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Old 09-28-2007, 01:50 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I got a OEM copy of Splinter Cell: Double Agent with my new cpu, and when I went through the install it says it uses 10.5 gigs of space once fully installed!!! Ya. almost 11 gigs!! Isn't that insane?
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wow, even my completely ripped version of Bioshock takes up only 5GB, talk about inefficiency
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Yep, its a hog, i think when all the new DX10 games come out they will need that much space.
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i remember the days when games were less than 50mb, or in one case only 500kb
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ya. lol using 1gb for anything was just mind boggling then...
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