25 Jul 2006 at 17:26 #1 Nixeh Nixeh Associate Joined 3 Jun 2005 Posts 874 Location Bristol/Portsmouth, England Hey guys just wondering how much of a performance gain do you get over a drive with 8mb cache and one with 16mb cache. What does it mean for real term applications... or is there not much noticable difference?
Hey guys just wondering how much of a performance gain do you get over a drive with 8mb cache and one with 16mb cache. What does it mean for real term applications... or is there not much noticable difference?
25 Jul 2006 at 18:11 #2 Imy Imy Soldato Joined 21 Nov 2005 Posts 2,773 Location Warwickshire, UK It made a difference with the Raptors but I don't know about regular 7200rpm drives.
26 Jul 2006 at 09:13 #3 jbloggs jbloggs Soldato Joined 4 Sep 2005 Posts 6,803 Location UK Nixeh: Here is an interesting review.
26 Jul 2006 at 14:09 #4 gadget^ gadget^ Associate Joined 19 Jan 2006 Posts 451 Location Harefield i have the raptor dives all be it 8meg version - install's XP in less than 20mins far quicker than any other drives i've ever had.
i have the raptor dives all be it 8meg version - install's XP in less than 20mins far quicker than any other drives i've ever had.
28 Jul 2006 at 15:03 #5 Cal_G Cal_G Associate Joined 29 Feb 2004 Posts 345 Location Netherton Ghetto I have a 8 meg IDE and a 16 meg SATA, not noticed any difference in them to be honest apart from when benchmarking
I have a 8 meg IDE and a 16 meg SATA, not noticed any difference in them to be honest apart from when benchmarking
