Game Clients: Path of Exile on Steam vs Path of Exile website download
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tbh the problem isn't the downloading x'D
it's the fact that the rest takes ages like 100mb patch on steam? is downloaded in 2 seconds. yet takes up to 5+ minutes which is really a pain in the arse. 3.26 when?
Don't abandon us. don't turn your backs on the ones loving poe. |
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" Photos, video, documents, music etc. DON'T need to be on an SSD - that makes your storage needs much smaller (unless you're on a laptop with just 1 drive slot but that's getting rare these days) SSDs are WAY more reliable than at-launch, they do fail but then so do HDDs so everything has to be backed-up either way... Putting your OS onto an SSD will revolutionize how your system starts/runs and you can do that on a 120Gb SSD (suggest 240Gb or larger as 120Gb drives are slow) - that's just $50 How I'm setup C: - contains Windows and key programs/files ONLY - 240Gb partition of 500Gb SSD D: - contains games as-well-as swapfile - rest of SSD E: - storage including default Steam Library, Documents/Music/Videos folders - one big HDD The reason I split the SSD is that I image-backup C: on a weekly basis and DON'T want to include games or documents in that (for speed/space) Then - if the SSD fails I simply restore it (via memory-stick to a new SSD or even to the HDD) - the games I can redownload and other files are cloud-backed-uped separately Last edited by ohnpeat#0565 on Apr 30, 2020, 10:55:54 AM
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i tried both and both ran the same the difference is just with patching the game but on steam you get the steam overlay which is quite nice imo
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" Fair point about the backups and I recall having a mechanical drive or two fail on my personal systems. Professionally I have seen SSDs fail at about the same rate as mechanical drives - about every 18 months to 2 years, however, I believe that failure rate comparison may be at least somewhat environment and/or SSD brand dependent. Other than that I've tried partitioning schemes like what describe on other machines and it was enough of a pain in the rear end to make me decide "never again". I guess I like the KISS principle when it comes to partitioning. Last edited by Wolfy339#6765 on Apr 30, 2020, 1:32:53 PM
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Only problem with Steam is, as others have said, the patching file is huge. If it was all the same I would use the Steam client. I have a 1gb internet connection and SSD on a high end system (i9/64Gb Ram/nVidia 2080/ 4TB of SSD) and still choose to go non-steam despite all my other games being through it.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
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" I have 3 drives as well. 2 SSD (1 @ 120GB and 1 @ 500GB) and 1 good old 7200RPM unit (@ 1 TB) Windows is on the 120. PoE on the 500GB SSD and Steam on the TB drive. Windows (which I have been using since 3.11 Windows for Workgroups) has never run so well as on an SSD, IMHO. ~ Please separate the PoE1 and PoE2 forums.
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