Game taking long time to install...

[Nickc19]

I just built my computer a couple weeks ago (mobile 2400+, Hitachi SATA hd, 9800 pro, 1 gig kingston RAM). The only games I've installed on it so far are Unreal Tournament (which had no problems), and now I'm installing Silent Hill 3. The game is on 5 CDs; my question is, is it supposed to take 15-20 minutes for the game to install? I never remember seeing a game take this long and it seems like to me its going way slower than it should be. Just didn't know if this is normal or not.

-Nick-

 

[Gunslinger08]

5 CDs is upwards of 2.5 gigs.. I'd say 15-20 minutes is fine.

 

[Gurck]

It can, it's not just copying files but likely decompressing them as well. Far Cry is 5 CDs and iirc took a solid 10-15 minutes to install on a 52x drive, I wouldn't worry about it so long as its install time is measured in minutes & not hours and runs. Wrong forum, btw.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

It takes a long time to copy 5 cds worth of info. Add in the overtime to uncompress the files and that sounds just about right. The bottleneck is the CD reading speed; it doesnt mean your system is crapping out

 

[Nickc19]

Alright cool....I actually thought it had stalled at one point so I cancelled the install and restarted it again(oops). And sorry I guess about posting this in the wrong forum.

-Nick-

 

[esun]

To add my 2 cents, it takes me a long time to install Visual Studio .NET (probably 30+ minutes), which is four CDs, I believe for the same reason previously mentioned which is that the files are compressed.