Uuuuuhh, I don't know. Where do I find the cache size of my drive?
on 2/21/05 7:18 AM, Paul Corsa at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If I'm not mistaken a Firewire External is a case with a bridge chip AND > an IDE drive in it. Thus said, the FW cases, depending on chip can > accomodate various speed IDE drives(ATA66, ATA 100, ATA133, SATA, etc) > The limiting factor is the bus speed of the computer these things are > plugged into, which is about 50 for a S900. So, both the Firewire card > and IDE 133 cards would plug into the same PCI bus, right.The Cache size > of your drive might be more of a limiting factor than the type-is it a 2 > or 8MB cache on your drive? Paul C > > ansberry wrote: > >> I am running an S900 with a G4/450 processor, 1 gig of ram, a firewire >> 400 card, usb 1 card, an ata66 ide card with an 80 gig hard drive >> partitioned into 10/35/35. I have been starting some digital video work the >> last 6 months. I have burned a couple of DVD's that were nearly full. It >> takes about 19 hours to compress and burn the info. I thought maybe a large >> firewire drive would work better and than the ide on the ata66 card. I >> posted this on the videohelp.com site. Someone there said the firewire >> drive would cause problems because it would be too slow. They said I'd be >> better off getting an ata133 card and a large ide drive. I thought firewire >> had a pretty fast transfer rate. Would an ide drive on a 133 card work >> better than a firewire drive? Someone else suggested that I pick up a new >> Mac Mini. Now that was an idea, but after checking into it, you can't get a >> Mini with a G5. I don't really want to buy a G4 machine. >> I know that this old dinosaur will never really blaze through a DVD >> rendering/burning, but I'd like to get it down to 10 to 12 hours. What do >> you guys think? Would I be better off with the ide133 card? >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> >> > > -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
