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darkfeld wrote in message
<3a82cf02$0$16388$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>...
>pfft
>i've got the ibm 75gxp 20gb drive which is ata100
>just recently got an abit hot rod 100 controller card and good improvement
>have benched it using si-soft sandra


Sandra is useless as a disk benchmark.  Use HDTach plus Winbench99.

>and it kicks over ata66
>and ata66 kicks over ata33 so small gain no


Nope,  for any single ATA100 HD there is very little performance difference
between a BX chipset's EIDE controller + MS's intrinsic drivers(ATA33 mode)
in W98SE and a Promise Ultra100 or Hotrod100.

>"Ron Reaugh" <Ron-Reaugh@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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>> Tom Sasbrink wrote in message ...
>> >Usually not, but in your case the desvribed drive is an extreme good
>> >performer and will therefor surpase the standard 33mb/s so a udma - 66
>> >controller will give you some gain.
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>> A very small gain.
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>> >T.sasbrink@quicknet.nl
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>> >Saxon Bartrop <sprogs@dingoblue.net.au> schreef in berichtnieuws
>> >3a7f512b$0$16398$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
>> >> Well it depends, wat motherboard do you have at the moment?
>> >> "Robert" <srobert1@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
>> >> news:F%xf6.1255$tT3.11096@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> >> > Im interested in a new 75gxp 45gb drive which is ata66/100.
>> >> > Does anybody actually had experiance with adding a udma 66 card?
>> >> > Was it much faster?
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>> >> > Ive read the reviews but id like some end user comments.
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>> >> > thanks
>> >> > rob
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