Always wondered this. I thought it was going to be like a modded original xbox (yes, silly me) but I heard that it makes big games such as Fallout 3, Oblivion, HAWX run a lot more smooth. Anybody know the actual reason?
I do it because my Xbox sits right next to me on my desk when im playing so its alot quieter for me as the disc loading noises are really distracting, and also because my desk swivels about alot when im leaning on it so I don't want my discs to get scratched while playing.
I only have a 20GB HDD so I can't use it, but I've never heard of it improving things like texture pop-in in unreal engine games or games with long draw distances like Oblivion, and I wonder why? Shouldn't it help with things like that by improving performance and seek times over the drive, or is so much info cached in most games that it doesn't matter.
Ohhh, so say I get pissed off at a game and kick my desk and my 360 falls on its side with the disk inside while playing it but its being played from the hard drive, will it not get all scratched the hell up?
A few times I have gotten "disc read errors" when the disc is perfectly clean. Installing the game from the disc to the hard drive fixed those problems, they seemed to pop up at the same time in the game. Load times seem slightly faster, which is nice if you're playing a game that needs to load frequently, so you save time on that.
My brother's 360 stopped reading one of his game discs, when he installed the game onto the hard drive then it worked again. I guess that could be a reason, but it's always baffled by as to why I would want to install a game on the hard drive. But after reading this thread it seems much more clear.
I've installed a few that I play often just to reduce noise as others have said. Also, I have a badly scratched Mass Effect disk that was having trouble playing. Once I installed it it played fine.
Well this is always good news. Other than the part where I didn't install Madden '09 on there and my 360 got bumped and then the noise that makes gamers cringe happened. lol But yea, thanks for all the info guys. And thankfully I have a 120 GB hard drive. lol
Something I am wondering about is, are you able to install original xbox games to the hdd ? I only have two original xbox games myself (Halo: CE and KotOR) but they are both on loan to a couple of friends who still own Xbox's so I cant ask them. I am guessing no, but I am curious as to if anyone else has tried this, its something Ive never really thought about until now.
I actually doubt you could do that. That's just like the modding of old xbox's... So my guess would be no. lol Never hurts to try though. And prob still need the CD if able.
The disc drives can fail on any console, so I do it to keep stress off my disc drive. The console also generates less heat when playing a game from HD than when it's being played from the disc drive. And, like others have said, it decreases load time for some games, but not all.
Never install Halo 3, it runs better from the disc because of the way it was designed. That's the only game I've heard of that you shouldn't install.
Some games run smoother if lag is caused by loading speed, loading time is faster overall, and keeps the drive in good condition as it's not used a lot.
I need more opinions on that.If i install the game that it will be "increase load times and reduce noise"....?It is more safer for my 360..? Makes the game run smoother and faster..?
Games like Fallout 3 and oblivion they will play better after install..?The Oblivion on PS3 use 5GB.How many space they will take on my HDD...?:|
makes it so the disc doesn't spin and slightly faster loading times....not worth the memory space if you ask me. Plus there was a little thing on Halo 3 that told you NOT to download it to the Hard Drive, but I forget why.
Always wondered this. I thought it was going to be like a modded original xbox (yes, silly me) but I heard that it makes big games such as Fallout 3, Oblivion, HAWX run a lot more smooth. Anybody know the actual reason?McSkurvy
My xbox likes to scartch my games, but not anymore with the installing feature :D
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