Cobretti2 said:
BaldrSkies said:
Cobretti2 said:
BaldrSkies said:
The problem with the specific case of the Wii U is that it uses USB 2.0, which is just outrageously slow for the large data transfers required of modern games. Had Nintendo gone with USB 3.0 there would be no such issue. The fact of the matter is, combined with the lack of an ethernet port, it was a total cheap out that would have only slightly increased the cost of manufacture, but causes the console and the consumer suffering.
Also, the Xbox360 and PS3 both use 2.5" SATA drives, the same drives used in laptop computers. Not exactly difficult, although I believe it's necessary to do some modifications for the 360 drive. |
USB 2.0 is fine. Fifa Demo is like 1.2gb and took about a minute or so to copy from internal memory.
But I agree would be nice to have USB 3.0 for the small increase in cost
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Well 1.2gb is small first off, there's portable games larger than that. But I mean in terms of the ability to load data while playing a game. USB2.0's maximum rate of 480Mbit is slow compared to even ancient SATA 1.0 at 1.5Gbit, let alone the more modern SATA2.0 and 3.0 at 3Gbit and 6Gbit respectively. In practice USB2.0 can only effectively throughput about 300Mbit, and in many cases may even run slower depending on the drive. It's just a terrible system to load huge games like LEGO City onto.
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well here is something funny. The demos I got actually load quicker of the external hdd than the flash memory inside. I personally haven't noticed any issues loading from USB 2.0, but I do agree that later on it may become an issue.
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I never looked into the internal storage used in the Wii U, but a quick Google turned up some interesting results. Apparently the flash storage the Wii U uses is really slow, hard to call it a proper SSD. It's even slower than an external harddrive! No wonder people are complaining about 9+ hour updates onto internal storage for DQX beta. So yet another point Nintendo has cheaped out on for this system...
Some interesting tips to speed up your Wii U. Including storage testing. Looks like getting an ethernet adapter is not helpful, but it would probably help a bit with latency for actually playing online.
Breakdown of internal components including the storage component, which appears slapped directly onto the mobo.
