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What does installing a game to the HDD do?

April 26, 2017HDD

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What does installing a game to the HDD do?

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For most games it greatly decreases the load times. Here’s an example from Xenosaga. Here’s some movie files that show the difference in load times the HDD makes to Xenosaga: Xenosaga without HDD to decrease load times: http://www.montada.com/attachment.php?s=59f5720c5762cd2050acde578b4e8d85&postid=893539 Xenosaga with the HDD to decrease load times: http://www.montada.com/attachment.php?s=59f5720c5762cd2050acde578b4e8d85&postid=893546 The links should initiate a download window. If the extension of the file that is supposed to be downloaded shows up as .php or anything other than .zip change it to .zip You can also view the files here: Xenosaga running without the HDD – clip Xenosaga running with HDD support active and a HDD installed and formatted – clip Both clips were using the same memory card data and going through the same room exit. As you can see, the load time is changed from about 15 seconds to about 3-4 seconds. Thanks go to Alkaizer for supplying those links and files.