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    #41
    Re: SATA PCI Cards?

    most via cards dont have a bios.

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      #42
      Re: SATA PCI Cards?

      Originally posted by stj View Post
      most via cards dont have a bios.
      That is not true.
      On a VGA card it's called a Firmware and if it's Plug'n'Play then it has a Firmware.
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        #43
        Re: SATA PCI Cards?

        Originally posted by PCBONEZ View Post
        That's only true for short files in burst mode.
        Once the 32MB of buffer is full on the Caviar Black you will be back down to ~90Mb/s for the rest of the transfer.
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        Also, it's not a legit comparison if you aren't using drives with the same size buffer [and RPM].
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        Yep.
        I only use the charts on client machines to point out glaring problems with the disk system. Don't care about legit comparison.

        The link below is an HD Tach reading from a 640gb AALS Caviar Black prior to it going into ICH10R as RAID1. The performance after configuring as fakeraid1 is unchanged.

        Link to HDTach Chart

        I'm OK using RAID1 with the Intel software-assist scheme. Too bad they don't make drivers available for other platforms (Linux, ESX) that could make use of a simple RAID1 solution.

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          #44
          Re: SATA PCI Cards?

          Well then why do you throw out comparison numbers when you know the comparison isn't legit?
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