What does Intel Application Accelerator Driver do??

[Compddd]

I have the information driver, but what does the Application Accelerator Driver do?

 

[TimeKeeper]

absolutely NOTHING!

I recently fresh installed WinXP Pro w/ it and it does NOT benchmark, nor feel faster.
In fact, I got little lag while accessing larger files. ( I then uninstall it )

(I don't have slow PC neither. 1.6a@2.4G w/ Maxtor Plus 9 HD)

 

[Compddd]

so should I uninstall it or what

 

[TimeKeeper]

if you are using WinXP pro, then don't bother with it. (UNinstall it)

 

[AndyHui]

The IAAs are Intel's IDE Drivers which take advantage of i8xx chipset buffering and other Pentium 4 features, and are written very aggressively.

Under Win2K, there is an approximate 10% increase in performance, where boot times were tested.

Since Microsoft's WinXP Drivers are written far more aggressively than the older Win2K drivers, the IAAs do not show much of a performance advantage in WinXP.

 

[SexyK]

I disagree with what's being said here. I've got WinXP Pro running on my P4 and, overall, the system feels much more responsive with the IAA installed. It's up to you, but I very definitely notice a difference with them installed.

 

[PurePeon]

I have a fresh install of windows XP and I used the intel accelerator software and it seems more responsive for me. It also tells you what speed your hard drives are running at...what UDMA4 or UDMA5...etc...

 

[dexvx]

I would also agree that the IAA made my system more responsive.

 

[magomago]

I got a AMD system with win2kpro - can i Use this Intel Application Accelerator

Seriousley

 

[andrey]

Originally posted by: magomago
I got a AMD system with win2kpro - can i Use this Intel Application Accelerator

Seriousley

Intel Application Accelerator means for Intel boards. If you've got a motherboard with Intel chipset which runs AMD, than go for it. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend installing IAA (the application won't install in the first place if your chipest isn't supported by IAA).

 

[AndyHui]

You must have an Intel i8xx chipset or E7xxx chipset.

 

[TonyB]

will you notice a difference with the IAA if you are running SCSI only drives instead of IDE?

 

[AndyHui]

Nope. It only applies to the onboard chipset IDE Controllers.

 

[mechBgon]

Dude! Nice avatar!

By the way, on the topic of IAA: it can also disable Auto Acoustic Management on some IDE drives, allowing louder but quicker seeks.

 

[LastRide]

My system ran slower when installing IAA and booting was slow too.I would say not to bother with it or try for yourself the difference installed and not installed.

 

[majewski9]

Nothing!

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: SexyK
I disagree with what's being said here. I've got WinXP Pro running on my P4 and, overall, the system feels much more responsive with the IAA installed. It's up to you, but I very definitely notice a difference with them installed.

No, it's just a psychosymatic response.

 

[NFS4]

I notice a nice performance increase as well with IAA enabled.

 

[oldfart]

IAA helps on my Win2K rig. Boots faster, game levels load faster. Under Win2K SP3, I am @ ATA66 according to HDTach benches without IAA installed. With IAA, I run ATA100. The downside is CPU utilization (according to HDTach) is much higher with IAA as opposed to Microsoft drivers.