XBox One X - Will it help?

KingJ · November 2017

Would a regular HDD help improve load times or should I pick up a SSD?

RouDeR · November 2017

KingJ wrote: »

Would a regular HDD help improve load times or should I pick up a SSD?

Buy SSD and forget about black characters in game when teleporting to a new zone or just riding your mount with max speed. , and yes it helps with loading times (not much in ESO, but greatly in other games)

LiquidPony · November 2017

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

LiquidPony wrote: »

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

LiquidPony wrote: »

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

LiquidPony wrote: »

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

RandomName123 wrote: »

From the post:

"....
With the Xbox One X, The Elder Scrolls Online runs very close to the equivalent of Ultra settings on PC. This means that the game has never looked better on Xbox. Here's a breakdown of some of the new features and improvements coming very soon:

Native 4K resolution
Upgraded shadows with Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
Upgraded water reflections
Increased view distance

....."

I appreciate the fact that they did this, but my fear is that by increasing these settings we lessen the improvement to be had in the area of FPS and performance. I would rather have kept the same graphical quality and instead boosted FPS and stability. But, maybe we still get both... we'll see tomorrow I guess.

Sorry but those of us upgrading our xbox one experience just like those who pay $200-$800 to upgrade their PC experience aren't spending that for only FPS. Its illogical to improve your video card and CPU this much for the game to look the same.

Also higher FPS isn't the issue on xbox one and never was other than in a few sparse situation which applies to all platforms. Sorry but a lot of people would not agree with your preference however, you can just stay on the xbox one s and use an SSD drive with update 16 performance improvements for much cheaper.

"higher FPS isn't the issue on xbox one and never was"

Uhh ...

I run well under 10 FPS in Trials and in Cyrodiil. I'm not even being hyperbolic when I say 1-2 FPS is not uncommon. FPS is absolutely an issue on xbox.

You may need to contact support, not joking as FPS drops but you comment that its well under 10 FPS consistently in Trials and Cyrodil.
That's not normal....
I'm on xbox One S now but that's been just a recent change, I've been on xbox one using an external HD, not SSD just a normal external 3.0 USB and am not having FPS that low consistently.

I did trials a lot in the past and that wasn't the experience, its most often 30 and sometimes iit drops to 25-ish

NOW one of the trials has performance issues never fixed but that's only one.
Cyrodil and IC haven't been a major issue either in terms of 10 FPS, now its not a full 30 FPS all the time but never 10 and below consistently.

Check and make sure you're good on your end as there is something else going bad. Hope you get it worked out

Nah. I don't know when this "in the past" was, but since HotR Trials have been absolutely abysmal. I saw you comment on DJMuscleBoy's post this morning that included a video of the Triplets fight, and that performance is the same performance you'll see on Rakkhat, on most bosses in AA, on Ozara and The Serpent, on Ra'Kotu, and elsewhere.

I get slightly better performance on my X1S, but the frame rate in Trials is just as bad. I spend probably 15-20 hours a week in Trials, run them basically every day with several different raid guilds, and everyone in every group I run with experiences the exact same issues. We all have to force-quit ESO and restart the game at some point, which improves FPS dramatically for a short time and then it slowly degrades back to flip-book quality.

TBH I don't think you know what you're talking about. Not trying to be rude but if you're not doing Trials right now, you have no idea what performance is like in Trials.

Oh o k well looks like you got all the answers and got it figured out.

PvP is no different in how it was for us on PC prior to me moving to Xbox. On PC they’ve made changes that can’t apply to console but it’s been a known issue prior to console release. The game was built to be a problem but when you say your FPS are 10 and below....constantly....I’m telling you that’s something you can resolve. Its not a solid 30 but above 10 consistently is possible.

It’s one trial that’s an issue right now and the past was just before Morrowind and the two weeks after in terms of the last time doing trials.

All else is just the game and Xbox one performance. I️ play on a PC rarely too and it’s better in terms of cpu but that’s cause PC allows many different hardware builds.

The realistic solution is Xbox one x or quit.
Shrug it’s thats simple at this point if FPS is a major concern.

You haven't run Trials in five months, so why do you think you've got anything useful to say about Trials performance?

You saw the video of the Triplets fight already--that's how Trials play right now on XB1. Across the board. This is not a *me* problem. You can see the other folks in this thread, including some of the top players on this platform, saying the same thing. I've got Band chats full of people who've quit the game, moved to PC, or are on the verge of doing one or the other.

