WD Caviar V Raptor.

"Nicolaj C" <nic.DeleteThis@FJERNDETTEMEDSTORTevents.dk> wrote in message
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> "Lyn" <lynicholls.DeleteThis@Lynfromoz.com> wrote in message
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>> I need to buy a new SATA Hard Drive for FSX. (Single Drive, not Raid)
>> I know that the Raptor spins faster and has a larger Cache etc., but how
>> does this translate in performance gain in FSX. Is it minimal or is it
> worth
>> the cost?
>>
>> The rest of my stuff:
>>
>> XP Pro + SP2.
>> EVGA nForce 680i SLI - A1 Mainboard (P28 Bios)
>> EVGA 8800GTS 640MB O/Clocked.
>> CPU E6700 GHz.
>> OCZ PC2-8500 DDR2 1GBX2.
>>
>> Thanks for any advice,
>>
>> Lyn.
>>
>>
>>
> Kind of depends if you plan to use a lot of heavy photo scenery - then
> yes.
> If just standard FSX - not worth it. Better spend the $ on the CPU and
> mem.
>

You bet, my FS9 is full of local scenery and AI traffic.
I am still waiting for FSX replacements for TTools, AFCAD, EZ Scenery, FSE
etc. as I like to enhance downloaded scenery and create my own traffic. I am
a bit worried though, heard nothing about these programs yet.

Lyn.
 >> Stay informed about: WD Caviar V Raptor. 

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:03:14 +0930, "Lyn" <lynicholls.TakeThisOut@Lynfromoz.com>
wrote:

>I am still waiting for FSX replacements for TTools, AFCAD

Unless somebody has been in contact with Lee and Lee releases the
sourse code for AFCAD you won't see AFACD-X.
 >> Stay informed about: WD Caviar V Raptor. 

YVRer <not@now> wrote in news:vdof731chh9qdknfbh6tlrpq5lioheran4@4ax.com:

> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:03:14 +0930, "Lyn" <lynicholls.TakeThisOut@Lynfromoz.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I am still waiting for FSX replacements for TTools, AFCAD
>
> Unless somebody has been in contact with Lee and Lee releases the
> sourse code for AFCAD you won't see AFACD-X.

There are two replacements for AFCAD. Both are coming along
nicely. One is called Airport Design Engine (ADE) and the
other is FSX Planner.

scott s.
..
 >> Stay informed about: WD Caviar V Raptor. 

In article <f58bvh$2td$1@aioe.org>, lynicholls.DeleteThis@Lynfromoz.com says...
> I need to buy a new SATA Hard Drive for FSX. (Single Drive, not Raid)
> I know that the Raptor spins faster and has a larger Cache etc., but how
> does this translate in performance gain in FSX. Is it minimal or is it worth
> the cost?

On my home FX system, I have three of the 150G Raptors in a RAID-0
stripe. It measures about 118 mbytes/sec sustained and 231 mbytes/sec
peak. It really does a number on large file transfers like big scenery.

You can't be too rich or have too fast disks.

/Chris T, UCLA
 >> Stay informed about: WD Caviar V Raptor. 

Thanks scott, I forgot about Scruffyduck. I just had a look, they should do
the trick but I have to get the new HD first.

Lyn.


"scott s." <75270_3703a.RemoveThis@csi.xcom> wrote in message
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> YVRer <not@now> wrote in news:vdof731chh9qdknfbh6tlrpq5lioheran4@4ax.com:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:03:14 +0930, "Lyn" <lynicholls.RemoveThis@Lynfromoz.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I am still waiting for FSX replacements for TTools, AFCAD
>>
>> Unless somebody has been in contact with Lee and Lee releases the
>> sourse code for AFCAD you won't see AFACD-X.
>
> There are two replacements for AFCAD. Both are coming along
> nicely. One is called Airport Design Engine (ADE) and the
> other is FSX Planner.
>
> scott s.
> .
 >> Stay informed about: WD Caviar V Raptor. 

Lyn wrote:
> I need to buy a new SATA Hard Drive for FSX. (Single Drive, not Raid)
> I know that the Raptor spins faster and has a larger Cache etc., but how
> does this translate in performance gain in FSX. Is it minimal or is it worth
> the cost?
>
> The rest of my stuff:
>
> XP Pro + SP2.
> EVGA nForce 680i SLI - A1 Mainboard (P28 Bios)
> EVGA 8800GTS 640MB O/Clocked.
> CPU E6700 GHz.
> OCZ PC2-8500 DDR2 1GBX2.
>
> Thanks for any advice,
>
> Lyn.
>
>
>
>

I'e got one of each, system and fsx on the raptor, and the vfr scenery
on the caviar. The raptor is fast, but probably just a luxury really.
Some of the very high density drives are not far behind in performance
and hold much more data.

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J.
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