2007-10-03, 01:01 AM
The wifes HDD has started developing bad sectors so I have decided that I may as well do a bit of an upgrade to some of the other hardware at the same time as I have to do a Win2k re-install anyway when I fit the new HDD(s).
I am looking at upgrading the HDD to SATA by adding a PCI SATA card that I have sitting here doing nothing. The question I have is what is the speed increase by using 2 drives & RAID0(I think it is?) stripping as opposed to 1 SATA drive. Worth the cost etc??
I am also looking at upgrading her Gforce4 Ti 4200 AGP video card & was thinking about ATI (as the drivers for ATI normally seem to be better). The main thing it has to do is work with "Zoo Tycoon 2" (the Ti 4200 doesn't properly) I can work out the progression for the "9???" range of cards (I have a 9600 Pro myself & a 9600SE sitting around doing nothing) but I am lost when it comes to the "X???" range of cards as to which is better?
I am open to recommendations (but not really to upgrade the motherboard as that also means CPU, RAM, probably PSU etc.)
I am looking at upgrading the HDD to SATA by adding a PCI SATA card that I have sitting here doing nothing. The question I have is what is the speed increase by using 2 drives & RAID0(I think it is?) stripping as opposed to 1 SATA drive. Worth the cost etc??
I am also looking at upgrading her Gforce4 Ti 4200 AGP video card & was thinking about ATI (as the drivers for ATI normally seem to be better). The main thing it has to do is work with "Zoo Tycoon 2" (the Ti 4200 doesn't properly) I can work out the progression for the "9???" range of cards (I have a 9600 Pro myself & a 9600SE sitting around doing nothing) but I am lost when it comes to the "X???" range of cards as to which is better?
I am open to recommendations (but not really to upgrade the motherboard as that also means CPU, RAM, probably PSU etc.)