Alex Turner wrote:
> Raid 5 on the 9550SX is supposed to be significantly better than the
> 9500 series.
>
> I would be carefull of benchmarks listed out there. For instance,
> whilst looking for supporting material, I came cross this gem:
>
http://www.gamepc.com/labs/print_content.asp?id=9550sx4lp&cookie%5Ftest=
1
>
> They claim the they used a Tyan Thunder K8WE motherboard, and
> installed the RAID controllers in a 64-bit 133MHz PCI-X slot. This
> motherboard doesn't have any 64-bit 133Mhz PCI-X slots! (
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tigerk8we_spec.html).
> It's no wonder that the other raid controllers showed significantly
> less performance than the PCI-e card.
You're looking at the wrong board. They are talking about the Tyan
*Thunder*, which does indeed have 64-bit PCI-X. You are looking at the
Tyan **Tiger**, which does not.
--
Guy Rouillier