NCQ questions

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Rasha

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does ncq require specific hard drives? i saw on newegg a maxtor and it says supports ncq, but i thought that was part of a chipset? or does it require both? and if it requires both any clue on when they will release a revision of the raptors with it?
 
It requires a controller that supporrts NCQ'ing Some of the ultra-new mobo's are integrating sata-2 controllers which support NCQ, but if you already have a motherboard, it probably doesnt have controllers capable of using that feature of your drive. I have NCQ'ing drives on my non-NCQ controllers and they work fine. Its one of those backward compatible things.
 
both

either the Seagate Barracuda 7200.7, the new Maxtor MaxLine III
and the Silicon Image Sil3124,or Intel ICH6 are the possibilities as far as Im aware of

http://storagereview.com/articles/200410/200410087B300S0-2_1.html
"When paired with an appropriate controller, NCQ-enabled drives potentially enjoy significant increases in performance under heavy-depth, highly-random operation"

while the Raptors dont have ncq they do have Command Queing

an overview of the various shades of Command Queing
http://www.lostcircuits.com/hdd/hdd8/

and the SR Database
http://www.storagereview.com/comparison.html
 
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