Preload

[Chadjao]

Is it worth doing the preload?

[DeathRow]

I got the preload for free, so I think its fine

[Rolhn]

Always, so the moment the game is released you dont have to wait however long it takes to download the game, since you already downloaded it its ready to go and enjoy

[Meow-Meow Power]

if your CPU is fast enough to out pace your internet speed, then yes

[Shield]

Originally posted by Rolhn:

Always, so the moment the game is released you dont have to wait however long it takes to download the game, since you already downloaded it its ready to go and enjoy

It needs to decrypt so not exactly so easy. You might be looking at up to hour or two of waiting. Depending on your internet speed, might be easier to dl 60 gb than it takes for steam to decrypt the files

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Originally posted by Shield:

Originally posted by Rolhn:

Always, so the moment the game is released you dont have to wait however long it takes to download the game, since you already downloaded it its ready to go and enjoy

It needs to decrypt so not exactly so easy. You might be looking at up to hour or two of waiting. Depending on your internet speed, might be easier to dl 60 gb than it takes for steam to decrypt the files

NVME speeds anyone? :>

[Stoners Knight]

Originally posted by Rolhn:

Always, so the moment the game is released you dont have to wait however long it takes to download the game, since you already downloaded it its ready to go and enjoy

This is a common misconception among steam preloads.. Let me explain.

If Tim has dog 💩 internet it will always be worth pre loading. However, if Tim has good internet, but dog 💩 hardware, in this case hard drive; Pre loading is not beneficial.

What you are downloading is a locked file, it takes a lot of time to unpack with average hardware. Usually as long or longer than downloading after launch, when the files are already unpacked.

This is why you should only pre load games if your internet downloads data slower than your hard drive can read/write.

[Chadjao]

Originally posted by Shield:

Originally posted by Rolhn:

Always, so the moment the game is released you dont have to wait however long it takes to download the game, since you already downloaded it its ready to go and enjoy

It needs to decrypt so not exactly so easy. You might be looking at up to hour or two of waiting. Depending on your internet speed, might be easier to dl 60 gb than it takes for steam to decrypt the files

It is taking 20 minutes to download the game. Would it take longer than that to decrypt? (I have an NVMe SSD.)

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Originally posted by Chadjao:

Originally posted by Shield:

It needs to decrypt so not exactly so easy. You might be looking at up to hour or two of waiting. Depending on your internet speed, might be easier to dl 60 gb than it takes for steam to decrypt the files

It is taking 20 minutes to download the game. Would it take longer than that to decrypt? (I have an NVMe SSD.)

Nah not on nvme.

[Chadjao]

Originally posted by GamingWithSilvertail:

Originally posted by Chadjao:

It is taking 20 minutes to download the game. Would it take longer than that to decrypt? (I have an NVMe SSD.)

Nah not on nvme.

Ty =]

[Shield]

Originally posted by Chadjao:

Originally posted by Shield:

It needs to decrypt so not exactly so easy. You might be looking at up to hour or two of waiting. Depending on your internet speed, might be easier to dl 60 gb than it takes for steam to decrypt the files

It is taking 20 minutes to download the game. Would it take longer than that to decrypt? (I have an NVMe SSD.)

lets just say with ur setup regardless of which you choose you will be waiting less than half an hour to play

[DuckiePlucky]

Took an hour and a half for mine to download due to sometimes my download speed can be nice or mean depends on the file, but I usually preload so, I don't have to wait so long for it to download.