Tom's Hardware > All Reviews > Storage > Optical Storage > Red-Hot Stuff: 11 DVD Burners Reviewed

Test System, Configuration And Benchmarks

06:00 - Monday 27 October 2003 by Patrick Schmid

Test System
Processor	Intel Pentium 4, 2.2 GHz 512 kB L2-Cache (Northwood)
Motherboard	AOpen AX4PE MAX 845PE chipset
RAM	512 MB DDR400 CL2.5, Buffalo
Display Adapter	MSI GeForce4 MX440
Network Card	3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
Operating System	Windows XP Pro 5.10.2600 Service Pack 1 pre-SP2 til the date of the article
Benchmarks and Tests
DVD Ripping	DVDDecrypter 1.16 File Mode -> all files Quellen: - 5th Element (DVD-5 verkratzt) - Pink Panther (DVD-5) - Cast Away (DVD-9)
DVD Writing	DVDDecrypter 1.16 Schreiben auf alle unterstützten Medientypen: DVD+R (4x Memorex) DVD+RW (2,4x Verbatim) DVD-R (4x Verbatim) DVD-RW (2x Verbatim) Image: Star Wars Episode VI ISO, selbst erstellt (4.29 GB)
DVD Read Benchmarks	Nero DVDSpeed 0.53 Test-DVD: Der Eisbär Siehe Kapitel Benchmarks
SVCD Ripping	Nero Burning Rom 6.0.0.15 Erstellen eines Image Quell: Coyote Ugly SVCD CD Mode 2
Audio Grabbing	CDEX 1.5.1 Quellen: - Star Trek Insurrection OST - Pirates Of The Caribbean OST Kopie auf Sony CD-R 700
CD Writing	Nero Burning Rom 6.0.0.15 Image: Linux Debian 3.0 CD1 ISO, erhältlich bei debian.org (646 MB)
CD Read Benchmarks	Nero CDSpeed 2.02 Test-CDs: - heise Software CD 02/2003 - Kopie heise CD auf Sony CD-R CD Mode 1
DVD Playback Test	Praxistest auf 9 DVD-Playern: - Aiwa XD-DV370 - Cyberhome 402 - Cyberhome 405 - Denon DVD-1000 - Kiss DP-500 - NorthQ NQ5000 - Redstar 231G - Toshiba SD-210E - Yamakawa AVPhile 715
Drivers and Settings
Graphics Driver	NVIDIA reference driver 45.23
Chipset Drivers	Intel-based: Intel INF-Update 5.00.1009
DirectX Version	9.0b
Resolution	1024x768, 32 bit, 85 Hz refresh