Bethesda releasing 58GB HD texture pack for Fallout 4

[stealth80]

that 5820k hurt me, I had the option of X99 and everyone said "no, X99 is a waste for gaming, just get an i5" I went half way and got a 4790k and regretted it since as I knew shit like this was coming (ok its one game with a shitty engine ill put the drama away)

[KuJoe]

Time to expand my RAID for my Steam library, I'm running out of room in my case for SSDs.

[leadeater]

25 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

Time to expand my RAID for my Steam library, I'm running out of room in my case for SSDs.

Time to swap them out for the new 32TB Samsung SSDs? I've got 32 2.5" bays, wonder what the total cost would be......

[KuJoe]

1 minute ago, leadeater said:

Time to swap them out for the new 32TB Samsung SSDs? I've got 32 2.5" bays, wonder what the total cost would be......

Nah, for my Steam library I literally get the cheapest SSDs I can find then stripe them together and go.

[leadeater]

4 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

Nah, for my Steam library I literally get the cheapest SSDs I can find then stripe them together and go.

Yea I do the same but went slightly up market and use 512GB Pro's, used for more than just steam but mostly that.

[Master Disaster]

1 minute ago, leadeater said:

Yea I do the same but went slightly up market and use 512GB Pro's, used for more than just steam but mostly that.

Am I the only person left using a good ol mechanical drive for my games library? My WD Black never gives me any issues and my load times are fine, when I play BF1 I am amongst the first 10 players spawned into the game.

[leadeater]

5 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Am I the only person left using a good ol mechanical drive for my games library? My WD Black never gives me any issues and my load times are fine, when I play BF1 I am amongst the first 10 players spawned into the game.

I have 6 SSD cos...... give me a minute I'll think of a reason....

 

 

In actual seriousness I use them for hosting a large number of VMs, steam library just gave me an excuse to go that big.

[MMKing]

Knowing Bethesda optimization, the GTX 1080 requirement may very well be the 1080p requirement. Also, is Fallout 4 still a thing? Sure, if you accept it's just a shoot and loot game, it's a decent casual experience. Hardly worth a second look at over a year after it's release though.

[AlTech]

23 minutes ago, leadeater said:

I have 6 SSD cos...... give me a minute I'll think of a reason....

 

 

In actual seriousness I use them for hosting a large number of VMs, steam library just gave me an excuse to go that big.

I have a genuine reason for wanting a larger SSD. I'm still stuck on 128GB.....

 

Development tools take up a LOT of storage. Visual Studio as is takes up around 20GB and that is with a light installation.

 

I'd really like to be able to expand it so that I can go add features which would bring it up to like 30GB.

[Sauron]

13 hours ago, laminutederire said:

I stand by my point: they were smart!

It's like doom running so smoothly by the way

 

Yes, my point was that Bethesda is being lazy. Which is ironic considering they own Id now. Granted, Carmack is gone, but honestly Bethesda should just let Id do all the technical work and focus on what they're actually good at.

[Valentyn]

4 hours ago, KuJoe said:

Time to expand my RAID for my Steam library, I'm running out of room in my case for SSDs.

Time to get a thundebolt adding card, and an external raid chassis so. It'll do wonders. Shove all the raid arrays and racks in another room and just have the cable to the pc. 

[RollinLower]

16 hours ago, ApolloFury said:

You don't need a high resolution monitor to see improvement from higher texture resolution.

True, but i already have a few texture mods installed anyway.

[Juanitology]

19 hours ago, RagnarokDel said:

It's not odd at all. Most games dont run 4k textures even at 4k resolution.

Tbh at 58GB this is probably 8K textures.

[shermantanker]

my 840 pro has 11gb free, and am waiting to pick up a 1tb 960 evo. And want to get that Sandisk 1tb for like 250 bucks for steam games.

[shermantanker]

2 minutes ago, Terodius said:

Tbh at 58GB this is probably 8K textures.

I think 4k, the games crappy textures are still 14gb on their own. 4k @ 60gb in comparison seems reasonable, it's still a ridicules amount though.

[arbellason55]

Well time to go play through witcher 3 again, a game that actually looks good without the need for HD texture packs.

[arbellason55]

Yep they just made the announcement on steam, 58gbs of free space required.........

[NumLock21]

7 hours ago, S.Stephenson said:

People crying about how it'll take ages on their 2kbit internet should stop moaning, after all it's just going to get worse it's not bethesdas fault you either have really slow internet or a really low cap.

 

Also children are starving in Africa 

Fine you pay for all of our internet, then we'll be happy to get the fastest speed possible.

[2FA]

6 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Fine you pay for all of our internet, then we'll be happy to get the fastest speed possible.

I don't think that was point he was making, I'm pretty sure he was referring to ISPs being crappy which isn't Bethesda's fault.

[NumLock21]

3 minutes ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

I don't think that was point he was making, I'm pretty sure he was referring to ISPs being crappy which isn't Bethesda's fault.

Yeah so he pays for it, then we find better ISP and faster internet with no data cap. Even a decent internet connection is going to take a while to download 58GB file.

[2FA]

9 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Yeah so he pays for it, then we find better ISP and faster internet with no data cap. Even a decent internet connection is going to take a while to download 58GB file.

Now you're just being salty about his post.

[Taja]

6 hours ago, stealth80 said:

that 5820k hurt me, I had the option of X99 and everyone said "no, X99 is a waste for gaming, just get an i5" I went half way and got a 4790k and regretted it since as I knew shit like this was coming (ok its one game with a shitty engine ill put the drama away)

And not only that, this requirements are stupid. I bet a 1070 with a 6600k will do just fine. 

[NumLock21]

4 minutes ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

Now you're just being salty about his post.

Well he started it.

 

[2FA]

6 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Well he started it.

 

Or you took it the wrong way...

[NumLock21]

2 minutes ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

Or you took it the wrong way...

I don't even play that game, so why would I care about some HD texture pack coming in at 58GB. IDGAF even if it comes in at 58TB.