So, just to jump in and possibly confuse things more, a SATA drive, connected via a pci card, would also be "strangled" by the limits of the pci bus? So in my fw800, a drive connected to the ata100 bus would read/write faster than one connected via a pci card? Assuming the same/ similar drive (spindle speed/cache size) in both cases that is. OR, (if I'm remembering right) would the fact that a sata drive can read and write simultaneously outweigh the (possibly) slower bus speed, or am I totally making this all up?
On 18 Sep 2009, at 20:36, John Niven <sense...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- On Fri, 9/18/09, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: >> yes. Just pointing out the diff, so folx don't get >> confused about >> you adding stick bandwidth to the thread. > > So to sum up, the 100MHz system (and memory bus) bandwidth is NOT > the limiting factor for a scsi disk connected via a PCI card, it is > the PCI bus speed. > > This same limitation applies to all other pci connected disk systems. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
