Installed to hard drive

Joe

Groose
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Nov 10, 2003
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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.
 

Joe

Groose
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Nov 10, 2003
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Oh, and it makes your xbox run a LOT quieter.
 

Joe

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Nov 10, 2003
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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

Yeah, that's right.
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Nov 10, 2003
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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

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Oct 15, 2006
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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
 

Logan

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Nov 10, 2003
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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.
 

Tarvis

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Nov 10, 2003
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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
 

Tarvis

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Nov 10, 2003
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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
 

Joe

Groose
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Nov 10, 2003
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Oblivion's loadtimes were prolly a little over half as long as before with the game installed. I haven't tried any others yet.
 
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