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.
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| 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.
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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