B3D News Item: Xbox 360 System Update Preview (US-Only)

[kagemaru]

Downloading the update now =)

 

[Rockster]

Yeah, I got an update a little while ago. No changes that I've been able to notice. Preview Info tile in the Beta Channel is there but not active. There is some help there and info already provided about the update process on the connect site but that's it. Just happy to test and get a successful update without bricking my most played console.

 

[eastmen]

I just got my disc in the mail. IT has no art on it , just a disclaimer reading that you shouldn't put this into any console unless its recieved the update.

 

[kagemaru]

How was the game sent to you, fed-ex, UPS?

 

[eastmen]

How was the game sent to you, fed-ex, UPS?

no idea was at work. Seemed to be United states post

 

[Trejser]

So it's 10GB disc? http://www.justpushstart.com/2011/04/11/new-xbox-360-format-disc-can-carry-up-to-10gb-of-data/

 

[AlNom]

hm... probably just unpacked...

 

[eastmen]

whats the chances of getting another GB a layer like what hd-dvd was proposing ?

 

[Rockster]

Not sure if its my imagination, but seems quicker than I remember for running games off DVD. Should have gotten some baseline benchmarks prior to installing the update. Oh well.

 

[Acert93]

Not sure if its my imagination, but seems quicker than I remember for running games off DVD. Should have gotten some baseline benchmarks prior to installing the update. Oh well.

I have not installed mine yet.

What are you proposing as good tests?

 

[Rockster]

One idea might be to time installing a couple games before and after provided you have the space. Though this could get pretty time consuming and dash install performance might not be indicative of game access speeds. But at least it should be a consistent measure. Just delete in between and do nothing else to minimize any additional fragmentation. Level loading times may be another steady measure. Choose a couple games and check level load times.

I've had Reach installed on my hd for the longest time because I thought it was pretty awful without that. But decided to delete it in order to test the new disk format as installed it wouldn't even be accessed. And it didn't seem as bad as I remembered. Loaded some old disks like Forza 3, GTA4, etc. and was left with the general impression of somewhat improved DVD performance. I have other consoles, but they are different gen, and wouldn't be apples-to-apples for comparative purposes. Not sure if there is some LOD pops, or level pauses in certain games that you can reproduce that you might compare.