FNR4 360 Hard Drive Performance Evaluation
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Something I’ve done in that past that has been popular is taking a look at the differences in games on the 360 when played from disc vs the hard drive. Installing to the HDD has shown performance improvements in the games as well as cutting down on the stress to and noise from the console. Here is a look at the difference being seen in Fight Night Round 4.
Size of install- 4.4 GB. This is the smallest install I’ve completed since the feature was added.
Time to install- 6:20
Loading Times
Boot to menu screen- Disc 38 seconds vs HDD 24 seconds (14 seconds)
Load into Fight Now- Disc 29 seconds vs HDD 22 seconds (7 seconds)
Load back into menu- Disc 3 seconds vs HDD 2 seconds (1 second)
Load into Legacy- Disc 5 seconds vs HDD 4 seconds (1 second)
Load into Legacy fight- Disc 26 seconds vs HDD 22 seconds (4 seconds)
So significant improvement to the loading time is seen in the initial boot-up and a decent one for heading into each fight. It may also speed up the simming somewhat but that is harder to judge. Once again it is worthwhile to install the game not only for the better load times but also to keep the 360 running under minimal stress and reduced noise.
June 27, 2009 at 12:57 am
Pretty impressive difference in boot to menu times, but not sure if I have the space to install it
June 28, 2009 at 12:33 am
I got myself a 60gb HD a while back. If you can swallow the cost of that its worth having the space. I usually have four or five games installed at one time.
June 27, 2009 at 4:50 am
I only have a 20 gig harddrive so installing my game to the HD is outta the question.
June 27, 2009 at 8:14 am
wow, thats pretty nice…. 14 seconds…… but does it really help for ur 360… to let it live longer???(less stress)
June 28, 2009 at 12:32 am
I think its more a theory than having been proven but it makes sense. The 360 isnt working as hard because it isnt constantly reading the disc.
June 27, 2009 at 1:05 pm
FN4 has definitely surpassed my expectations. Although I found the demo to be decent, the game plays way better than I expected. Flippin fun…
June 27, 2009 at 7:22 pm
hell yeah man i like the online world championship thts prety tight and legacy mode is pretty legit as well
June 27, 2009 at 7:56 am
I will download NCAA football 10 to my hdd too.
This is great my xbox is not making any noise and fnr4 is so fun great game ea…
June 27, 2009 at 3:45 pm
How much hard drive space does it consume?
June 28, 2009 at 2:16 pm
I agree. FN4 is the first game I downloaded to my HDD and it is incredible. The opening load times are almost non-existent and my 360 is in ninja mode.
Now I just need to go get a larger hard drive….I will download every game to my HDD from this point on.
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June 28, 2009 at 11:01 pm
hi im new to the 360 and i was just wondering how do you download it to the hdd