Whats better?

Tontow · February 26th, 2005

Whats better and why? Running a game from an ISO or from the CD?

Aided Onslaught · February 26th, 2005

I would say ISO, because it's reading off your hard drive....this is much faster and you won't have to wait if you drive takes a long time to spin back up...also if you are on a laptop, it uses much less power...I might even go as far to say it's more stable...

**n_w95482** · February 27th, 2005

ISO, for some of the reasons mentioned above. I'll go more in depth though

.

Transfer Rate
CD-ROM: 300 KB/sec (2x, real PSX speed)-8,400 KB/sec (56x)
WD800JB (my main hard drive

): ~34,000-63,000 KB/sec

Access Time
CD-ROM: 75-160 ms
Average 7200 RPM HDD: 10-15 ms

Also, some CD-ROM drives don't like reading subchannels and some don't like reading PSX discs at all; ISOs have neither of those issues. As for the CD-ROM spinup issue, just use Nero DriveSpeed and set the spindown time to infinite or 32 minutes.

February 26th, 2005	#1 (permalink)
Tontow Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: WA, USA Posts: 16	Whats better? Whats better and why? Running a game from an ISO or from the CD?

February 27th, 2005	#3 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	ISO, for some of the reasons mentioned above. I'll go more in depth though . Transfer Rate CD-ROM: 300 KB/sec (2x, real PSX speed)-8,400 KB/sec (56x) WD800JB (my main hard drive ): ~34,000-63,000 KB/sec Access Time CD-ROM: 75-160 ms Average 7200 RPM HDD: 10-15 ms Also, some CD-ROM drives don't like reading subchannels and some don't like reading PSX discs at all; ISOs have neither of those issues. As for the CD-ROM spinup issue, just use Nero DriveSpeed and set the spindown time to infinite or 32 minutes. __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro

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February 26th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
Aided Onslaught Ocean Soul Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Charleston, S.C. Posts: 1,367	I would say ISO, because it's reading off your hard drive....this is much faster and you won't have to wait if you drive takes a long time to spin back up...also if you are on a laptop, it uses much less power...I might even go as far to say it's more stable...