NCAA Football 10 Hard Drive Evaluation

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Posted July 18th, 2009 at 11:57 am

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Continuing the series of 360 hard drive performance evaluations this time brings about NCAA Football 10. I’ve gone through and compared several aspects of the game based on loading times. The NCAA Football series has been especially plagued by long loading times, laggy menus, and tedious menu navigation so the hope would be this could cut down on some of that. As always the other benefits of installing to the hard drive such quieter running and less stress on the 360 remain.

Install time- 8:59
Install size- 6.2 GB

Loading Times
Boot to main menu- 52 seconds disc vs 39 seconds HDD (13 seconds)
Boot into “Play Now” game- 31 seconds disc vs 13 seconds HDD (18 seconds)
Boot out of “Play Now” to main menu- 22 seconds disc vs 11 seconds HDD (11 seconds)
Boot into “Play Now” game with one Teambuilder- 38 seconds disc vs 22 seconds HDD (16 seconds)
Boot into “Play Now” game with two Teambuilder- 50 seconds disc vs 27 seconds HDD (23 seconds)

This is by far the most significant difference in loading times seen to date. It’s great to be able to shave all that time off but hopefully next year the NCAA team looks at how to cut down on loading times because it remains an annoyance and probably the worst of the main crop of sports titles.

  • will

    ps3 or 360?

  • will

    ps3 or 360?

  • MiamiU26

    Lanteri87 is done with all 120 roster names for 360.

  • MiamiU26

    Lanteri87 is done with all 120 roster names for 360.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/NFBCPlayer NFBCPlayer

    Pasta…
    there was big braking news to day about EA competitions. I wanted to write you directly but I can't find anywhere to do that on your site. Could you elaberate on the competitions please…
    There was a big article on Ameritrade…jfyi

    Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: ERTS) and Major League Gaming today announced a collaboration to bring the 2009 EA SPORTS(TM) Challenge Series to gamers around the world. Beginning this summer, MLG will operate live and online qualifying competitions for multiple titles from the EA SPORTS line-up. Best Buy, one of the nation's leading gaming retailers, continues its commitment to EA SPORTS Challenge Series as presenting partner for the competitions. The 2009 EA SPORTS Challenge Series will be played on the PLAYSTATION((R))3 computer entertainment system.
    MLG and EA SPORTS are also teaming to create new online offerings for the EA SPORTS Challenge Series, allowing for competitors to join the 2009 EA SPORTS Challenge Series online for the first time. Both online and live competitors in the 2009 EA SPORTS Challenge Series will be competing for cash and prizes totaling $170,000, made possible by Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/NFBCPlayer NFBCPlayer

    Pasta…
    there was big braking news to day about EA competitions. I wanted to write you directly but I can't find anywhere to do that on your site. Could you elaberate on the competitions please…
    There was a big article on Ameritrade…jfyi

    Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: ERTS) and Major League Gaming today announced a collaboration to bring the 2009 EA SPORTS(TM) Challenge Series to gamers around the world. Beginning this summer, MLG will operate live and online qualifying competitions for multiple titles from the EA SPORTS line-up. Best Buy, one of the nation's leading gaming retailers, continues its commitment to EA SPORTS Challenge Series as presenting partner for the competitions. The 2009 EA SPORTS Challenge Series will be played on the PLAYSTATION((R))3 computer entertainment system.
    MLG and EA SPORTS are also teaming to create new online offerings for the EA SPORTS Challenge Series, allowing for competitors to join the 2009 EA SPORTS Challenge Series online for the first time. Both online and live competitors in the 2009 EA SPORTS Challenge Series will be competing for cash and prizes totaling $170,000, made possible by Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/NFBCPlayer NFBCPlayer

    breaking…sorry

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/NFBCPlayer NFBCPlayer

    breaking…sorry

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/NFBCPlayer NFBCPlayer

    Hey guys,
    Now that the rosters are out we can start our dynasty seasons. Is anyone putting together a league and needs some players? Me and 4 of my friends would like to join one. If someone has the resources for a great league we would like to join (playstation eye, website for stats or chat). In our Madden leagues we would all talk about the week, tips, breakdowns, playbooks, etc. on the playstation eye…it was so fun, I wish we could find a league like that.

    Would anyone be interested in a league like this…if everythibng goes great we could also start one for Madden 10. Right now, lets just worry about getting a great NCAA Dynasty season with lots of participants. Who's in?
    Let me know … psn: SmoothIrishPop

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/NFBCPlayer NFBCPlayer

    Hey guys,
    Now that the rosters are out we can start our dynasty seasons. Is anyone putting together a league and needs some players? Me and 4 of my friends would like to join one. If someone has the resources for a great league we would like to join (playstation eye, website for stats or chat). In our Madden leagues we would all talk about the week, tips, breakdowns, playbooks, etc. on the playstation eye…it was so fun, I wish we could find a league like that.

    Would anyone be interested in a league like this…if everythibng goes great we could also start one for Madden 10. Right now, lets just worry about getting a great NCAA Dynasty season with lots of participants. Who's in?
    Let me know … psn: SmoothIrishPop

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