Top-Notch CD Writing: Yamaha CDW2200E

Test Setup

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Test System
CPU Intel Celeron, 500 MHz
Motherboard Asus CUSL2, i815 Chipset
RAM 128 MB SDRAM, 7ns (Crucial/Micron ) CL2
IDE Controller i815 UltraDMA/100 Controller (ICH2)
Graphics Card i815 On-Board Graphics
Network 3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
Operating System Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222 A
Benchmarks and Measurements
CD Benchmark LiteOn CDX 6.06anative DOS mode
Audio Grabbing Xing Audio Catalyst 2.0
CD Recording Nero 5.0.4.4
Settings
Graphics Drivers Intel i815 Reference Drivers 4.3
IDE-Drivers Intel Bus Master DMA Drivers 6.03
DirectX Version 8.0a
Screen Resolution 1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz Refresh

Test And Benchmark Results - Audio Grabbing Performance

MP3 may be the buzzword in music-sharing these days, but the good old music CD will remain the most important medium for a while. This is why audio extraction is still important for many users, either for audio editing, personal CD recording or just to transform it into the MP3 format. In this process, the raw audio data is read and then converted into wave files on your hard drive. The Yamaha drives are clearly ahead the competition.

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.