Is it easy to delete game downloads?

Well I am thinking about downloading some game demos and have some questions.

-Are they up to the quality of the full games? I think I read somewhere that the graphics often aren't up to par with the full games because they need to compress it into a smaller file size.

-I'm thinking of dling the Crysis demo - it is 1.8 GB though. Isn't that a lot?? I didn't think even a full game would take that much. Is it easy to delete all these files once I'm done playing it?

-I have an ATI Mobility Radeon 3470 (pretty good graphics card but I'm guessing nowhere near optimum Crysis standards). Am I risking anything (as in damaging the computer) by attempting to play it?

 

The deleting is easy, it might take a few moments depending on how fast your system is. Computer will probably run a perm-delete if it's too big for the recycle bin, but control panel usually handles most of the removing if you don't want to clean up manually. The downloading is the long part. And no, you won't damage your GPU by attemping to play the games your GPU will just lag or crash at the worst case scenario or even down-right reject the game if it's that bad but you have a decent card and it's very hard to damage a GPU by trying to playing a game, no worries.

 

1.8GBs isnt alot to be honest, not for games now; back in 2001 when Diablo 2 came out i needed like 700MBs and now Assasins Creed needs upwards of 10GBs.

IMHO, the 3470 is a LOW end GPU, not midrange, especially when compared to the 8600GT or 9600GT.

 

Yeah man 1.8GB is nothing, Crysis installed is like 6-8GB, and Age of Conan is like 45GB installed XD

 

I take it this is your first computer?

It's just like any other program. Download the installer, install, delete the installer program. Then play, once you're done use the "add/remove program/features"in control panel to uninstall. Or just use the "uninstall" shortcut it the demo's start menu tab.

 

Well some programs leave some stuff around after being uninstalled in your documents folder or user folder, but they're usually just your settings and some miscellaneous files. You'll have to delete those manually.

 

Yeah you can just do a wildcard search ie*crys* and delete what ever may be remaining, as minimal as it may be.


OT but hey Prydeless how's your GDDR3 card holding up, and or what are you seeing temp wise. I've been chasing ASUS around for answers for a while now.

 

Hey Hollywood, my card seems to be holding up fine although I've been worried since I heard about the nVidia defects. As for the temps, before I reformatted, I got about 91 to 96C playing Mass Effect and CoH using the 167.58 drivers. After a fresh install it's 85-96C using 177.83. Idle ranges from 68 to 79C. Only difference I've noticed between the drivers is lower performance in CoH.

 

Cool, good to know. I'm still worried, at the least I think I might grab a spare GPU just in case, so I don't end up with an expensive paper weight if it fails. Even if it's a lower end model. So much for the GPU upgrades..

I tend to run in power saver with the scaled back speeds unless gaming. Which I think you loose with the 167.58 (the OC/DC). If I need cpu power I'll throw it in Gaming mode and downclock via Riva, and or use my hardwired GPU fan control.