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B3D News · 15-Oct-2008, 20:29

Yesterday saw the launch of a new round of Macbooks, and with them a new GeForce 9-series IGP from NVIDIA. The chip is brand new silicon, and is also showing up in Intel-based mainboards from a few vendors.

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Kurt · 23-Nov-2008, 15:25

"... less-than-low-end prices..."

How is this a bad thing? Please elaborate

Zaphod · 23-Nov-2008, 16:36

As usual the nVidia chipsets scores (much) better for SATA write speed that the sustained buffer-to-disk specs (84MB/s) of the drive they're testing with... You'd think they'd catch on eventually to the fact that the test obviously is invalid, but apparently not.

Davros · 23-Nov-2008, 20:41

why is the test invalid ?

Zaphod · 23-Nov-2008, 21:23

It giving faster results than the disk is capable of on some platforms should be a giveaway. HDTach is getting very old, and with newer chipsets and newer drives with larger caches it wouldn't surprise me to find that it's just not always accurate anymore.

Davros · 23-Nov-2008, 23:52

thanks....

15-Oct-2008, 20:29	#1
B3D News Beyond3D News Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 440	NVIDIA launch 9-series GeForce IGP and get Macbook deals Yesterday saw the launch of a new round of Macbooks, and with them a new GeForce 9-series IGP from NVIDIA. The chip is brand new silicon, and is also showing up in Intel-based mainboards from a few vendors. Read the full news item

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Davros Darlek ****** Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 9,497	why is the test invalid ? __________________ Guardian of the Most holy Two Terabytes of Gaming Goodness™

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Davros Darlek ****** Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 9,497	thanks.... __________________ Guardian of the Most holy Two Terabytes of Gaming Goodness™

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23-Nov-2008, 15:25	#2
Kurt Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Deutschland Posts: 197	"... less-than-low-end prices..." How is this a bad thing? Please elaborate

23-Nov-2008, 16:36	#3
Zaphod Remember Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,031	As usual the nVidia chipsets scores (much) better for SATA write speed that the sustained buffer-to-disk specs (84MB/s) of the drive they're testing with... You'd think they'd catch on eventually to the fact that the test obviously is invalid, but apparently not.

23-Nov-2008, 21:23	#5
Zaphod Remember Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,031	It giving faster results than the disk is capable of on some platforms should be a giveaway. HDTach is getting very old, and with newer chipsets and newer drives with larger caches it wouldn't surprise me to find that it's just not always accurate anymore.

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