installing madden ?

[tgiordano]

how many gigs was it to install 09, and was it smoother than running off the disk

[MrSkagTrendy]

Re: installing madden ?

It was about 6 gig.
I've recently taken off 09 as obviously in a weeks time it'll be useless, and in all honesty it's the same with the disc, if not quicker. On the HDD, it's temporarily lock up on the highlight replays, doesn't do that off the disc.

But I'd say it's worth ripping, quieter and preserves the disc and console life if like me you play Madden a lot.

[TrapStar215]

Re: installing madden ?

I think around 6

[tgiordano]

Re: installing madden ?

did it freeze where you had to shut off your system and restart the game?

[ProjectSRT]

Re: installing madden ?

Its always better to install games to the HDD, especially sports titles. Apparently the load times are cut quite drastically with NCAA 2010. I have a 120 gig HDD, so i install everything to my HDD.

[Rbk]

Re: installing madden ?

The only game it really made worse was GTA 4

[beef11]

Re: installing madden ?

no it only made gta 4 worse for those with 20 gb hardrives, i have a 120 it decreased the load times and diddnt get the texture pop in issue, the only game thats made worse so far is halo 3 and pgr 4

[mccullough13]

Re: installing madden ?

The only game it really made worse was GTA 4

and halo 3.

[2krules]

Re: installing madden ?

how many gigs was it to install 09, and was it smoother than running off the disk

When I installed it, it ran fine. It was after I uninstalled that the issues began. I would load Madden and try to play a game and it would freeze up almost every time.

It wasn't my system going bad; no other games would freeze, and the system has been doing fine since I stopped trying to play Madden. This happened to another guy on the forum, as well.

[x VooDoo22 x]

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and halo 3.

yeah it made halo 3 a lot slower.

[Rbk]

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no it only made gta 4 worse for those with 20 gb hardrives, i have a 120 it decreased the load times and diddnt get the texture pop in issue, the only game thats made worse so far is halo 3 and pgr 4

Nah, I have a 120 also and it made the texture pop in was terrible.

[canes21]

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On my 120 GTA IV has no issues at all. I did with my 20 though.

[PantherBeast_OS]

Re: installing madden ?

I think using the GDD is better and it preserves your system life and your disc get less scratches from a ton of playing.

[Poetique]

Re: installing madden ?

The new update cuts game install sizes though (very drastically in some cases). I'd expect Madden 10 to end up between 5-5.5 GBs as a result.