BENQ drive on the 360 loading GTA4 much slower.

Kreeeee · 2 May 2008 at 01:15

This may explain why some of you guys have no issues with GTA4 load times and popup while other find it horrendous.

GTA4 caused my samsung drive 360 to RQOD on me and my replacement is a BENQ but it seems to load data a lot slower (hence quieter I suppose) and from research it appears I'm definitely not the only one. How annoying.

Phemo · 2 May 2008 at 01:27

Hmm, I've got two UK consoles here, one with a BenQ and one with a Samsung. I've tried my GTA4 (legit copy - almost feel I have to mention that in case anyone doubts) in both and there really isn't a lot of difference between the two so this clearly doesn't seem to be all BenQ drives.

Simon · 2 May 2008 at 01:33

When do you notice the loading time? Ive played it for a few hours tonight and not noticed any long load times, certainly nothing like Forza2. This is on a BenQ Hdmi box

Faded · 2 May 2008 at 01:54

Simon said:
When do you notice the loading time? Ive played it for a few hours tonight and not noticed any long load times, certainly nothing like Forza2. This is on a BenQ Hdmi box

I've not noticed any loading times on my BenQ either.

pinkacidbootson · 2 May 2008 at 02:24

I've had 3 different BenQ drives so far and have yet to experience a 'quiet' one.

Margaret · 2 May 2008 at 05:16

Initial GTA load takes a while on both the 360 and PS3, but load times between mission cutscenes are fairly fast on both, a little bit quicker on PS3.

But my Benq is fairly loud and no issues with loading times, haven't had much pop-in either.

Nismo · 2 May 2008 at 06:03

My BenQ is definitely slower than my Samsung drive, has a few instances where textures cant keep up, especially when pelting it in a chopper.

Takes longer to start the game too.

KittensCake · 2 May 2008 at 07:27

This thread prompted me to check which drive I've got, and it seems I have the Samsung, hooray

Faster loading

(Maybe)

Thesnipergecko · 2 May 2008 at 07:54

I can join this club, HDMI with benQ and the loading times and texture loading is definately an issue.

T.

JUMPURS · 2 May 2008 at 08:34

I dunno what drive i have but i had a Jihad issue, i was bombing along and smacked into a central reservation that wasn't there until i hit it. :mad:

Kreeeee · 2 May 2008 at 09:23

Simon said:
When do you notice the loading time? Ive played it for a few hours tonight and not noticed any long load times, certainly nothing like Forza2. This is on a BenQ Hdmi box

Road textures and the intro loading mostly.

I just swapped out my BENQ for my old samsung drive and it's far better (but a lot louder >_<).

thecremeegg · 2 May 2008 at 10:06

JUMPURS said:
I dunno what drive i have but i had a Jihad issue, i was bombing along and smacked into a central reservation that wasn't there until i hit it.

Same here though this time it was a adventure playground haha

xander_uk2 · 2 May 2008 at 10:09

My 360 has the Benq drive and to be honest it loads just as quick as the PS3 version?

Hilly · 2 May 2008 at 10:14

Never had any isssues or pop-up or texture weirdness here.

Hyper · 2 May 2008 at 11:02

I have a BenQ and my GTA IV runs fine although I have heard of a lot of horror storys with this game and BenQ drives.

Frapple · 2 May 2008 at 11:35

Mine is an '06 console, noticed a slight bit of texture popping last night on a corner, only time I've seen it mind...have nothing to compare loading times to but they're great.

Nymins · 2 May 2008 at 11:41

Using the Hitachi drive. Not really noticed any pop-up, just in the distance you can see people and cars fading into view. Also the loadings are pretty fast, bar the start up loading. All missions take about 4-5 seconds to load.

Kreeeee · 2 May 2008 at 12:51

Hyper said:
I have a BenQ and my GTA IV runs fine although I have heard of a lot of horror storys with this game and BenQ drives.

I wonder if the issue is patchable.

jegz · 2 May 2008 at 13:24

No idea what drive my 360 premium has but GTA seems to have killed it :eek:

I bought it last June.

Went to play it after having dinner last night and now it wont read any disks.

Got to go get a replacement one tomorrow hopefully.

sablabra · 2 May 2008 at 14:14

This proved to be a real problem for me with a backup disc of GTA IV. Textures took ages to load, making the game unplayable. However, with the real retail copy I haven't had much problems at all. My benq is also running at 8x instead of standard 12x.

I really wish we could have a hard drive to install the game on, like with the original xbox