Caporegime
Some games works out of external, most new games require internal.
Poll: *** Xbox Series X|S - General Discussion Thread ***
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At the point of downloading any game that requires the internal drive to run, the system will inform you of this and you can choose to continue to download to the selected drive or swap to internal.
I'm using a 2TB Crucial MX500 SATA SSD and 8TB Seagate HDD (back from my One X days and slower broadband - quicker to store games than redownload them) and do the same as @Kreeeee. Games that require the internal drive on internal, One/One X titles on the 2TB Crucial and everything else on the 8TB Seagate. Having the XSX though still improves things a little even using a HDD as some improvements are from the CPU on the XSX being able to decompress/load things faster over the older Jaguar CPU's of the One/One X.
@Raymond Lin You know your audio don't you? Im stuck. I got a Sony sound bar that does
It connected to my CX through arc. I have Xbox set to Dolby Atmos soundbar confirms that's what it's receiving. I also use an audio effect called Dolby speaker visualiser, there is also a DTS version and the Sony immersive effect one too. All do same thing I guess. Seems to be a slight delay in this mode, the cx allows me to increase delay but not reduce.
Seems to vanish in PCM mode. Is this because I'm using too many different things to affect the sound? I'm thinking maybe I'm supposed to have PCM and let the soundbar do the surround emulation. I'm clueless on audio.
It connected to my CX through arc. I have Xbox set to Dolby Atmos soundbar confirms that's what it's receiving. I also use an audio effect called Dolby speaker visualiser, there is also a DTS version and the Sony immersive effect one too. All do same thing I guess. Seems to be a slight delay in this mode, the cx allows me to increase delay but not reduce.
Seems to vanish in PCM mode. Is this because I'm using too many different things to affect the sound? I'm thinking maybe I'm supposed to have PCM and let the soundbar do the surround emulation. I'm clueless on audio.
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I’ve heard a few mention Dolby Atmos usage with XSS/X via soundbar/speakers having a slight delay. Seems to be an ongoing issue.
Ok ok well glad it's not just me then. I'll have to test on PS5 too but think that's 'normal' Dolby which is fine as I have faux Atmos anyway with a 3.1.
Still, without the delay I'm still none the wiser what the optimal settings are.
Still, without the delay I'm still none the wiser what the optimal settings are.
Soldato
How many games are people actively playing at one time to warrant the need for external storage? Genuinely interested. I think I have around 8 games installed on the series X and still have room for more. Campaign wise I can cope with 2 or 3 at a time but anymore than that and I lose interest. The others on there are for MP only. My home internet is pretty quick but not lightening, I find I can install a game via the app when at work and its done by the time I get home.
Caporegime
If there is a delay in audio through digital processing, the first trouble shooting is try to change where it decodes the data. Ideally you would want the most expensive audio part of the signal to do the decoding, but if there is a delay…which is the least desirable thing, and if you don’t get delay having another piece of hardware doing it. Just go with that. If PCM works then I would leave it.
ps, SC came up to my office yesterday, but bad news…1) the best flavour Tyrrell’s is no longer being stocked and 2) the discount offer starts tomorrow not yesterday!
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Roger, it sounds good with PCM and the surround emulation on soundbar so I shan't stress.
Can't believe it! You should've checked to make sure I was sitting down and had a drink handy before unleashing that bombshell.
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Ok thanks, one last question.
Another option would be to sell the 2.5" SSD and put the money toward the official expansion card. Is the official expansion card an extension of the existing SSD and Velocity architecture so it works in the same way as the internal SSD and just expands on that supporting Quick Resume and the same speeds etc?
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Yup, the official 1TB expansion makes it like it has 2TB internal and works together.
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Cool I think I'll go that route then, thanks
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It is the best solution but the most expensive one.
I got a 4TB HDD now to hold me over as storage, and move games into internal to play as I want it. That works for me, its the best bang for buck solution. Not the most elegant but £80 for 4TB vs £200 for 1TB. About 10 to 1.
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Its expensive isnt it. Stuff it I'll order the Sata dock and make use of what I have, I'll put non-SX optimised games on there and save some money.
Do you know if the Xbox formats it on first use?
Thanks
Caporegime
It needs to be NTFS. I had a old mac formated drive that i couldn't use until I got a windows machine to format it. Or you can use a plugin/app for the mac. When you first plug it in, it will ask you what you want.
1 - use it for media and music (NOT THIS ONE)
2 - use it for games (This one)
Then it will ask for permission to format. Although for it to be recognised in the first place, it needs to be in NTFS already.
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Thanks pretty sure its NTFS because it has my old Windows 10 installed on it, I'm hoping I can just plug it in and it'll format it and be good to go. Ordered the dock so I'll find out tomorrow, thanks for the advice.
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It will also ask you if you want it to be the default drive for new games install.
Kind of.
It doesn’t expand the quick resume as the poster (maybe?) asked, and you end up with 2 separate storage pools which can require juggling to fit updates, along with remote install issues and game recording issues if one drive is full even if there is space on the other.
Soldato
Still can't for the life of me understand why you don't just get a prompt for where you want to install as you begin a download. Instead you're met with a message like "your storage is full" when the internal still has 400GB...