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Gigabyte GO-W0808A DVD Burner Review
Gigabyte GO-W0808A DVD Burner Review - PCSTATS
The Gigabyte GO-W0808A supports 8x DVD+/-R and 4x DVD+/-RW writing methods, as well as burning of CD-R's at 40x, and CD-RW's at 24x.
 84% Rating:   
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External Mfg. Website: Gigabyte Jun 28 2004   Max Page  
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Software and Media Compatibility

The Gigabyte GO-W0808A DVD burner comes bearing a couple software gifts, namely Sonic MyDVD burning software for DVD recording. MyDVD is not quite as powerful as Nero 6, but it's very user friendly. I think new users will find the interface each to use, and experienced users will appreciate that they can just skip through all the wizards.

Sonic MyDVD enables users to burn or copy data DVD's. It helps you create VideoCD's (VCD), edit videos, back up your system, or burn music and data CD's. For those who want to learn a bit more about the features of the software, there's a detailed HTML tutorial and the help file is useful too. Burning CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW media is a snap, although I wish the welcome wizards from each program would not pop up every time the program was started.

Nero's InfoTool is a great utility that shows what features and media are supported by the optical device. Pretty much the only thing the Gigabyte GO-W0808A optical drive does not support is DVD-RAM discs... and Mount Rainier burning.

PCStats Test System Specs:
processor:

intel pentium 4 3.0c

clock speed: 15 x 200 mhz = 3.0 ghz
motherboards:

gigabyte ga-8knxp

videocard:

ati radeon 9800 pro

memory:

2x 256mb corsair twinx3200ll

hard drive: 40gb western digital special ed.
cdrom: gigabyte g0-w0808a
powersupply: vantec 470w stealth psu
software setup

windowsxp build 2600
intel inf 5.02.1012
catalyst 4.4

workstation benchmarks

cd winbench 99
sisoft sandra 2002
nero cd speed

CD Winbench 99 Source: Zdnet

The CD Winbench99 benchmark runs a series of scripted programs from a special CD in the drive and measures the time and data transfer capabilities as a result. Higher numbers mean better performance.

CD Winbench 99 Benchmark Results
Optical Drive Results Ranking
Samsung SW-252B (CD-RW) 1860 kb/s

MSI CR52A-A2 (CD-RW)

2420 kb/s
Plextor PXW4012TA (CD-RW) 2190 kb/s
LG 32-10-40 (CD-RW) 2110 kb/s
MSI CDRW 8340 (CD-RW) 2050 kb/s
Samsung SW-240 (CD-RW) 1910 kb/s
Samsung SW-232 (CD-RW) 1460 kb/s
Samsung SW-224 (CD-RW) 1320 kb/s
Samsung SC-152 (CDROM) 1710 kb/s
Pioneer DVD-500M (DVD ROM) 2440 kb/s
Samsung SW-216 (CD-RW) 1280 kb/s
AOpen 52x32x52x (CD-RW) 2300 kb/s
LG GSA-4082B (DVD-/+RW) 1130 kb/s
Gigabyte GO-W0808A (DVD-/+RW) 2240 kb/s

Things start off very well for the Gigabyte GO-W0808A, it's one of the fastest drives that we've tested according to CD Winbench metrics.

SiSoft Sandra 2002 Source: Sandra

Sandra is designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system and individual components. The numbers taken though are again, purely theoretical and may not represent real world performance.

Sisoft Sandra 2002 Benchmark Results

Optical Drive

Gigabyte GO-W0808A

LG GSA-4082B

MSI X48

AOpen 52x32x52x Samsung SW-252B MSI CR52A-A2 Plextor W4012TA
Disc Type Data Data Data Data Data Data Data
Drive Index 2164 1627 2187 2133 2207 2426 1992
Buffered Read: 2340 kb/s 779 kb/s 1780 kb/s 1600 kb/s 1582 kb/s 1893 kb/s 2300 kb/s
Sequential Read: 2983 kb/s 2362 kb/s 3005 kb/s 2970 kb/s 3284 kb/s 3408 kb/s 2802 kb/s
Random Read: 935 kb/s 524 kb/s 961 kb/s 877 kb/s 792 kb/s 952 kb/s 776 kb/s
Access Time: 376 ms 761ms 363ms 411 ms 245 ms 194 ms 238 ms

The Gigabyte GO-W0808A does very well for itself in Sandra, ending out with a Drive Index rating of 2164. Transfer rates are high across the board, and access time is not too bad at 376ms.

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Contents of Article: Gigabyte GO-W0808A
 Pg 1.  Gigabyte GO-W0808A DVD Burner Review
 Pg 2.  — Software and Media Compatibility
 Pg 3.  Benchmarks: CD Speed: Data and Audio
 Pg 4.  Benchmarks: CD Speed: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: Nero DVD-RAM, DVD+RW

 
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