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
