CD burner speeds?

Nevakonaza · 04-04-2008, 07:59 PM

Hi all,

is there an application that can determine how fast your cd/cd writers or dvd drives are?

all i know about my current burner is its lite-on with a 2mb buffer size lol

im planning on upgrading it to a faster sata one.

cheers

Kornowski · 04-04-2008, 08:06 PM

When you're burning a CD or DVD, it normally gives you the option to select the burn speed... Slower is a better quality, but obviously takes a longer.

If it's a new DVD/CD Drive, the read speed should be x52.

Nevakonaza · 04-04-2008, 08:09 PM

hey dan,

yeah i use Ashampoo burning studio 2008 but it didnt ask me what speed,well i didnt see any speed settings anyway.
the drive isnt new,my cousin gave it me and its not bad its quite fast when burning audio tracks etc but when it comes to movies it takes quite some time

i actualy think the burner in my old Hp is faster

so thats why i wanted to compare speeds etc.

g25racer · 04-04-2008, 08:11 PM

It prob doesnt ask you every time but its in the preferences somewere. You can set the speed. Same thing in wmp 11.

fred333 · 04-08-2008, 03:08 PM

That is where I usually find that option too.

**The_Other_One** · 04-08-2008, 06:02 PM

Any program should allow you to set what speed you burn at and won't allow you to set speeds any higher than the drive is capable of. I think IMGBurn shows you the current burn speed as it writes a disk. You could probably simulate a burn to do a benchmark without wasting disks. It's fairly uncommon to see burners working to their full potential.

g25racer · 04-08-2008, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Other_One

Any program should allow you to set what speed you burn at and won't allow you to set speeds any higher than the drive is capable of. I think IMGBurn shows you the current burn speed as it writes a disk. You could probably simulate a burn to do a benchmark without wasting disks. It's fairly uncommon to see burners working to their full potential.

Disks are cheap now days anyways. I get a 100pack of cd's for $11 and a 50pack of dvd+r's for $11

[-0MEGA-] · 04-09-2008, 03:46 AM

Nero has a program built-in that determines the read/write speeds for various drives, you should check it out. You can download a trial from www.nero.com

g25racer · 04-09-2008, 04:14 AM

Nero is bloatware!

[-0MEGA-] · 04-09-2008, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g25racer

Nero is bloatware!

Yet another useless post by G25Racer.

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Nevakonaza Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Inside my 500Se Benz Age: 19 Posts: 7,650	hey dan, yeah i use Ashampoo burning studio 2008 but it didnt ask me what speed,well i didnt see any speed settings anyway. the drive isnt new,my cousin gave it me and its not bad its quite fast when burning audio tracks etc but when it comes to movies it takes quite some time i actualy think the burner in my old Hp is faster so thats why i wanted to compare speeds etc. __________________ Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 2.8Ghz - Asus Silent Knight II MSI P35 Neo-F (45nm Ready) 3Gb GeIL DDR2 @ 800 Mhz (Dual channel) Asus Extreme 8800GT G92 512Mb with Glaciator cooler Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Western Digital Caviar 400GB Sata II Sony 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM SATA Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP1 \|Kaspersky IS 2009 Belinea o.display 22'' Widescreen (1680x1050)

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[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,413	Nero has a program built-in that determines the read/write speeds for various drives, you should check it out. You can download a trial from www.nero.com __________________ Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.83GHz Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (840/2332) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-850 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11593

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