Author: Severi Salminen
Date: 11:18:26 10/01/00
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On October 01, 2000 at 12:39:07, Jorge Pichard wrote: >I just replaced my 5 GB UDMA 66 running at 5400 RPM in my AMD K6-II 500 Mhz >with a 20 GB Ultra ATA 100 running at 7200 RPM, then I decided to pit it >against my other AMD Athlon 800 Mhz, which is using a 13.5 GB but with a >UDMA 66 running at only 5400 RPM. Both computers are using Fritz 6a with 128 >SDRAM and to my surprise after 30 games at G/60 mins per side the AMD K6-II >500 MHz is winning with a small marging of 2 games. I truly believe that even >the small speed difference of my Athlon 800 MHz vs the AMD K6-II 500 MHz which >should not be over 30 rating points using the same software, is not enough to >challenge the new Ultra ATA 100 running at 7200 RPM. My only conclusion is >that the new Ultra ATA running at 100 instead of 66 and with a 7200 RPM vs >5400 RPM made a big difference here. It has nothing to do with IDE interface speed. No harddrive today needs the ATA/100. But your 20GB hard drive might be faster (is it IBM DeskStar? - it is the best). But I think that the biggest reason for your result is the number of games - 30 is just too little. Play 270 more and post the results. Then we'll draw some conclusions! Severi
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