Note: I've put this in my "unofficial FAQ". Sorry for the redundant post, but I realized it would be better compiled with a list of other questions surrounding the unofficial FAQ.

https://secure.gamesas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=32278

Ok, so there seems to be a lot of confusion over how much space the high-res textures take up. Some say 1.7 gigs and some say 5 gigs.

My understanding is that the download is roughly 1.7 gigs, but that it is a compressed file. Once installed, they take up more like 5 gigs (in their uncompressed form).

If anyone knows for certain that this is not the case, please feel free to correct me below.

Cheers.

Well im downloading it now, on the site it said the textures were like 5gb and dx11 was 4 gb

and once im downloading it says the dx11 is 546mb and the texture is 1.7gb, so i think the site WAS showing how big it is uncompressed, i beleive your theory would be correct Nomad