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Curious about Solid State and Velociraptor

Post Date: 2009-01-16
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    Posted: 16 Jan 2009 at 6:43pm

I understand they're hard drives, but what makes them different from a standard HD? 

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their read, write and seek times are much faster then a standard drive. seek time is what gamers look for, that is what makes the difference to games.

Nvidia Drivers----AMD Drivers
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what's the difference in seek time comparing a velocirpator with a SSD?
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I believe veloci is 7.1ms and SSD is something like .1ms

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Nvidia Drivers----AMD Drivers
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that's fast! now lets hope those prices will drop fast...
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yes it is but keep in mind we are talking milliseconds here

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