Comparison Video: Loading times with the new 360 Dash

[Queasy]

Pretty interesting. I counted about 15 seconds difference between getting to gameplay between them.

 

[CKDragon]

More importantly, how fast to Forza races load?

They stated before that older games would benefit the most. I'm looking forward to fitting in an extra race.

 

[blurredvision]

The time for me to overpay for a 60GB hard drive is rapidly approaching.

 

[Rage187]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
The time for me to overpay for a 60GB hard drive is rapidly approaching.

eh, go for the 120gb. I'm down to 88gb free space and they haven't even released this feature.

 

[Jules]

Nice. Can't wait!

 

[Ramma2]

They don't sell the 60gb stand alone, do they?

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: Ramma2
They don't sell the 60gb stand alone, do they?

i don't think so

 

[ric1287]

the loading times is a +, but i cannot wait to silence that god damned dvd drive once and for all.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Jules

Originally posted by: Ramma2
They don't sell the 60gb stand alone, do they?

i don't think so

Not yet. It's coming later this fall. There was a leaked document that came out with the release date but I can't remember it off the top of my head.

 

[JackBurton]

Well I'm glad the 360 finally caught up to the original XBox.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Pretty interesting. I counted about 15 seconds difference between getting to gameplay between them.

That didnt seem like a straight comparison (the DVD side looked like it had to load an extra cinema).

Still, this is the one feature I'm looking forward to most. I only wish I had my choice of hard drive like the PS3 - I want to load off a raptor, not a slow laptop drive. I suppose I could deal with a faster 7200rpm drive - thats the least we should be getting at these outrageous HD prices.

I wonder how the 360 file system handles fragmentation? A DVD can never get fragmented and can read pretty fast sequentially, but after a few installs and uninstalls, that file system can get pretty messy and having a laptop drive in there isnt exactly confidence inspiring.

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: Queasy
Pretty interesting.
I wonder how the 360 file system handles fragmentation? A DVD can never get fragmented and can read pretty fast sequentially, but after a few installs and uninstalls, that file system can get pretty messy and having a laptop drive in there isnt exactly confidence inspiring.

I dont think it handles fragmentation well at all. I have 2gb left on my meager 20gb HD and I was downloading a demo a couple of days ago and Live was crawling so I cancelled the download and delete the cached data and noticed that even tho it was deleted my HD space said 1.9gb instead of 2gb as it said previously.

 

[Wuzup101]

If only the HDDs weren't so damn expensive (or you could buy your own "HDD caddy" from MS and put your own drive in).

 

[dougp]

I'm still wondering if they're going to allow us to import MP3s with this release - thought I had read that anywhere. Anyone know?

As for the loading off the drive - looks great - but like someone else said, I can't wait for the silence to come.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Yeah, the whole BS with the harddrives is one thing keeping me from getting a 360. $150 for a 120GB harddrive? Yeah, right. I guess it helps them to justify the costs of the higher tiered systems...

 

[gorcorps]

Will this supposedly cut down on the pop in problems w/ GTA4 and Mass Effect? Looks like it should but something else (ram maybe) could be causing those problems.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: gorcorps
Will this supposedly cut down on the pop in problems w/ GTA4 and Mass Effect? Looks like it should but something else (ram maybe) could be causing those problems.

Id suspect it would help a great deal.