How much of a performance difference is there between IDE and SATA ?
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diskmagnet
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sata is faster, but it wont be huge.
Well my mobo can do both sata and ide.
The reason i ask this is becuase I am having some serious choppy issues with my computer. Like sometimes it will go fine and silky smooth, other times it will stop, freeze, go. stop, stop, go. I updated video drivers (7800gt), flashed BIOS, did a disc refragment and did memtest. I'm good for all, yet it still stutters in Oblivion and FEAR (andyes, i turn down the gfx and it still happens).
I noticed that it only happens when i hear the GPU fan stop buzzing as much. Is there a sensor that is trying to dynamically set fan speeds? Perhaps it is faulty?
The reason i ask this is becuase I am having some serious choppy issues with my computer. Like sometimes it will go fine and silky smooth, other times it will stop, freeze, go. stop, stop, go. I updated video drivers (7800gt), flashed BIOS, did a disc refragment and did memtest. I'm good for all, yet it still stutters in Oblivion and FEAR (andyes, i turn down the gfx and it still happens).
I noticed that it only happens when i hear the GPU fan stop buzzing as much. Is there a sensor that is trying to dynamically set fan speeds? Perhaps it is faulty?
diskmagnet
Veteran X
One thing about a new drive is a fresh install.
Which does help alot.
Sounds like a background process sucking up resources at will, or a virus etc ..
The 7800gt fan does throttle, some drivers have been known to cause it to screw with it. It possible, not likely.
Which does help alot.
Sounds like a background process sucking up resources at will, or a virus etc ..
The 7800gt fan does throttle, some drivers have been known to cause it to screw with it. It possible, not likely.
Check task manager when this starts happening. See what other processes may be stealing cycles or eating up RAM.
And yeah, definitely look into the GPU gan slowing down at the same time the problem occurs. I doubt it is a coincidence.
from what i've heard, you won't notice any difference
If you are running a virus scanner, completely disable it.
Good call
-OptimusPrime-
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fast drives don't even max out ide 133. So SATA at this point doesn't really make a difference.
OpiumAddict
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As Mofo would say in a less civilized way and with more exclamation points.
I would gladly go on any so called "free warez" and porn sites running Windows XP SP2 and Internet Explorer 7.
Things don't just jump out and bite you in the face like in the jungle. Don't be such a pussy.
edit: I didn't think he would post at the same time.
The problem isn't that the SATA isn't much faster, it's that the drives themselves aren't. ATA spec is 133MB/sec, with SATA at 150MB/sec and SATA-II at 300MB/sec. While SATA provides a larger pipe, the average drive out there is still only capable of between 50-70MB/sec sustained transfer, so the whole thing really is mostly useless.
Transfer rates certainly aren't everything, but if you're interested in speeding things up you will notice the difference if you get a WD 10K RPM Raptor. They run hot and will need good cooling, but they have very low access times and are capable of 70-90MB sustained under ideal conditions.
Didn't I just say that? Also you need to watch your abbreviations... SATA-II is 300MB/sec, also known as 3Gb/sec and not 3GB/sec.
This is a big reason, actually. 6-pin SATA cables are much smaller (obviously) than 40/80pin IDE cables, and won't impede airflow to the same extent. But KM is spot on - the drive itself can't sustain more than 70-90Mbps burst, so a data transfer of 3Gbps is not going to be reached with standard platter-based harddrives.
There's a RAMDrive from Gigabyte called the i-RAM, it uses DIMMs and sits on a PCI slot. Memory burst speeds are much much higher, so this is much more likely to saturate a SATA connection. The 2nd revision will supposedly use DDR2 sticks and a SATAII connection, and sit in a 5.25 bay using a Molex 4-pin for power.