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Oh how spiffy. I haven`t touched my xbox in ages (when did GTA 4 come out?) . Ability to copy games to hard drive? That cuts out most of the noise from the JET ENGINE DVD drive.

Obviously if you know where to get it and install u also know no Live until 19th November when it is officially released.

Anyone else got it? Any cool features?

Nope. Was tempted but 90% of my xbox gaming is online so decided against it.

The Jackal

nah, i`ll wait until the 19th (or thereabouts) before i bother with it.

i`d imagine the LIVE servers will be busy around that date!!

there were a load of disgruntled yanks who were bitching because
they didn`t manage to get the beta which was released on a limited
basis a few days ago....some even wishing the RRoD on those who
were successful in getting the trial early.....sad acts >:(

personally, i`m looking forward to the HDD loading, i`ll have to invest in
either a 60 or 120GB drive though :(

Ste.

They will be doing an upgrade pack due for release on the 19th. It has a 60GB HDD, headset, 3 months gold and LAN cable. It will retail at about £60 I think. I will try and find a link.

EDIT:Link

The Jackal

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Will games load quicker or will the 360 just be quieter?

Never really noticed or been bothered by the sound personally. All the talk on here a while back got me interested in trying to update my old school Xbox, but I`m no longer to fussed by doing that anymore as I`ve never filled my tiny hard drive with anything so it`s a bit excessive just to have it in black!




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Will games load quicker or will the 360 just be quieter?
bit of both i would think.

i`d read somewhere that it will help reduce "pop up" in some games due to
the fact that the 360 will be able to retrieve data more quickly from the hdd
as opposed to the dvd drive?

the dvd drive on some 360`s is stupidly noisy, my sons is obtrusive but nowhere
near as noisy as my original 360.

i`ve got my daughter a new 60GB 360 for christmas, it`ll be interesting to
hear if that is any quieter than Luke`s.

thanks for the link Jackal, will have a look.

Ste.

I`m not sure if it`s because I have my TV loud, but I`ve never noticed the noise from the Xbox 360 as being anything significant. :/

Me neither, I`ve had two 360s and they`ve both been no louder than other consoles.

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I`ve had two 360s and they`ve both been no louder than other consoles
ye jest?

the 360 is the loudest console i`ve ever heard...

the PS2 is quiet, the original xbox quiter still and the gamecube is near silent.

Ste.

Seriously I`d say mine is no louder than my original xbox, could be that I do have the volume louder but it`s definitely not intrusive, even when playing late at night and I have the tv on quiet

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