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Originally Posted by Adamg
..... The best compression results I get are obtained using the .7z format, on ultra compression, using the LZMA method, with a dictionary size of 128MB, a word size of 273, and a solid archive setting. With those settings I get around 20% better compression, sometimes more, sometimes less, than the maximum I can get with WinZip. .....
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*Ah, nerdy talky, me likes.*
If compress ratio is your goal, you really should try out UHarc once, beats 7zip completely.
If 'n00b_compability' must be the goal: ZIP -(or RAR eventually)- is the way to go.