Installing to Harddrive : V

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:02 pm

I havent seen any other threads of this and its a question i have been wondering for a while.
Since this game will obviously he one disc, will installing to hdd help it alot, or a little?
I have a 360 with a 250 gb hdd and install every game and dont really notice a difference in performance but for a game like Skyrim...
Will you 360 users be installing it to your hdd? You guys think it will help?
Discuss.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:46 am

Yes. I would definitely install to your HDD. I also will be playing it on 360 and will be installing it. It'll shorten the load times slightly and is easier on the console.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:28 am

Always install to HDD!!!
-No disc spinning, less noise, less heat.
-Faster load times.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:43 pm

Yeah you would be able to, pretty much all Xbox games now have to have install support. What I'm wondering is was the quakecon version installed to the hard drive? Cause if it was then I dread to think what the load times would be without it =/

I'm getting it for PC so I don't even know why I'm panicking. I'll likely buy a SDD so load times should be non-existent

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:44 pm

If you have the room, yes. It'll take maybe 15 minutes or so, just read the manual to tide you over till it's done.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:54 am

It will sure help certianly wouldn't hurt in the least. And as said most games support it now days.

Always install to HDD!!!-No disc spinning, less noise, less heat.-Faster load times.

Always goin to be a disk spinning

I'll likely buy a SDD so load times should be non-existent

Hehe already got my SSD for it and since I RO2 will be on my HDD now 30gbs free on it

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:59 pm

What's a SSD or SDD? Is it for xbox, or what?

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:01 am

Always goin to be a disk spinning

Only when you first put the disc in so it can read it to make sure its the right one, after that it stops wile your playing and loads from the hard drive.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:15 am

What's a SSD or SDD? Is it for xbox, or what?

Solid State Drive PC only, Xbox uses HDD which is mechanical

Only when you first put the disc in so it can read it to make sure its the right one, after that it stops wile your playing and loads from the hard drive.

There's a disk in the HDD

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:08 pm

There's a disk in the HDD

Who cares? Its 10x quieter then the 360's 12x dvd drive... you mine as well install, its better in every aspect.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:18 am

Who cares? Its 10x quieter then the 360's 12x dvd drive... you mine as well install, its better in every aspect.

as I said its better to install HD but there will always be a disk spinning..

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:52 pm

Overall, the game will load faster... that alone makes it worth it. The lesser noise you have is just a very big plus

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:46 am

already got my SSD for it

This.....until I get the chance to install it to a RAMdisk.

But yeah OP its usually better to install the game to the HDD. Quieter and less heat. If you have the HDD space, then their is no reason not to.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:24 am

What's a SSD or SDD? Is it for xbox, or what?

As Saladin said, "solid state drive". Translation - it's a massive memory stick. Everything's in memory chips, so the transfer rates are much faster, and there's no mechanical moving parts. Of course, it's a good bit more expensive to jam that many memory chips into a small box.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:25 pm

Here's what I'm installing Skyrim on:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227737

Can you put these things in an Xbox360?

This.....until I get the chance to install it to a RAMdisk.

But yeah OP its usually better to install the game to the HDD. Quieter and less heat. If you have the HDD space, then their is no reason not to.

What the hell kind of RAM do you have that you are intending to put it on a ram disk? 4 or 6 of these? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211564 What about the inevitable mods that will come out?

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:54 pm

i always install my xbox games. for all the reasons that have been said. and it is very noticeable the difference when you do it.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:24 am

Can I do this on my PS3?

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:28 pm

Can I do this on my PS3?

does it auto mainly. Which results in faster load times at least the game files you can't install the entire game (which 360 can't even do either so no biggie)

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:44 am

Can I do this on my PS3?

Only on games that include it as an option.... it's not a general function of the OS. (Just got done doing a Google search of my own, on this topic.

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» Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:35 am

What the hell kind of RAM do you have that you are intending to put it on a ram disk? 4 or 6 of these? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211564 What about the inevitable mods that will come out?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231461 for 16GB. I ran a 12.5GB install of Oblivion off of it for a while, http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq102/Starforce9/12GBRamdisktransfer.jpg Of course, its not for everyday playing, just for experimental purposes only really.

» Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:59 am

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231461 for 16GB. I ran a 12.5GB install of Oblivion off of it for a while, http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq102/Starforce9/12GBRamdisktransfer.jpg Of course, its not for everyday playing, just for experimental purposes only really.

Lol, you're second link made my Anti-Malware go off.