New IDE Hard Drives at 20 GB per Platter: Fujitsu MPG3409 and Western Digital WD400

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Test System
CPU Intel Celeron, 500 MHz
Motherboard AOpen AX3S Pro, i815 Chipset
RAM 128 MB SDRAM, 7ns (Crucial/Micron or Wichmann Workx ) CL2
IDE Controller i815 UltraDMA/100 Controller (ICH2)
Graphics Card i815 On-Board Graphics
Network 3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
Operating Systems Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222 AWindows 2000 Pro 5.00.2195 SP1
Benchmarks and Measurements
Office Applications Benchmark ZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 1.2
Highend Applications Benchmark ZD WinBench 99 - Highend Disk Winmark 1.2
Low Level Benchmarks HD Tach 2.61
Performance Tests ZD WinBench 99 - Disc Inspection Test
Settings
Graphics Drivers Intel i815 Reference Drivers 4.3
IDE-Drivers Intel Busmaster DMA Treiber 6.03
DirectX Version 8.0
Screen Resolution 1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz Refresh
Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.