A question about installing games onto 360 HDD.

[Saturos]

What are the advantages from installing games onto the 360 HDD apart from the obvious? (i.e. less noisy, less wear-and-tear, improved load times.)

Some say it improves graphics slightly by less pop-ups and better LOD textures and such. Is that true?

 

[Emporius]

The thing I've noticed most was decreased load times, which for games like Oblivion was a godsend.

 

[the cow says moo]

What happens if you delete the game from your HDD? Do you keep saved files from the game?

 

[Emporius]

Yes, save files are stored separately.

 

[Blackthorn]

If you install on the HDD can you play without the disc?

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

No, disc must be in the drive.

 

[the cow says moo]

It just allows the game to run faster and smoother. Not a bad idea for games with long loading screens.

 

[CombineHunter]

Yeah loading times are quicker.But then I've only installed about 2 games to hard drive
GTA 4 & BiA:HH.

 

[Dinnesch]

I never knew about this feature, felt like killing myself while GTA IV was loading.

 

[gFrohman]

I'll definitely have to keep this in mind.

 

[Gargantou]

Shame that buying the XB360 HDs costs such a huge-ass amount, I've already got a premium with the original HD installed, buying that new larger one is like 100 euro, which is crazy, considering for 100 euro I could get a good 1TB drive for my PC..

 

[_-_-SELAS-_-_]

Shame that buying the XB360 HDs costs such a huge-ass amount, I've already got a premium with the original HD installed, buying that new larger one is like 100 euro, which is crazy, considering for 100 euro I could get a good 1TB drive for my PC..

So true, they sure are greedy bastards.

 

[VirusType2]

Shame that buying the XB360 HDs costs such a huge-ass amount, I've already got a premium with the original HD installed, buying that new larger one is like 100 euro, which is crazy, considering for 100 euro I could get a good 1TB drive for my PC..

There's this, if you dare:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/150970/upgrade_your_xbox_360s_hard_drive_on_the_cheap.html