Installed to hard drive

[Joe]

So I tried out the new NXE feature and installed Gears 2 to the hard drive. Oh shit I've only got 2.5 gigs left!

Initial impressions: load times are MUCH faster, almost instant, but only when I play by myself; when I played co-op with Dave, they were the same, which I assume is because he hasn't installed the game and it can't let me start playing before him. Makes sense.

I don't think the game itself runs any better. I still get a bit of framerate chugging here and there. Though, it might be my imagination, I think the sniper rifle feels a little smoother.

Overall verdict: worth it if you've got the HD space to spare.

 

[Bronson]

do you still have to have the disc in the drive to play it?

 

[Joe]

Yup.

 

[Joe]

Oh, and it makes your xbox run a LOT quieter.

 

[Krizzs93]

hi

Oh, and it makes your xbox run a LOT quieter.

So, i should install it to the hard'drive ?

I have 105 gigs left. so it should be ok ?

 

[Joe]

Oh yeah if you have a 120gig feel free to go crazy with those game installs. Except, I'm told, for Halo 3, which runs worse if you install it.

 

[Tarvis]

Some games won't let you install them, such as Crackdown.

Most game installs take somewhere between 5-6.7gb of harddrive space so you don't need to worry if you have 105gb left.

Also, welcome!

 

[Bayli]

i installed fable 2 to my hd last night because i was having a problem with my game freezing every 30 or so minutes. i didn't notice any significant decrease in loading time. it actually kinda lagged a little bit. but no freezing! so yay

 

[Krizzs93]

Okei Thx

 

[Bayli]

Oh jeez. Hi there! Welcome to the forums. C:

 

[Krizzs93]

Thx

 

[Logan]

Make sure your disc is clean though. My Rock Band disc is scratched, and this can mess up the install I suspect. Instead of the disc trying to read the info, it must get written on the harddrive incorrectly and you instantly get a DRE.

Gears 2 worked great installed for me tho.

 

[Krizzs93]

Ok, thx. But, If i install it i still need the disc to play ?

 

[Tarvis]

Forza 2 kept saying the disc had an error and I needed to clean it when I installed it. After that it worked fine. I would hope it wouldn't incorrectly install stuff, but who knows.

And yea the disc has to be in the drive to play the games

 

[Krizzs93]

Ok, thx

I wonder if im going to buy forza 2

 

[Tarvis]

I got it because its only like $20, and is a great game. I recommend it, even though I'm not a big fan of racing games

 

[Krizzs93]

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Nice

 

[Joe]

Oblivion's loadtimes were prolly a little over half as long as before with the game installed. I haven't tried any others yet.