Framerates below 10 FPS are absolutely par for the course in a lot of Trials fights right now. This is not hyperbole. Like I said previously, if you haven't been running Trials since HotR, then you have no idea what you're talking about. Performance degraded significantly with that update.

You know sometimes people on the forums have access to things prior to others. Maybe I’m trying to help but I️ see you’re all set.

Don’t worry about it man. You’re good as you suggest.

Happy. Gaming

I have no idea what that's supposed to mean and I don't see that you've posted anything helpful, either. You're claiming that "FPS isn't an issue" with XB1 when it is, in fact, an issue.

If you have help to offer, by all means, go forth and offer it. I won't hold my breath.

C4Bliss · November 2017

Ok just tested out the game with and without ssd. Load screen into deshaan without 1m12. Load screen with ssd 19sec.
Thank you soooooo much for this information! I love you big time right now.

Twohothardware · November 2017

Is that

C4Bliss wrote: »

Ok just tested out the game with and without ssd. Load screen into deshaan without 1m12. Load screen with ssd 19sec.
Thank you soooooo much for this information! I love you big time right now.

I'm guessing that's on the old Xbox One and not the newer Xbox One X? Would be interesting to see how much an SSD helps on the X1X.

MurderMostFoul · November 2017

I've got the X, but it sounds like i should go ahead and get a SSD too.

Apache_Kid · November 2017

MurderMostFoul wrote: »

I've got the X, but it sounds like i should go ahead and get a SSD too.

Yep. Seems like that is going to be my next purchase as well. Sucks that we are spending hundreds of dollars to make the game merely play-able but I don't even care at this point. I just want these issues to go away.

Jayman1000 · November 2017

This is the world turned up side down thread. I never have crash on my pc but you guys have daily crashes on console?

that sucks, I thought consoles were meant to give you a much more streamlined and stable experience.

Apache_Kid · November 2017

Jayman1000 wrote: »

This is the world turned up side down thread. I never have crash on my pc but you guys have daily crashes on console? that sucks, I thought consoles were meant to give you a much more streamlined and stable experience.

I crash MULTIPLE times per day on console. DLC areas and Cyrodiil are by far the worst but it happens anywhere. Crashed yesterday morning doing my crafting dailies in belkarth before work. Was literally logged on for all of 5 minutes before it crashed.

C4Bliss · November 2017

Twohothardware wrote: »

Is that

C4Bliss wrote: »

Ok just tested out the game with and without ssd. Load screen into deshaan without 1m12. Load screen with ssd 19sec.
Thank you soooooo much for this information! I love you big time right now.

I'm guessing that's on the old Xbox One and not the newer Xbox One X? Would be interesting to see how much an SSD helps on the X1X.

Yeah that's with a old Xbox one that I have had since release. Upgrading 2 a one x later today.

sgtkeebler · November 2017

I tested it out and Xbox one x is freaking amazing with ESO!!!! I only got to play for 10 mins till I went back to work. PS4 pro I'm not surprised people complain about it. The PS4 pro was a rush job when Sony found out ms was releasing this console. I have a ps4 and now a Xbox one x but I would never get the PS4 Pro knowing that they rushed to get out to beat MS.

MurderMostFoul · November 2017

sgtkeebler wrote: »

I tested it out and Xbox one x is freaking amazing with ESO!!!! I only got to play for 10 mins till I went back to work. PS4 pro I'm not surprised people complain about it. The PS4 pro was a rush job when Sony found out ms was releasing this console. I have a ps4 and now a Xbox one x but I would never get the PS4 Pro knowing that they rushed to get out to beat MS.

You are doughnut.
Me soooo jelly.

I can't wait to get home.

Jayne_Doe · November 2017

I can confirm that an SSD makes a HUGE difference! Load times that were an average of 1 min. 10 secs. are now 20 secs.

I ported to the Vivec City wayshrine (the one inside the city) and the bridge up to the temple was immediately visible (there were times when I'd travel up that bridge while it was invisible). All player characters were immediately visible - no black shapes. I sprinted on my mount through the city and there were no texture load problems (most of the time, I'd go several feet and then the building started to look muddy/blurry). No crashing! Rode all the way to the crafting area and no black shapes (usually, it would be a mass of black shapes).

Ported to Orsinium - never noticed the statue next to the wayshrine, as It never loaded right away. Rode all the way across the bridge - the bridge texture wasn't blurry and there was no load screen. And, I could see the textures on all the buildings that were normally a muddy mess.

