NXE: HDD game install sizes & load times.

[bsodmike]

...So far installed Fallout 3 to hard drive and downloaded an avatar that puts you in with the sweepstakes thing for the MS points.

How did you download the avatar? TIA

[Stephen C]

The Microsoft Points competition requires you to purchase downloadable content between the 19th and 23rd to be eligible for entry into a draw.

[Ferral]

It was on marketplace somewhere, I was browsing and stumbled across it, its a guy with a grenn background with long brown hair giving thumbs up type thing. On the right it mentions being entered into the sweepstakes in a large body of text.

[Stephen C]

It was on marketplace somewhere, I was browsing and stumbled across it, its a guy with a grenn background with long brown hair giving thumbs up type thing. On the right it mentions being entered into the sweepstakes in a large body of text.

It's a free Gamerpic in the Themes and Gamerpics section under What's New on Marketplace.

[Rob_B]

Anyone else wondering how to delete the intro vid? That's gotta take up some space!

[Rob_B]

First (& only) game I installed was R6V:2, takes about 6.5gb leaving me with not enough free space to install another (I have the mirror's edge, left4dead demos installed)
Load times don't seem to have imporved hugely but the initial screen (when you choose what type of game, load games etc) is amazingly fast, biggest plus is the (lack of) noise, bliss!

[finnrogers]

GTA IV installed - as everyone says: not much difference loading time wise but I can actually hear the game's music and sound FX now without needing to turn the telly right up to drown out the noise of the xbox's dvd drive.

[bsodmike]

After copying gears 2, my drive has some 94 gig free; the game took 6.4 GB. Glad I picked up the elite when I did, although at that time all the HDD space just seemed like a waste LOL