On Lin, 2005-10-23 at 00:49 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > But then I found out that SATA II NCQ is still under > > development for Linux, and worse - NVIDIA did not release the specs > > for its SATA chip! So, even if I get my Socket 939 Opteron - AMD has > > dropped the prices - I'd still be crippled by slow hard drive I/O. > > DMA 133 is fast enough for my 4x DVD writing and TV capture sessions (the > only tasks where hard drive speed is critical for me). How much faster is > SATA II say from SATA I? I've read that people who really want > performance will settle for nothing less than a SCSI. > It's not mandatory that SATAII be any faster than the current SATA implementations, but many vendors will try to do so by integrating NCQ and a faster transfer rate (of course at "appropriate" prices) -- Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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