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    Ext. hard drive help

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by juggernautica8173, May 19, 2008.

  1. juggernautica8173

    juggernautica8173 Notebook Geek

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    I wasn't sure whether to put this in the gaming section or the hardware section.

    Anyhow, I have an external hard drive 80GB that I can finally use, and was wondering if I can store my game files on it and still play them alright. Like the Windows Live games I don't think require you to have the disk to play them, so I thought that would work well. I only have a 64GB SSD, so I can't really store a 12GB game like Crysis on there.
     
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    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    You can play games off of them. It is gonna be a bit slower though. But the answer is yes.
     
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    That's what I was afraid of. Shouldn't the loading only be slower though? Because once its loads an area it's really only running off RAM/GPU or whatnot. Correct?
     
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    Best way to see the performance drop is to try it for yourself.

    This is why I always advise people to get the largest harddrive they can afford.
     
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    I did lol. 64GB = $700. But thanks for the help :)
     
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    They'll run... but yeah loading and such will be infuriatingly slow. I played HL2: Episode One off an external on my old laptop and that was somewhat miserable.
     
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    Largest as in storage size not price. ;)
     
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    I like the way you think :)
    Have no shame!!!!
     
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