Ysean
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 Posted: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:43:32 Post Subject: |
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I can't help but wonder why people even pump the bus protocol's bandwidth capacity when it rarely has any affect on actual throughput. All review sites do it. I just don't understand why. It almost makes me wonder if they understand the difference. There are 4 throughput #'s. Only 2 really matter. The interface (aka connector/controller) bandwidth and the sustained bandwidth. The talk of 3.0 Gb/s means nothing. It's SATA-II's signal maximum bandwidth. As SATA has only been implemented (from what I've seen) as a point to point connection, not in it's serial potential, this bandwidth is per device. No drive on the market can or will be able to come close to this throughput for years to come without some major innovation. The truly important information for performance is Native Command Queuing and sustained throughput.
Sorry for the rant being my first post. I don't read desktop related reviews much these days.
Cheers,
Ysean |
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