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silverhalide · 10-02-2007, 04:33 PM

Dear People,
I am trying to enhance the performance of my (Titaniam Edition). It is the 1000MHZ dual processor G4 desktop. I use it to primarily use PhotoShop and an ImagePrint RIP to drive a 24" Epson roll printer. I have the most amount of RAM that model will take, 1.5 meg. It has the Atto EXPRESS PCI PRO UL3D SCSI card @ 37 meg seagate with a transfer speed of around 35-40 MPS. I talked to a gentelmen from from the tech people at one of the large
hardrive suppliers. He told me the Fujitsu MAU 3147 15k 147 meg hardrive would allow a throughput speed of around 130+ with that card which is a 160 card.
It seems like I spend way too much time watching the blue bar when I Save or Copy a 250 meg tif. file which is the smallest size I print.
Would this hardrive or the Seagate 15k drive shorten this blue bar time noticably? Would there be a difference in the Fujitsu 15k vs Seagate 15k?

Sincerely,
Michael Dickey

stardustgrafik.com

10-02-2007, 04:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
silverhalide Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 OS: OS 10.3.9	Upgrade to 15k hardrive? Dear People, I am trying to enhance the performance of my (Titaniam Edition). It is the 1000MHZ dual processor G4 desktop. I use it to primarily use PhotoShop and an ImagePrint RIP to drive a 24" Epson roll printer. I have the most amount of RAM that model will take, 1.5 meg. It has the Atto EXPRESS PCI PRO UL3D SCSI card @ 37 meg seagate with a transfer speed of around 35-40 MPS. I talked to a gentelmen from from the tech people at one of the large hardrive suppliers. He told me the Fujitsu MAU 3147 15k 147 meg hardrive would allow a throughput speed of around 130+ with that card which is a 160 card. It seems like I spend way too much time watching the blue bar when I Save or Copy a 250 meg tif. file which is the smallest size I print. Would this hardrive or the Seagate 15k drive shorten this blue bar time noticably? Would there be a difference in the Fujitsu 15k vs Seagate 15k? Sincerely, Michael Dickey stardustgrafik.com Last edited by silverhalide; 10-02-2007 at 04:36 PM.