32x CD-RW Roundup Vol. 4

Review Pages

1. Introduction - CyQve3248
2. Data Reading Tests
3. Introduction - LG GCE-8320B
4. CloneCD Reading Tests
5. DAE Tests
6. CDR Tests
7. Writing Quality of CyQve 3248
8. Writing Quality of LG GCE-8320B
9. RW-Packet Writing Tests
10. Conclusion

32x CD-RW Roundup Vol 4 - Page 9

RW Writing Tests

We used Nero 5.5.8.2 for writing CDs at the maximum RW speed for all the tested drives. The CyberDrive, CyQve and AOpen drives support the 12x re-writing speed. The best result came from CyberDrive with 394secs. The CyQve comes third with 410secs and LG forth with 482secs (10x re-writing speed).

- Packet Writing Tests

We used Ahead InCD v3.31 for the packet writing tests with the LiteOn HS-RW media. The formatted disc had 534mbs of free space. We copied a 403 MB file (403.147 kbs) from a Hard Disk (on the same PC as the writers) to the formatted RW media using Windows Explorer (we dragged and dropped) and we completed the test twice to eliminate any possible time measurement faults and user errors:

The best performance comes from the CyberDrive. The CyQve follows with 8.45X, while the LG GCE-8320B gets the last place with 6.89X. At the reading process, the faster reader comes from AOpen with 23.17X and the slowest from Philips with 6.2X.