ATA100 vs ATA133
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 13, 2002 at 8:02:44 PM
Tweakers AU shows the difference of ATA100 vs ATA133. If you didn't realize already, hard drives can't spit out the data near 100mb/s anyway, so there is no reason to upgrade at all.
The results may vary between drives, but the difference in performance from ATA100 and ATA133 is negligible. In some instances the results were very close, while in others like the High-End Winmark tests, mode 6 DMA took the lead. I was also quite surprised to see that ATA133 was actually beaten in the HD Tach tests when in ATA100 mode. ATA133 should theoretically be 33% faster than ATA100, but my results basically didn't show much of an improvement at all. If you're thinking about upgrading from ATA100 to ATA133, I say keep you cash and wait for something better - there's always SCSI too!
The results may vary between drives, but the difference in performance from ATA100 and ATA133 is negligible. In some instances the results were very close, while in others like the High-End Winmark tests, mode 6 DMA took the lead. I was also quite surprised to see that ATA133 was actually beaten in the HD Tach tests when in ATA100 mode. ATA133 should theoretically be 33% faster than ATA100, but my results basically didn't show much of an improvement at all. If you're thinking about upgrading from ATA100 to ATA133, I say keep you cash and wait for something better - there's always SCSI too!