THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Smooth Groove on May 19, 2010, 02:24:01 AM

Title: USB flash drive vs Hard Drive on the 360
Post by: Smooth Groove on May 19, 2010, 02:24:01 AM

Hard drive is still faster for most purposes right?  I'm thinking of getting a 250 GB since it's reasonably priced now. 

I've got several new 360 games to play and the old 20 GB simply won't hold them all. 

Theoretically, the HD should be faster because the USB 2.0 bandwidth is a bigger bottleneck than the HD's random seek times.  My experiences on the PC confirm this but I've heard conflicting reports about the USB flash drives actually loading faster than the hard drives on the 360. 

Title: Re: USB flash drive vs Hard Drive on the 360
Post by: G The Resurrected on May 19, 2010, 02:48:15 AM

HDD is better than USB except for smaller games like Pinball hall of fame 1.1gb runs faster off usb for some reason.

Title: Re: USB flash drive vs Hard Drive on the 360
Post by: maxy on May 19, 2010, 03:33:21 AM

I use it only for streaming heavy games like GTA.
It performs better than 20 GB drive in those games...not in loading times,it just streams more reliably,no floating cars,no roads missing...

Title: Re: USB flash drive vs Hard Drive on the 360
Post by: Kestastrophe on May 19, 2010, 07:10:12 AM

You could prolly get away with just the 120gb hdd. I have about 10 games installed, plus other content and add-ons as well as arcade games, and I still have 30gb of free space. Installing games is totally worth it

Title: Re: USB flash drive vs Hard Drive on the 360
Post by: Brehvolution on May 19, 2010, 09:34:21 AM

I need a bigger HD so bad.  :fbm

Title: Re: USB flash drive vs Hard Drive on the 360
Post by: Mupepe on May 19, 2010, 10:46:31 AM

The 250 GB Splinter Cell bundle is 325 from Dell until tomorrow.  that's 75 bucks off!

Title: Re: USB flash drive vs Hard Drive on the 360
Post by: chronovore on May 21, 2010, 02:01:03 AM

Is there really that much difference between the loading times? I only ever install games to get away from the jet engine's optical drive's spinning noise.