What is the capacity of a dvd?

i have seen dvds with 4.7 gb capacity but when i put in the cd of nfs shift 2 it was of more than 6 gb so what is the max size of a dvd
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There are four different DVD sizes: 1. DVD-5 holds 4.7GB 2. DVD-9 holds 8.5GB 3. DVD-10 holds 8.75GB 4. DVD-18 holds 15.9GB Hope your DVD is DVD-9

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As can be seen on the links below the capacity of the dvd could be up to 17 Gb for the double-sided + double layered . http://www.kopyrite.com/tech_dvd.htm http://www.clonedvd.net/blog/size-and-capacity-of-dvd-2.html

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The DVD that you are using may be dual layered DVD, which can store nearly double the standard DVD stores i.e nearly 9GB

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As much as it is. CDs can have any size storage.

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