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HotHardware Test Systems |
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It's Snappy |
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DFI KT400A LAN Party
Motherboard
AMD AthlonXP 2500+
(Barton)
512MB GEiL PC3500 (2-2-2-5-2)
2 IBM ATA100 7200RPM 80GB HD
(RAID-0)
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
Teac DV-W50D
DVD±R/RW
CD-R/RW
Plextor
PX-504A DVD+R/RW CD-R/RW
Standard Floppy Drive
Windows XP Professional SP-1
DirectX 9a
ATi Catalyst 3.6
VIA Hyperion 4.48v
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Utilities and Media Used For Testing
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SiSoft
SANDRA MAX3!
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Nero
InfoTool
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Nero CD-DVD
Speed
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Nero
Burning ROM 6
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Nero DAE
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Music
Match 8.0 for MP3 Encoding
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An audio
CD 63:33:02 in Length
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4.0GB of
MP3 files for all DVD Data Tests
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703MB of
MP3 files for all CD Data Tests
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The
Patriot on DVD for all DVD Movie Tests
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698MB AVI
File
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Media
Used:
-Philips 48X CD-R
-Generic 2.4x DVD+R
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CD-ROM Performance Tests -
Teac DV-W50D |
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Speeding Things Along |
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Nero InfoTool:
Before we get
started with the benchmarks, we like to run Nero InfoTool to
show the scope of the drive's capabilities. For this
review we've included information from the Plextor PX-504A
DVD+R/RW drive we reviewed back in
April for a frame of reference.
Teac DV-W50D
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PLEXTOR PX-504A
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While the two
competitors share the same DVD write speeds, the Teac slips
a few points with its 32X Read speed, compared to the
Plextor 40X rating. The Teac drive also shares most of
the supported read features of the Plextor except for CD+G,
which is a format for Karaoke CDs. On the supported
write format side of things, the Teac has all the
capabilities of the Plextor with additional support for
DVD-R/RW formats.
We found it
interesting that the Teac drive reported a 2000KB buffer
while the Plextor listed a 2MB buffer. Either the Teac
drive is not calculating the size properly or the drive has
slightly less cache than 2MBs. When calculating data
amounts in regards to RAM and hard drive space, 1024KB
equals 1MB. When calculating bandwidth, 1MB is equal
to 1000KB. It seems that there is a minor calculation
issue with this drive and Nero Info Tool, but the
drive does in fact have a full 2MBs of cache.
SiSoft SANDRA
MAX3!:
Another utility
we like to run is the CD/DVD module within SiSoft Sandra
MAX3!. We ran the module with a CD
data disk in the drive and then with a DVD data disk to test
the read performance of each drive.
Read
Performance - CD Data
Teac DV-W50D - CD
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PLEXTOR PX-504A
- CD
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Each drive's
read performance was on par with the comparison systems of
the Sandra MAX3! database. You may have noticed
that the Benchmark Breakdown system lists the Teac as a 14X
drive while the Plextor was listed at 17X. It appears
that Sandra MAX3! reports the beginning speed of the
drive rather than its peak rating which may confuse some
people. This will become clearer in the Nero CD Speed
tests on the next page.
Read
Performance - DVD Data
Teac DV-W50D - DVD
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PLEXTOR PX-504A
- DVD
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With the Data DVD performance we saw a
different anomaly. While the Teac DV-W50D is rated for 12X DVD, Sandra MAX3! lists the Benchmark Breakdown at 20X.
The Plextor was listed as 16X even though, like the Teac, it is
rated for the same 12X DVD-ROM read speed. We're not quite
sure what the problem is with the benchmark, but the end results
were on target for the drives.
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