zedzed Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I have been fiddling with different variables in setting up OSX 10.4.7 and here is one interesting thing that I found. xBench 1.3 showed that my SATA drive was 10 points faster than my IDE drive. IDE drive got 57 while SATA got 68. So if you can set up on SATA then that is better than IDE. Why care? So far everyone has been telling me that there is no real world difference between EIDE and SATA. On MacOSX 10.4.7 I get a 20% improvement using SATA Anyone else have experiences to share? My setup mobo = Intel D915PBLL IDE = Seagate 320 (new gen tech) SATA = WD 250 (older tech) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27725-sata-faster-than-ide/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxer_drew Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 You tested with two different drives or identical drives? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27725-sata-faster-than-ide/#findComment-191293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zedzed Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Yes - two different drives IDE = Seagate 320 (new gen tech) SATA = WD 250 (older tech) but the specs on the drives are very similar so I attribute the speed difference to the SATA not the drive manufacturer Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27725-sata-faster-than-ide/#findComment-191789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwprod12 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Well, there shouldnt be any real world performance difference. In burst mode, the SATA 150 is of course faster than the ATA 133. Yet, on a consistant basis, neither can transfer anywhere near that kind of data. It could just be a driver thing within OS X. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27725-sata-faster-than-ide/#findComment-191792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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