planning on creating bigger laptop hardrives?
     
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  2. narsnail

    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    theres a 320gb 5400 rpm drive out now, replacing the 250gb 5400rpm drives.
     
    narsnail, Oct 12, 2007
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  3. Gundy

    Gundy Notebook Enthusiast

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    send me a link!
     
    Gundy, Oct 12, 2007
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  4. theorist

    theorist Notebook Consultant

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    gundy, i got my laptop three days ago. 200 gb hard drive, clean install of vista. i have 40gbs in music and pictures. i installed office, medieval 2 total war, and the call of duty demo.

    i have 90 gbs left.

    i feel like i got raped.
     
    theorist, Oct 12, 2007
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  5. Gundy

    Gundy Notebook Enthusiast

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    interesting...and by raped you mean?
     
    Gundy, Oct 12, 2007
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  6. theorist

    theorist Notebook Consultant

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    sorry, by these programs/games that take up a lot of space! i swore getting this 200gb would be the best thing ever... well it still is... but i'm still not happy with the amount of available space.
     
    theorist, Oct 12, 2007
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  7. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Definitions of raped on the Web:

    * despoiled: having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside"
    wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

    * Rape is a form of assault involving the non-consensual use of the sexual organs of another person's body. The assailant can be of either ***, as can their target.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raped

    I'm going to go with the first one, unless that is one bad-a** HDD.
     
    Lithus, Oct 12, 2007
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  8. theorist

    theorist Notebook Consultant

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    HAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

    that made me really lol.
     
    theorist, Oct 12, 2007
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  9. Jalf

    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    Well, you can get 1TB desktop harddrives now, so harddrives are growing pretty impressively. (For that matter you can get what, 200-250GB notebook drives. My laptop I bought 8 months ago, had 120GB, and that was more than most.
     
    Jalf, Oct 12, 2007
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  10. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    The 250gb is a nice nitch of price and performance in a notebook. The 300gig drives are still at a high premium, and some of them are even abit taller than a normal drive making them not fit.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Oct 12, 2007
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  11. Eleison

    Eleison Thanatos Eleison

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    Higher-definition content and the growing use of multi-DVD installations means developers don't care about your hard drive...just about making sure you get wowed enough by their latest and greatest that you want their NEXT latest and greatest ;)
     
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  12. narsnail

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    buy an external HDD, you can get a 500gb one for $200. problem solved :)
     
    narsnail, Oct 12, 2007
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  13. Eleison

    Eleison Thanatos Eleison

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    But an external isn't exactly optimal for gaming, unless it's an eSATA
     
    Eleison, Oct 12, 2007
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    It isn't, but my USB 2.0 external HD is perfect for storing all my pictures, movies, vids, and music, and it can play music and movies just fine directly off the external drive, so no need to utilize my precious 100 gigs of laptop HD space, which is reserved for software and games.
     
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  15. narsnail

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    i didnt say for gaming, just put games and the OS on ur main HDD and then everything else on the external.
     
    narsnail, Oct 12, 2007
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    Definitely what he said. I'll be doing that once I get my new laptop with my dual external 2.5" 160Gb IDE drives. Even on an IDE interface the space and access speeds are more than sufficient for storing music and shows on my external drives (especially with my current laptop's USB 1.0 interface) :D
     
    Harleyquin07, Oct 12, 2007
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  17. narsnail

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    eww i have usb 1.0 on my desktop......effing brutal it drives me nuts
     
    narsnail, Oct 12, 2007
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  18. tangent

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    WOW! you're the first one to notice this! congrats!!!! lemme know if you figure out that computers need faster processors to keep up with current games!

    they come out with new hard drives every few weeks it seems, in the last few months they came out with a 300 gig config on one, plus the raid options... a year ago a 100 gig was good, i think 120 was max.
     
    tangent, Oct 13, 2007
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    Especially when I've installed NWN1 on said IDE drive. Forum users complaining about low fps don't know the meaning when you're playing games off an IDE interface and USB 1.0 with a laptop using integrated graphics (830MG if I'm not mistaken).
     
    Harleyquin07, Oct 13, 2007
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  20. odin243

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    The low fps has nothing to do with the hard drive, and everything to do with your graphics card. Hard drive speed does not effect in-game performance, only load times, and thus as long as you're not too impatient, using an external hard drive is fine for games.
     
    odin243, Oct 13, 2007
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  21. Lithus

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    Still wouldn't run a game off of an external. Don't know about you, but I sure don't want to wait 20 minutes every time I enter a room or cross one of those invisible load points in Oblivion.
     
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  22. unknown555525

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    Get dual.. heh.. my notebook's only got 250gb, but my mom's notebook has 500GB set up in RAID, Dual 250gb on her DV9500T
     
    unknown555525, Oct 13, 2007
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