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danpaul88 · Post by **danpaul88** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 13:20

All downloaded in 7 minutes on BT: Infinity

Got to love modern broadband connections.

I still can't believe how ridiculously excited I am for a video game to be released and now it's so close I can touch it (albeit in it's current encrypted, slightly incomplete, form)...

Melter · Post by **Melter** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 15:11

danpaul88 wrote: I still can't believe how ridiculously excited I am for a video game to be released and now it's so close I can touch it (albeit in it's current encrypted, slightly incomplete, form)...

I feel the same and I'm sure many others do too. I suppose its the long years of waiting and the early days of skepticism with the long veil of silence that have lead us to this uncontrollable excitement.

It's all seeming real now, there it is! A desktop icon... "X Rebirth"
I have removed all icons from my desktop except this and the recycle bin, when the bell tolls, I'll have a clear shot at clicking it without accidentally opening other applications in my mad stabbing panic.

The wait is almost over!

And to think my wife wants to go out for our wedding anniversary on the 16th....Well, I know she wants to, and I know I'm not going to

innerorbit · Post by **innerorbit** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 15:22

BT a couple of hours.
I don't have an icon on my desktop ?

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3089599327

Nosscar · Post by **Nosscar** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 15:33

Well mine is a touch faster than yours on download, but makes no difference to me as I am waiting for a hard copy arriving.

My result, same site.

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3089636372

Melter · Post by **Melter** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 15:45

innerorbit wrote: I don't have an icon on my desktop ?

Hmm, no idea why I have then...It's quite possible I'm hallucinating, probable even, but each time I look, it's there. I don't trust myself anymore though, my elevated fervor has completely taken over.

Post by **Santi** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 16:35

Depending on settings Steam can add an icon automatically, or you can just go to the game list, right click on the game and ask to create one.

cherbert1701 · Post by **cherbert1701** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 16:40

Does pre-load mean we can play at midnight on the night of the 14th?

DaMuncha · Post by **DaMuncha** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 16:46

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316 ... 1384011951

Alci · Post by **Alci** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 16:48

size requirements are just estimates. They consider things like savegames, future patches and updates and add random value you are sure NEVER exceeds. It's not a number you swear your life on.

Werkelijk · Post by **Werkelijk** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 16:55

I just ordered a Western Digital WD Black WD5003AZEX Hard Drive.

I hope it gets here before Wednesday so I can replace my current drive, my Seagate .12 drive tops at 125MB/s, this WD tops at 180MB/s sustained read speed.

Alci · Post by **Alci** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 17:06

what's the point of getting something small as this and not getting SSD instead?

cherbert1701 · Post by **cherbert1701** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 17:16

dssgmarine wrote:I just ordered a Western Digital WD Black WD5003AZEX Hard Drive.

I hope it gets here before Wednesday so I can replace my current drive, my Seagate .12 drive tops at 125MB/s, this WD tops at 180MB/s sustained read speed.

Why on earth didn't you take the opportunity to get an SSD? You could be achieving double those speeds with SSD.

Werkelijk · Post by **Werkelijk** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 17:22

Alci wrote:what's the point of getting something small as this and not getting SSD instead?

cherbert1701 wrote:Why on earth didn't you take the opportunity to get an SSD? You could be achieving double those speeds with SSD.

with the frequency that I reformat my HDD a year, paired with how long I go without upgrading storage devices, an SSD would be so degraded by the second or close to 3rd year that my current drive would out class it in read speed.

innerorbit · Post by **innerorbit** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 17:35

@Melter, i did the same as you cleared all my desktop and am starting to see an icon shimmering in and out of focus.
It is there, i clicked it and pushed the throttle ...............

cherbert1701 · Post by **cherbert1701** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 17:39

dssgmarine wrote:
Alci wrote:what's the point of getting something small as this and not getting SSD instead?

cherbert1701 wrote:Why on earth didn't you take the opportunity to get an SSD? You could be achieving double those speeds with SSD.
with the frequency that I reformat my HDD a year, paired with how long I go without upgrading storage devices, an SSD would be so degraded by the second or close to 3rd year that my current drive would out class it in read speed.

Many tests have been done to put this myth to bed. With current SSD technology I doubt after 3 years your drive would be anywhere near degraded.

Although maybe if you really do format your drive a lot - this probably does have an impact.

johncage · Post by **johncage** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 17:45

only 4.4gbs. with the amount of content in this game, this must mean the files are really well compressed?

but then again space games tend to be smaller. i never understood why.

cherbert1701 wrote:Does pre-load mean we can play at midnight on the night of the 14th?

from my previous experience with steam preloading, no. it'll unlock usually pacific standard time at 8 pm or something.

SmartBase · Post by **SmartBase** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 17:49

The game will unlock when your Steam client says it will.

cherbert1701 · Post by **cherbert1701** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 17:57

SmartBase wrote:The game will unlock when your Steam client says it will.

Thanks.

So for those of us in the UK that is approx. 7pm on the Friday.

Saquavin · Post by **Saquavin** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 18:28

pjknibbs wrote: You've got almost double what I have (2.67 download here)--I've just got into the habit of leaving large games downloading overnight. (Started XR preload at 2:30am this morning and it finished a couple of hours ago).

Yup, no problem when you can anticipate. The only issue is when I want to play a game I've not played for a while. Ok let's play this ! "Game files have changed, steam will download a part of it." 5GB. Damn it ! Not today...

BTW, thanks for X Rebirth preload, it really helps.

Harag · Post by **Harag** » Sat, 9. Nov 13, 20:50

Yea - Downloading X-Rebirth!

While there is still a week to go, is there anyway to view the manual / collectors additions while I wait?

Thanks
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