well that is exactly what I saw and started thinking about it, I am
buying another 4870 video card for Crossfire and I noticed this in a
mailer. But as I wrote, unless new controllers are now providing real
Sata II transfer speeds in vista64 ... are they?...
then it appears there is no good reason for me to upgrade from my
older SATA Raptor
At 01:49 PM 11/27/2008, you wrote:
This might interest you.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260
Winterlight wrote:
Here are the specs for my old SATA 1 RAPTOR = 74GB
Data Transfer Rate (maximum)
- Buffer to Host 1.5 Gb/s max2
Average Read Seek 4.5 ms (average)
Track-to-track Seek3 0.6 ms (average)
Full Stroke Seek3 10.2 ms (average)
Average Latency 2.99 ms (nominal)
Rotational Speed 10,000 RPM
Buffer 8 MB
And here are the specs for the new 300GB Raptor I am thinking about
getting to install OS and programs on.
- Buffer to Host 3.0 Gb/s max2
Average Read Seek 4.2 ms (average)
Track-to-track Seek3 0.7 ms (average)
Full Stroke Seek3 8.5 ms (average)
Average Latency 5.5 ms (nominal)
Rotational Speed 10,000 RPM
Buffer 16 MB
OK the new one is faster, but a lot faster? the latency number
shows a big improvement but the others maybe 10 or 15 percent
improvement. I wonder if it is worth spending 200 bucks to upgrade.
Or am I not getting something?
