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Gankdawg · May 26, 2003, 04:56 PM

I bought a Pioneer 105 DVD-R burner about a week ago (replacing a Sony 32X10X40 CDRW drive) and now my system seems a little (read 5% maybe) than before. I noticed it immediately after I installed the DVD drive. Coincidence? Nothing new for the computer other than replacing the drive. Maybe it's because I'm back to a "stock" drive now? Anyone know?

midwinter · May 26, 2003, 05:57 PM

Originally posted by Gankdawg:
I bought a Pioneer 105 DVD-R burner about a week ago (replacing a Sony 32X10X40 CDRW drive) and now my system seems a little (read 5% maybe) than before. I noticed it immediately after I installed the DVD drive. Coincidence? Nothing new for the computer other than replacing the drive. Maybe it's because I'm back to a "stock" drive now? Anyone know?

Are you sure it wasn't 3%? Maybe 4%?

Seriously, though. You rebooted. That's probably it.

Gankdawg · May 26, 2003, 07:22 PM

I only said 5% because it is a noticeable improvement but small.

I know it's not because I rebooted because I do that all of the time. iMovie3 is almost usable now, but I still boot into Jag I installed on another partition to use iMovie2. Once the movie is done, I boot back to the partition where iMovie3 is, launch it, create chapters, and then over to iDVD for final touches. iMovie3 is still no where close to being usable to create a whole project though -- it's still way too slow and way too many SBOD's....

brainchild2b · May 26, 2003, 08:37 PM

Maybe your IDE chain was screwed up and installing the DVD drive fixed it.

If the IDE chain isn't setup properly you can definitely take a performance hit.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · May 26, 2003, 08:43 PM

Originally posted by Gankdawg:
I only said 5% because it is a noticeable improvement but small.

Something you should be even happier about is that you are a superhuman.

People have a very hard time seeing any speed changes that are under 20%.

So please tell me that you are not serious about a 5% speed bump. Are you sure it wasn't more like 8.245%?

Gankdawg · May 26, 2003, 09:33 PM

Originally posted by brainchild2b:
Maybe your IDE chain was screwed up and installing the DVD drive fixed it.

If the IDE chain isn't setup properly you can definitely take a performance hit.

I didn't change any settings or jumpers. Just removed the old Sony drive and put the Pioneer in it's place.

Gankdawg · May 26, 2003, 09:35 PM

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
Something you should be even happier about is that you are a superhuman.

People have a very hard time seeing any speed changes that are under 20%.

So please tell me that you are not serious about a 5% speed bump. Are you sure it wasn't more like 8.245%?

I don't know about superhuman, but I am one of the 5 percenters...

As I said previously, the 5% was only used to illustrate that it was a small gain, but noticeable. Who knows, maybe it is 8.245%?

Since EBCDIC · May 27, 2003, 02:28 AM

Congratulations on the speed increase.

Since you frequently re-boot, and you didn't say that you installed something which then did a pre-binding or de-fragging, it's hard to tell why your system seems faster.

But let's assume it really is faster, and that you're a lucky one.

Enjoy.

Appleman · May 27, 2003, 04:22 AM

what if you place the Sony back? another 5%?
Swap them several times!

I've got to go now, buying this drive as well!

Rainy Day · May 27, 2003, 10:22 PM

So would you describe it as snappier now?

Gankdawg · May 27, 2003, 11:01 PM

Originally posted by Rainy Day:
So would you describe it as snappier now?

More like sna....

I think it will take a 970 to have true snappage!

Cipher13 · May 28, 2003, 04:56 AM

My system is LOTS faster before I launch iTunes...

SMacTech · May 28, 2003, 08:16 AM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
My system is LOTS faster before I launch iTunes...

I have iTunes running almost all the time, now I know the source of my performance loss <NOT>. I thought it was this lowly 450 Cube causing the slowness.