It seems that you're using an outdated browser. Some things may not work as they should (or don't work at all).
We suggest you upgrade newer and better browser like: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera

×
Community
General discussionInstall from USB?(20 posts)solved(20 posts)solved
(20 posts)solved
Pages:
1
2
This is my favourite topic
Posted September 18, 2017
avatar
Klumpen0815: Rep: 141
Registered: Sep 2009

I'm not falling for OP. There's no way he doesn't know how DRM-free installers work.
Took me 5 years to buy a game here. :)
Posted September 18, 2017
avatar
timppu: Yeah that's why I am not a big fan of SSD at this point. It feels to my like the progress of PCs is reversed as suddenly the PCs have quite small hard drives. A 500GB SSD is apparently considered a big SSD, while I would definitely want 2 terabytes as my Windows drive.

People have said in the past that "upgrading" from HDD to SSD is the best upgrade one can make because then "everything" feels so much faster, but I beg to differ. I've been lately using also a Win10 laptop with SSD, and no, it didn't feel like some dream come true. Sure, Windows loads faster there as do the games which are installed on that small 250GB SSD, so what? Waiting 10 seconds instead of 3 seconds for starting a game, so what?

I prefer extra storage over extra speed at this point.
It's a big difference when you have a M.2/NVMe SSD. Not only a lot faster than regular SATA drives but also smaller, so with laptops you can typically put in an additional HDD for storage and static files. Best of both worlds. :)
Posted September 18, 2017
avatar
Luckmann: SSD:s usually make a huge difference in load times in games, though.
Yeah, if you install them to SSD. Many seem to choose to install them to a secondary HDD because their SSD doesn't have enough room (like in your case :)), in which case the SSD does not help to load a game faster naturally.

So yeah, I rathar have more room for my games and stuff, than get faster load speeds. I haven't felt a similar pain using a HDD along with a SSD. Yeah it is a bit more waiting once when you load a game. I'll start looking at SSDs again when 1TB or rather 2TB models become affordable, now they seem to cost the same as a full new laptop.
Post edited September 18, 2017 by timppu
Posted September 19, 2017
avatar
Klumpen0815: Rep: 141
Registered: Sep 2009

I'm not falling for OP. There's no way he doesn't know how DRM-free installers work.
I know how DRM-free installers work, because there's no such thing as a "DRM-free installer" that would be somehow recognizable as similar to eachother. I've used tons and tons of DRM-free installers throughout the years, and only for a very small amount of time has it become common for things to run just fine out of a USB.

And I've never had a reason to check if it worked with GOG installers or not, before, and I wanted to make sure beforehand.
Posted September 19, 2017
avatar
Klumpen0815: Rep: 141
Registered: Sep 2009

I'm not falling for OP. There's no way he doesn't know how DRM-free installers work.
avatar
Luckmann: I know how DRM-free installers work, because there's no such thing as a "DRM-free installer" that would be somehow recognizable as similar to eachother. I've used tons and tons of DRM-free installers throughout the years, and only for a very small amount of time has it become common for things to run just fine out of a USB.

And I've never had a reason to check if it worked with GOG installers or not, before, and I wanted to make sure beforehand.
I think your mixing terms here. Drm free installer and portable install are two different things. A drm free installer will install the product and dependencies on the machine and setup registry items, without any digital protection drivers, linking to online accounts, or activations. It is a complete offline installer.
Portable install means the product can be picked up as an item and moved between drives, machines and run without any other need for registry entries or links.

Now a fair few of the older games can be made portable, I have a few on a pen drive myself.
Pages:
1
2
This is my favourite topic
Community
General discussionInstall from USB?(20 posts)solved(20 posts)solved
(20 posts)solved