Next stop, the infamous mud town of Abah's Landing. I could never get more than a few feet in town - walking slowly (no mount) before everything just turned into a blurry mess and crashed. I played through TG for the first time during the anniversary event, and I hated that town. Could never see it clearly and it crashed ALL THE TIME. I was there a couple weeks ago to purchase some items from the Achievement Vendor and immediately crashed when interacting with them. Last night, sprinted through on my mount and saw the city as it was meant to be seen. All textures loaded, no black figures - brilliant!

Get an SSD! You won't be sorry.

Also, ESO on the X is beautiful. My husband commented that it's very close to how it looks on PC. Granted, FPS is only 30, so it wasn't as smooth as PC, but draw distance was great. I was already running the game with HDR, so it wasn't such a noticeable difference in terms of clarity/color, but it just looked better.

But, if you're wanting better performance from ESO, buy an SSD and save your money on an X. Buy an X if you want better graphics.

Krayzie · November 2017

sgtkeebler wrote: »

I tested it out and Xbox one x is freaking amazing with ESO!!!! I only got to play for 10 mins till I went back to work. PS4 pro I'm not surprised people complain about it. The PS4 pro was a rush job when Sony found out ms was releasing this console. I have a ps4 and now a Xbox one x but I would never get the PS4 Pro knowing that they rushed to get out to beat MS.

Wow great you tested for 10 minutes, everyone go out and buy a one x right away

Krayzie · November 2017

It's amazing the amount of ignorance in this topic from people who claim they haven't played in months yet still come to the forum to post.

You must have absolutely nothing to do with yourself lol

Defilted · November 2017

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

I can confirm that an SSD makes a HUGE difference! Load times that were an average of 1 min. 10 secs. are now 20 secs.

I ported to the Vivec City wayshrine (the one inside the city) and the bridge up to the temple was immediately visible (there were times when I'd travel up that bridge while it was invisible). All player characters were immediately visible - no black shapes. I sprinted on my mount through the city and there were no texture load problems (most of the time, I'd go several feet and then the building started to look muddy/blurry). No crashing! Rode all the way to the crafting area and no black shapes (usually, it would be a mass of black shapes).

Ported to Orsinium - never noticed the statue next to the wayshrine, as It never loaded right away. Rode all the way across the bridge - the bridge texture wasn't blurry and there was no load screen. And, I could see the textures on all the buildings that were normally a muddy mess.

Next stop, the infamous mud town of Abah's Landing. I could never get more than a few feet in town - walking slowly (no mount) before everything just turned into a blurry mess and crashed. I played through TG for the first time during the anniversary event, and I hated that town. Could never see it clearly and it crashed ALL THE TIME. I was there a couple weeks ago to purchase some items from the Achievement Vendor and immediately crashed when interacting with them. Last night, sprinted through on my mount and saw the city as it was meant to be seen. All textures loaded, no black figures - brilliant!

Get an SSD! You won't be sorry.

Also, ESO on the X is beautiful. My husband commented that it's very close to how it looks on PC. Granted, FPS is only 30, so it wasn't as smooth as PC, but draw distance was great. I was already running the game with HDR, so it wasn't such a noticeable difference in terms of clarity/color, but it just looked better.

But, if you're wanting better performance from ESO, buy an SSD and save your money on an X. Buy an X if you want better graphics.

Is your SSD USB 3.0?

Actually_Goku · November 2017

I haven't read every post in this thread, but I've read a lot of threads here and some on reddit asking about ESO performance on XB1X.

I absolutely can notice a massive difference! The game looks incredible in 4K. Now given, I have a very top of the range 4K TV as well, and to be sure, certain games look better than others (ESO not the most aesthetically pleasing game I have but that's no knock) but everyone saying the difference is negligible, either isn't doing it properly, or doesn't have a good enough TV to notice a difference.

Bravo ZOS, it looks awesome on my new XB!

Jayne_Doe · November 2017

Defilted wrote: »

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

I can confirm that an SSD makes a HUGE difference! Load times that were an average of 1 min. 10 secs. are now 20 secs.

I ported to the Vivec City wayshrine (the one inside the city) and the bridge up to the temple was immediately visible (there were times when I'd travel up that bridge while it was invisible). All player characters were immediately visible - no black shapes. I sprinted on my mount through the city and there were no texture load problems (most of the time, I'd go several feet and then the building started to look muddy/blurry). No crashing! Rode all the way to the crafting area and no black shapes (usually, it would be a mass of black shapes).

Ported to Orsinium - never noticed the statue next to the wayshrine, as It never loaded right away. Rode all the way across the bridge - the bridge texture wasn't blurry and there was no load screen. And, I could see the textures on all the buildings that were normally a muddy mess.

