Syn.. Can I work with you on this? Like Co-Operate this project? Because I always am telling my friends what a big difference it is to have certain games installed to your HDD.

I have an Idea though..

We have our own Wikipedia page on Cheap Ass Gamers.. at http://wiki.cheapassgamer.com/

So why not make the wiki thread on CAG's wikipedia?

Originally Posted by Dr. Pizza Syn.. Can I work with you on this? Like Co-Operate this project? Because I always am telling my friends what a big difference it is to have certain games installed to your HDD. I have an Idea though.. We have our own Wikipedia page on Cheap Ass Gamers.. at http://wiki.cheapassgamer.com/ So why not make the wiki thread on CAG's wikipedia?

We could actually do that...and then leave this thread JUST for reporting sizes and performance. Dumlaox is also my partner in crime. We owe a lot to him for the list in it's current capacity

Just for clarification, does this mean that the actual list itself would be the current Wiki page from now on? Should we still bother with the current list on post one, then, or will that get cleared out soon?

Anyone know of Battlefield 3?

Originally Posted by dumlaox Just for clarification, does this mean that the actual list itself would be the current Wiki page from now on? Should we still bother with the current list on post one, then, or will that get cleared out soon?

Personally, I'd say just use the Wiki...but the first post is open to everyone so you guys can choose

on Battlefield 3 install the single player disc but not the multiplayer disc. the game has trouble streaming both the HD install and a full game install from the hard disc. textures will either fail to load or load extremely slow if everything is installed.

Originally Posted by Vinyard on Battlefield 3 install the single player disc but not the multiplayer disc. the game has trouble streaming both the HD install and a full game install from the hard disc. textures will either fail to load or load extremely slow if everything is installed.

Do you have a source? I have EVERYTHING installed and I have no issues..

Originally Posted by js1 Do you have a source? I have EVERYTHING installed and I have no issues..

the source is the fact that i as well as many others have done tests using every possible install procedure and only the single player disc loads all textures correctly when installed.

these are our findings

1. Full game install - patch - HD content...some textures fail to load or they never load. also some times when you install in this order the HD content will fail on the first install attempt and it will have to be restarted. that could be the issue here.

2. Patch - HD content - disc 1...textures will load most of the time but some are very very slow.

3. Patch - HD content only...textures can be seen loading quickly at the beginning of a round and occasionally during a match but much better than the other options. i believe the game is having issues streaming all the content from the disc drive. hope some of you will find this helpful.

REMEMBER TO CLEAR CACHE BEFORE TRYING THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS>

Originally Posted by Vinyard the source is the fact that i as well as many others have done tests using every possible install procedure and only the single player disc loads all textures correctly when installed. these are our findings 1. Full game install - patch - HD content...some textures fail to load or they never load. also some times when you install in this order the HD content will fail on the first install attempt and it will have to be restarted. that could be the issue here. 2. Patch - HD content - disc 1...textures will load most of the time but some are very very slow. 3. Patch - HD content only...textures can be seen loading quickly at the beginning of a round and occasionally during a match but much better than the other options. i believe the game is having issues streaming all the content from the disc drive. hope some of you will find this helpful. REMEMBER TO CLEAR CACHE BEFORE TRYING THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS>

I just haven't noticed this before. I can't find anything about either when doing a search either.. Maybe it's because I have a 7200rpm HDD in my 360 instead of the standard 5400rpm HDD.

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that could be the issue. we all have official HDD. where did you get the 7200?

Originally Posted by Vinyard that could be the issue. we all have official HDD. where did you get the 7200?

Off of ebay.

Originally Posted by Vinyard the source is the fact that i as well as many others have done tests using every possible install procedure and only the single player disc loads all textures correctly when installed. these are our findings 1. Full game install - patch - HD content...some textures fail to load or they never load. also some times when you install in this order the HD content will fail on the first install attempt and it will have to be restarted. that could be the issue here. 2. Patch - HD content - disc 1...textures will load most of the time but some are very very slow. 3. Patch - HD content only...textures can be seen loading quickly at the beginning of a round and occasionally during a match but much better than the other options. i believe the game is having issues streaming all the content from the disc drive. hope some of you will find this helpful. REMEMBER TO CLEAR CACHE BEFORE TRYING THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS>

I'm still tempted to try this and see how it comes out. *EDIT* I'm trying it out now.

Is there any hard new info/stats for Battlefield 3?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Driver121113 Is there any hard new info/stats for Battlefield 3? Thanks

I didn't seem to notice any huge differences between the different installs.

This is the one I decided to stick with: 2. Patch - HD content - disc 1...textures will load most of the time but some are very very slow.

Originally Posted by js1 I didn't seem to notice any huge differences between the different installs. This is the one I decided to stick with: 2. Patch - HD content - disc 1...textures will load most of the time but some are very very slow.

What about the time it takes to load into a map? Is that improved at all?

I didn't time it. I didn't noticed popping textures all over.

Originally Posted by js1 I didn't seem to notice any huge differences between the different installs. This is the one I decided to stick with: 2. Patch - HD content - disc 1...textures will load most of the time but some are very very slow.

this issue is being discussed on the Dice forums right now...there is in fact a problem with streaming content from the installed game and the HD content together. option 3 is confirmed best option

Since there seems to be an issue with the Wiki right now, I'll post these here as a reminder to myself on what to add:

Rango -2.5GB - BLUE
Jimmie Johnson's Anything With An Engine - 2.7GB - WHITE
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - 7.6GB

like BF3 Elder Scrolls V:Skyrim has the texture streaming issue when installed to the HDD however a patch is being worked on for this issue.

I installed my Skyrim disc straight away yesterday and it was loading fine, not really any problems. I read online about not installing so I deleted it now my game loads much slower and theres lag on the menus..? I might just re install it to be honest.