Clark Martin wrote: > At 2:55 PM -0500 2/13/2003, Caitlin Dean wrote: > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Stacy J. Dunkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> For the hard drives, I plan on getting an ATA-133 card. >> >>Now...this brings up a question I have about my future upgrades (to a >>8500av/120). Is there really any point to spending more $ on an ATA-133 or >>ATA-100 instead of going with cheaper ATA-66 (which, like everything else >>I'd like to buy for this machine is around $50)? I mean, with the >>throughput limitations of an 8500 board, are you maxed out with an ATA-66 >>anyway? I have many IDE drives that I would like to eventually put in my >>8500, but I don't want to spend the extra money for faster ATA if it won't >>make a speed difference (or MUCH of a speed difference). > > > > When I looked into adding a ATA card to my 7500 server it was pretty > clear that the ATA-66 was more than the 7500 could fully make use of.
That's been the case in my 9600/g4/450 with Sonnet Tempo ATA66 (Acard). More like ATA33 performance--though I'm not complaining since the two IDE drives attached benchmark about 4x faster than the stock SCSI HD. The only thing with this card, if you're considering one, Stacy, is that it doesn't get along 100% with all IDE hard drives (my 30GB Maxtor ATA133 to name one), nor does it support many ATAPI(?) devices. (The supported drives list is at Acard's site.) The newer cards claim to work with any IDE hard drive and have better support for ATAPI devices. If I was shopping around for another ATA card I'd probably spend the extra money for one of these. -+-+-+- RPM -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