Next stop, the infamous mud town of Abah's Landing. I could never get more than a few feet in town - walking slowly (no mount) before everything just turned into a blurry mess and crashed. I played through TG for the first time during the anniversary event, and I hated that town. Could never see it clearly and it crashed ALL THE TIME. I was there a couple weeks ago to purchase some items from the Achievement Vendor and immediately crashed when interacting with them. Last night, sprinted through on my mount and saw the city as it was meant to be seen. All textures loaded, no black figures - brilliant!

Get an SSD! You won't be sorry.

Also, ESO on the X is beautiful. My husband commented that it's very close to how it looks on PC. Granted, FPS is only 30, so it wasn't as smooth as PC, but draw distance was great. I was already running the game with HDR, so it wasn't such a noticeable difference in terms of clarity/color, but it just looked better.

But, if you're wanting better performance from ESO, buy an SSD and save your money on an X. Buy an X if you want better graphics.

Is your SSD USB 3.0?

Yep, and it's 500GB

EDIT - I don't do trials, PvP, or dungeons, so I can't speak to whether the SSD will help with that. I did do a dolmen, though it wasn't highly populated, and didn't have any lag. I'm going to try some public dungeons, as I had done one Sunday night, and the lag with mobs was noticeable and there weren't a lot of other players around.

Defilted · November 2017

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

Defilted wrote: »

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

I can confirm that an SSD makes a HUGE difference! Load times that were an average of 1 min. 10 secs. are now 20 secs.

I ported to the Vivec City wayshrine (the one inside the city) and the bridge up to the temple was immediately visible (there were times when I'd travel up that bridge while it was invisible). All player characters were immediately visible - no black shapes. I sprinted on my mount through the city and there were no texture load problems (most of the time, I'd go several feet and then the building started to look muddy/blurry). No crashing! Rode all the way to the crafting area and no black shapes (usually, it would be a mass of black shapes).

Ported to Orsinium - never noticed the statue next to the wayshrine, as It never loaded right away. Rode all the way across the bridge - the bridge texture wasn't blurry and there was no load screen. And, I could see the textures on all the buildings that were normally a muddy mess.

Next stop, the infamous mud town of Abah's Landing. I could never get more than a few feet in town - walking slowly (no mount) before everything just turned into a blurry mess and crashed. I played through TG for the first time during the anniversary event, and I hated that town. Could never see it clearly and it crashed ALL THE TIME. I was there a couple weeks ago to purchase some items from the Achievement Vendor and immediately crashed when interacting with them. Last night, sprinted through on my mount and saw the city as it was meant to be seen. All textures loaded, no black figures - brilliant!

Get an SSD! You won't be sorry.

Also, ESO on the X is beautiful. My husband commented that it's very close to how it looks on PC. Granted, FPS is only 30, so it wasn't as smooth as PC, but draw distance was great. I was already running the game with HDR, so it wasn't such a noticeable difference in terms of clarity/color, but it just looked better.

But, if you're wanting better performance from ESO, buy an SSD and save your money on an X. Buy an X if you want better graphics.

Is your SSD USB 3.0?

Yep, and it's 500GB

EDIT - I don't do trials, PvP, or dungeons, so I can't speak to whether the SSD will help with that. I did do a dolmen, though it wasn't highly populated, and didn't have any lag. I'm going to try some public dungeons, as I had done one Sunday night, and the lag with mobs was noticeable and there weren't a lot of other players around.

I am looking at buying one as my X will arrive from Walmart next Monday. Order on Aug 21st. Receive a week after its release, but whatever. Thank for the info. Wanted to be sure I got 3.0 if it was needed.

cbdfarm · November 2017

Defilted wrote: »

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

Defilted wrote: »

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

I can confirm that an SSD makes a HUGE difference! Load times that were an average of 1 min. 10 secs. are now 20 secs.

I ported to the Vivec City wayshrine (the one inside the city) and the bridge up to the temple was immediately visible (there were times when I'd travel up that bridge while it was invisible). All player characters were immediately visible - no black shapes. I sprinted on my mount through the city and there were no texture load problems (most of the time, I'd go several feet and then the building started to look muddy/blurry). No crashing! Rode all the way to the crafting area and no black shapes (usually, it would be a mass of black shapes).

Ported to Orsinium - never noticed the statue next to the wayshrine, as It never loaded right away. Rode all the way across the bridge - the bridge texture wasn't blurry and there was no load screen. And, I could see the textures on all the buildings that were normally a muddy mess.

