DVDROM & ATA/100.

[IceT]

I have an ATA/100 capable DVDROM and I would like to know if its performance would be slightly better if I use ATA/100. Right now, I am just using a normal IDE cable (ATA/33).

Thanks.

 

[AluminumStudios]

You wouldn't notice any difference. The ATA speed is only a burst rate and I don't belive any normal CD or DVD-ROM is going to hit 33 megs/sec. In fact running some quick numbers (I may be wrong) I think a 16x DVD (I'm not sure what speed they are up to) would max out at 20 megs/sec (and that would only be at the inner tracks.)

Also, the burst rates come into play most often with short transfers, such as reading many small files. With DVD and CD-ROMs you tend to play media and other long files off of them, so burst rates come into play even less for the type of work they typically do.

If you're concerned with performance (for CD to CD copying and such) then putting it on it's own IDE channel is the most practical thing that you can do.

 

[IceT]

My DVDROM is mainly use for transferring data, either CD or DVD transferring to HD. I don't use DVDROM for movie because I always afraid of overuse the DVDROM, so basically, I copy the whole DVD to HD (delete it right after viewing).

I ran some benchmark for my DVDROM (on ATA/33 for now) and the burst rate is only 8MB/s.

 

[AluminumStudios]

I used to be concerend with overuse too, but then I said ehhh ... If it breaks I'll buy a new one

Deleting it afterwards hugh? Like most people, after you run it through Flask

Ripping speeds are determined by factors other than the ATA interface. Some drives have firmware raw read speed limits and stuff that I read about briefly one day. If you want max speed, for "transfering DVDs to your hard drive for viewing) I'm sure there's reviews that indicate which drives are best for it.