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    PC-CD vs PC-DVD?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by darthvader1432, Dec 22, 2008.

  1. darthvader1432

    darthvader1432 - Audiophile -

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    Well I purchased fallout 3 and unreal tournament 3 and battlefield 2 for my laptop which I will be getting on Thursday.

    Fallout 3 and Unreal T3 both say PC-DVD on them

    Battlefield 2 says PC-CD.

    Is there any difference and will I be able to play all of them on an asus g50vt a1?
     
    darthvader1432, Dec 22, 2008
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  2. TabbedOut

    TabbedOut Notebook Evangelist

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    A CD holds ~720mb of data and a DVD holds about 4.7gb of data. I don't see why you couldn't play them both on your laptop.
     
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    ok thanks I was getting a little nervous that I wasted 70$ on games that I couldn't play. I would of not been able to return them because I opened them already lol.
     
    darthvader1432, Dec 22, 2008
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    MrWhereItsAt Notebook Evangelist

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    That there is one of the specs for the G50 (by the way, I am very envious, looking at my neat-but-ageing G1S). The "Multi" part means the DVD drive can read/write CDs and DVDs. You'd be very hard pressed to find a laptop, or even a new optical disk drive for a computer that doesn't let you read both CDs and DVDs.
     
    MrWhereItsAt, Dec 22, 2008
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    darthvader1432 - Audiophile -

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    Thank you for reassuring me lol

    *sigh of relief, rips open Battlefield 2 package and looks at manual*

    *goes and takes nap hoping Christmas will come sooner*
     
    darthvader1432, Dec 22, 2008
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    Big problem. Can windows vista run bf2 becuase on the box it says windows xp 32 bit with admin rights. It says nothing about vista like my other games do.
     
    darthvader1432, Dec 22, 2008
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    Jedi007 Notebook Evangelist

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    It should... mine works...

    Just give it a shot, if it doesn't work post here and/or search a bit on google. There's always a solution for vista incompatibilities :)...
     
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    Will do that
     
    darthvader1432, Dec 22, 2008
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