Next stop, the infamous mud town of Abah's Landing. I could never get more than a few feet in town - walking slowly (no mount) before everything just turned into a blurry mess and crashed. I played through TG for the first time during the anniversary event, and I hated that town. Could never see it clearly and it crashed ALL THE TIME. I was there a couple weeks ago to purchase some items from the Achievement Vendor and immediately crashed when interacting with them. Last night, sprinted through on my mount and saw the city as it was meant to be seen. All textures loaded, no black figures - brilliant!

Get an SSD! You won't be sorry.

Also, ESO on the X is beautiful. My husband commented that it's very close to how it looks on PC. Granted, FPS is only 30, so it wasn't as smooth as PC, but draw distance was great. I was already running the game with HDR, so it wasn't such a noticeable difference in terms of clarity/color, but it just looked better.

But, if you're wanting better performance from ESO, buy an SSD and save your money on an X. Buy an X if you want better graphics.

Is your SSD USB 3.0?

Yep, and it's 500GB

EDIT - I don't do trials, PvP, or dungeons, so I can't speak to whether the SSD will help with that. I did do a dolmen, though it wasn't highly populated, and didn't have any lag. I'm going to try some public dungeons, as I had done one Sunday night, and the lag with mobs was noticeable and there weren't a lot of other players around.

I am looking at buying one as my X will arrive from Walmart next Monday. Order on Aug 21st. Receive a week after its release, but whatever. Thank for the info. Wanted to be sure I got 3.0 if it was needed.

Yeah seems walmart F'ed up with the Scorpio edition. im getting mine hopefully tomorrow, but never again, f walmart lol

THEDKEXPERIENCE · November 2017

I see this was a popular topic I chose. Haha.

I’ve decided to wait a few weeks personally. See how things shake out.

sevomd69 · November 2017

Just did multiple runs of new Trial in CWC...and there was absolutely no lag on the XBX...while others in my group who had XB1S or XB1 were complaining about the lag...fwiw...

Twohothardware · November 2017

I have the PS4 Pro now and will have an Xbox One X tomorrow.

cbdfarm wrote: »

Defilted wrote: »

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

Defilted wrote: »

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

I can confirm that an SSD makes a HUGE difference! Load times that were an average of 1 min. 10 secs. are now 20 secs.

I ported to the Vivec City wayshrine (the one inside the city) and the bridge up to the temple was immediately visible (there were times when I'd travel up that bridge while it was invisible). All player characters were immediately visible - no black shapes. I sprinted on my mount through the city and there were no texture load problems (most of the time, I'd go several feet and then the building started to look muddy/blurry). No crashing! Rode all the way to the crafting area and no black shapes (usually, it would be a mass of black shapes).

Ported to Orsinium - never noticed the statue next to the wayshrine, as It never loaded right away. Rode all the way across the bridge - the bridge texture wasn't blurry and there was no load screen. And, I could see the textures on all the buildings that were normally a muddy mess.

Next stop, the infamous mud town of Abah's Landing. I could never get more than a few feet in town - walking slowly (no mount) before everything just turned into a blurry mess and crashed. I played through TG for the first time during the anniversary event, and I hated that town. Could never see it clearly and it crashed ALL THE TIME. I was there a couple weeks ago to purchase some items from the Achievement Vendor and immediately crashed when interacting with them. Last night, sprinted through on my mount and saw the city as it was meant to be seen. All textures loaded, no black figures - brilliant!

Get an SSD! You won't be sorry.

Also, ESO on the X is beautiful. My husband commented that it's very close to how it looks on PC. Granted, FPS is only 30, so it wasn't as smooth as PC, but draw distance was great. I was already running the game with HDR, so it wasn't such a noticeable difference in terms of clarity/color, but it just looked better.

But, if you're wanting better performance from ESO, buy an SSD and save your money on an X. Buy an X if you want better graphics.

Is your SSD USB 3.0?

Yep, and it's 500GB

EDIT - I don't do trials, PvP, or dungeons, so I can't speak to whether the SSD will help with that. I did do a dolmen, though it wasn't highly populated, and didn't have any lag. I'm going to try some public dungeons, as I had done one Sunday night, and the lag with mobs was noticeable and there weren't a lot of other players around.

I am looking at buying one as my X will arrive from Walmart next Monday. Order on Aug 21st. Receive a week after its release, but whatever. Thank for the info. Wanted to be sure I got 3.0 if it was needed.

