The AOpen DRW8800 comes bundled with a
host of software which we have already mentioned, including Nero Burning ROM 5.
Nero is probably the most powerful recordable media software suites on the market, and while it
is easy to use, it does not insult your intellegence.
Nero's InfoTool shows us that the AOpen
DRW8800 drive can read pretty much all types of recordable DVD media except
DVD-RAM discs. As for writing methods, everything is supported except DVD-RAM and
Mount Rainier.
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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: |
aopen drw8800 |
| 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 for the
AOpen DRW8800 pretty well - it's not the fastest drive we've tested but it's not
slow at all.
|
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 |
AOpen
DRW8800 |
AOpen 5232
Combo |
LG
GSA-4082B |
MSI X48
|
Samsung SW-252B |
MSI CR52A-A2 |
Plextor W4012TA |
| Disc Type |
Data |
Data |
Data |
Data |
Data |
Data |
Data |
| Drive Index |
3056 kb/s |
2574 |
1627 |
2187 |
2207 |
2426 |
1992 |
| Buffered Read: |
2567 kb/s |
6000 kb/s |
779 kb/s |
1780 kb/s |
1582 kb/s |
1893 kb/s |
2300 kb/s |
| Sequential Read: |
3258 kb/s |
2712 kb/s |
2362 kb/s |
3005 kb/s |
3284 kb/s |
3408 kb/s |
2802 kb/s |
| Random Read: |
2752 kb/s |
2336 kb/s |
524 kb/s |
961 kb/s |
792 kb/s |
952 kb/s |
776 kb/s |
| Access Time: |
231ms |
220 ms |
761ms |
363ms |
245 ms |
194 ms |
238 ms |
In SiSoft Sandra we discover that the AOpen DRW8800 scores quite well in drive index, and everything
else is above average. Access times are a tad high, but acceptable.
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