i845E UltraDMA/100-Controller (ICH4)On-Board USB 2.0 (ICH4)On-Board FireWire
Graphics card
ATI Radeon SDRAM, 32 MB
Network
3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
OS
Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600Service Pack 1
Drivers & Settings
Graphics driver
5.1.2001.0 (Windows XP Standard)
DIE driver
Intel INF Drivers 5.02.1003
DirectX version
9.0c
Resolution
1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz refresh
To get a picture of the performance of these storage products, we resorted to a copy tool instead a relying on a classic backup program. As a rule, backup programs are used with data compression. This does not always make sense when using hard drives, as one of their benefits should after all be direct access to the saved data. Running compression algorithms also places a high load on the system, so the storage device interface is no longer the bottleneck.
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