Yeah seems walmart F'ed up with the Scorpio edition. im getting mine hopefully tomorrow, but never again, f walmart lol

I ordered from Target, Newegg, and Best Buy just to make sure I got a Scorpio and had a backup in case the one I got had any issues lol.

Twohothardware · November 2017

I'll be hooking up my

Apache_Kid wrote: »

MurderMostFoul wrote: »

I've got the X, but it sounds like i should go ahead and get a SSD too.

Yep. Seems like that is going to be my next purchase as well. Sucks that we are spending hundreds of dollars to make the game merely play-able but I don't even care at this point. I just want these issues to go away.

I'll be moving my Samsung 850 over from my PS4 Pro to the Xbox One X on Friday when my external enclosure I ordered today gets here. For anyone buying a high-end SSD make sure you buy an SSD enclosure that you know is using a solid chipset because there is a real performance difference between one that has say the latest ASMedia chip and some of these Chinese $10 enclosures that use a poor performing one.

For those looking for a recommendation this is the one I bought:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XXV4V68/

Defilted · November 2017

In preparation of my XB1X being delivered today I purchased a 256 GB SSD USB 3.0 device. Yesterday(11/12/17) morning I moved ESO and just ESO over to this device. Loaded up the game on my original XBOX 1 and I have to say the improvements to the game play with this change are astounding.

No more waiting on areas to load, no more waiting on black shadows of players to load. Jumping between areas is much faster with very little load time. No more waiting on quest givers and areas of the game to load so I can move forward with a quest or story line.

Some things I could not do as a console player pre SSD
-Sprint with horse through any part of Elden root. This was almost always a game drop. If it did not drop I had to wait at least 30 seconds for the game area to load or I hit a load screen. I was doing this as a test yesterday with no issues, no load screens, no unloaded areas.
-Do anything but walk very slowly through Orsinum. Tested this area and this is a much changed experience for me. I was running through with my horse and experience no load screens or game kicks.
-Inside Elden Root crafting area. This area pre SSD was a huge issues for me and I found myself having to avoid the area period. I was able to sprint and do whatever I wanted in this area and had no issues.

I recommend all XBOX players to do this upgrade to a external SSD. I cannot get over how much better this game is now and I have not even tried it on the XB1X yet.

Apache_Kid · November 2017

Defilted wrote: »

In preparation of my XB1X being delivered today I purchased a 256 GB SSD USB 3.0 device. Yesterday(11/12/17) morning I moved ESO and just ESO over to this device. Loaded up the game on my original XBOX 1 and I have to say the improvements to the game play with this change are astounding.

No more waiting on areas to load, no more waiting on black shadows of players to load. Jumping between areas is much faster with very little load time. No more waiting on quest givers and areas of the game to load so I can move forward with a quest or story line.

Some things I could not do as a console player pre SSD
-Sprint with horse through any part of Elden root. This was almost always a game drop. If it did not drop I had to wait at least 30 seconds for the game area to load or I hit a load screen. I was doing this as a test yesterday with no issues, no load screens, no unloaded areas.
-Do anything but walk very slowly through Orsinum. Tested this area and this is a much changed experience for me. I was running through with my horse and experience no load screens or game kicks.
-Inside Elden Root crafting area. This area pre SSD was a huge issues for me and I found myself having to avoid the area period. I was able to sprint and do whatever I wanted in this area and had no issues.

I recommend all XBOX players to do this upgrade to a external SSD. I cannot get over how much better this game is now and I have not even tried it on the XB1X yet.

Do you by any chance have a link to the one you purchased?

Defilted · November 2017

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073H552FK/ref=nav_timeline_asin?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Apache_Kid · November 2017

Thanks! @Defilted

Defilted · November 2017

lol the price is even lower today. I got it for 138.00 on Thursday last week. Now it is 117.00

LiquidPony · November 2017

Just wanted to follow up on this thread ...

So after getting some reports that the X1X was performing better in this game, I snagged a Scorpio edition of Amazon on release day along with a Samsung T5 SSD.

There's a HUGE performance difference. At first I wasn't sure how much was the hardware and how much was the updates in CWC, but I spent some time playing on my X1S this weekend (did vAA HM, vSO HM, some PvP, some BGs, some dungeons), and there is an immediately noticeable performance boost on the X1X with SSD.

Everything loads faster, much less pop-in, framerates are better and more consistent in big fights like The Mage HM and PvP battles.

It was a lot of money to spend for one game but I'm happy with the purchase. If not for the endless load screens this would be most fun I've had playing the game since One Tamriel.