Re: IDE controller cards better than onboard?

Fas as I can understand from this page/pic, the on-board IDE should be
faster, as its's connected directly to the southbridge with a faster
connection than the PCI connectors 33MHz.....

If what you read on the other NG was about RAID??? Then a good add-on RAID
controller might indeed give a benefit


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"Vic" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> kirjoitti
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I saw a thread in another NG where people were writing about IDE controller
cards. They said a good addon card improves system
performance when disk access is required. One commenter said the
difference was 'remarkable' compared to using the standard MOBO
controller. Wow!

I'd like to hear from others, does a separate controller card for IDE hard
drives improve performance (access times, program startup
times, lessen demand on CPU, etc)?

Nobody has shown with timing tests there is a difference so I wonder, are
these people who think performance is better suffering
from placebo effect? I've seen myself after spending money (or time) on
the computer, wanting to make it better, THINK I did, but in
fact was only thinking my desires!

Also read a bunch of reviews on the Promise Ultra133 TX2 card (Newegg) and
one reviewer said they did tests and there was *NO*
difference in CPU usage OR start times! Hmmm, who's right? Is adding a
controller going to improve performance, or just waste time?
(I have no need for a controller due to insufficient ports)

Vic





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