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Performance - MBR vs GPT

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UaVaj

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forget all the other underlying reasons. (newer technology, boot time, shutdown time, protection, legacy, etc)

simply - which one offer better system storage performance? (while surfing, applications, and especially gaming)
 
GPT and MBR are partitioning schemes. GPT allows special EUFI features, and large drives. MBR does not.

The performance will be identical. NTFS on GPT will be the same as NTFS on MBR.
 
Im pretty sure the file system has a bigger impact on performance than the partition style. I think a better question might be FAT32 vs NTFS, just guessing, but GPT and MBR are probably the same performance when paired with identical filesystems.
 
File System do have effects on performance, Phoronix usually do Reviews of that. There are way too many variables, and usually a File System shines in something but is average in other areas. This obviously has no impact for Windows users, whose only realistic choice is NTFS in regular HDs. And no, FAT32 is horrible, not exactly in performance in which it may be superior to NTFS in a variety of use cases, but in overall reliability and features.
 
zir_blazer said:
File System do have effects on performance, Phoronix usually do Reviews of that. There are way too many variables, and usually a File System shines in something but is average in other areas. This obviously has no impact for Windows users, whose only realistic choice is NTFS in regular HDs. And no, FAT32 is horrible, not exactly in performance in which it may be superior to NTFS in a variety of use cases, but in overall reliability and features.
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Can you even install anything newer then XP on a FAT32 partition? I must admit I haven't tried... :hmm:

Not that I'd use FAT(32) for anything other then external media.
 
Insert_Nickname said:
Can you even install anything newer then XP on a FAT32 partition? I must admit I haven't tried... :hmm:

Not that I'd use FAT(32) for anything other then external media.
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Can't say. Newest Microsoft OS I ever used was WXP. I have spend tons of time to confine them to the realm of Virtual Machines.
 
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