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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 20 days ago

Steam is working on adding zstd compression for game chunks (every game file is split into 1MB), it currently uses LZMA.

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Steam is working on adding zstd compression for game chunks (every game file is split into 1MB), it currently uses LZMA.

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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 20 days ago

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Steam is working on adding zstd compression for game chunks (every game file is split into 1MB), it currently uses LZMA. Wonder how much of an overall improvement it will be.

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So if I’m reading this correctly, they are trading slightly larger downloads for considerably faster overall install speeds.

Makes a lot of sense as most internet connections nowadays can handle the added bandwidth.

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