Recording with IDE PCI card

CD, DVD and (Ultra HD) Blu-ray Writers
#1

Just for test propose I took LG 52x24x52 and burn 600mb+ (48 TDK Reitek media)

The results where: 2.5min when using the onboard IDE controler (ASUS P4PE)

And what a sorprise (to me…) 5 (five!!!) minutes when using Brand new Promise PCI ATA 100 card

THE Qustion is W-H-Y???

ANd of course how to optimise burning with PCI controlers???

(CDRW was master and single in both tests)

#2

You generally cannot run optical drives on PCI cards, especially Promise cards. they lock the drive in PIO mode, even though they are reported in UDMA. There are a number of threads on this topic where some cards are mentioned that will run opticals.
but your best all-round perfromance will come from moving your HD’s to the controller and keeping opticals on IDE