Silly question...

anteme · May 23rd, 2002

Why a PSX with a 2x Cdrom speed can had best load time than the 32x of my CDrom drive (especially in the transition between the battles in FFIX, no sound glitches and no slowdowns )

Cless · May 23rd, 2002

that has to do with you overall comp and your settings not with your cdrom.

**Kellicros** · May 23rd, 2002

Seriously, I have been wondering of this too, the real PSX only has a 2X CD-ROM drive, and I got a 52X, but we all know the game wouldn't run well unless we play it off an ISO. Maybe someone here can help to smooth my curiosity.

**Betamax** · May 24th, 2002

All cd drives take time to spin up to operational speed. Usually this means that faster dirves have a slight delay before data can be read. Plus in older drives (eg the 2x) the speed was measured by the average of the whole disk. Nowadays as a marketing ploy they quote the fastest speed, which cannot be achived for most of the data on the disk.

anteme · May 24th, 2002

If I lmlit Cdrom speed in Pete's Cd plugin, it works better ?

REi_FoX · May 24th, 2002

it doesent help much if the cdrom does not supprt it... second thing FFIX depends on the settings first it RUNS faster in D3Drendering...

**Kirby** · May 24th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Betamax
All cd drives take time to spin up to operational speed. Usually this means that faster dirves have a slight delay before data can be read

My 40X CD-RW spins up faster than my 48X, so faster is not always better

**Betamax** · May 24th, 2002

er that's what I meant

. eg It takes longer to spin up to to 48X than it would to spin up to 40x.

**Kellicros** · May 25th, 2002

I got it, thanks a lot Betamax for clearing this one up.

May 23rd, 2002	#1 (permalink)
anteme Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lille, France Posts: 67	Silly question... Why a PSX with a 2x Cdrom speed can had best load time than the 32x of my CDrom drive (especially in the transition between the battles in FFIX, no sound glitches and no slowdowns )

May 23rd, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Kellicros Administrator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Posts: 7,686	Seriously, I have been wondering of this too, the real PSX only has a 2X CD-ROM drive, and I got a 52X, but we all know the game wouldn't run well unless we play it off an ISO. Maybe someone here can help to smooth my curiosity. __________________ Kellicros' DeviantArt

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Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	All cd drives take time to spin up to operational speed. Usually this means that faster dirves have a slight delay before data can be read. Plus in older drives (eg the 2x) the speed was measured by the average of the whole disk. Nowadays as a marketing ploy they quote the fastest speed, which cannot be achived for most of the data on the disk. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

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REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,649	it doesent help much if the cdrom does not supprt it... second thing FFIX depends on the settings first it RUNS faster in D3Drendering... __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

May 24th, 2002	#8 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	er that's what I meant . eg It takes longer to spin up to to 48X than it would to spin up to 40x. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

May 23rd, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Cless Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,809	that has to do with you overall comp and your settings not with your cdrom.

May 24th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
anteme Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lille, France Posts: 67	If I lmlit Cdrom speed in Pete's Cd plugin, it works better ?

May 25th, 2002	#9 (permalink)
Kellicros Administrator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Posts: 7,686	I got it, thanks a lot Betamax for clearing this one up. __________________ Kellicros' DeviantArt

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