[jhb] Re: Pleasant Surprise
- From: "Frank Fisher" <ffisher991@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:07:02 +0100
Gerry
USB3 is apparently faster than internal HD, if I tried that with my Goflex
NAS drive it will not work, it will have to go through to the router then
back down to the machine.
SSDs would probably come closer.
I killed the auto backup on my old USB1/2 external drive by deleting and
reformatting it, It is now just an external drive.
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerry Winskill" <gwinsk@xxxxxxx>
To: "JHB Restricted" <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 5:06 PM
Subject: [jhb] Pleasant Surprise
Pressed for ideas for last week's birthday, I opted for the bits to allow
me to try Tom's wheeze of using an external USB3 HD.
My mobo isn't as up to date as Tom's so the starting point was to fit a
USB 3 card to one of the PCI 1 slots on the mobo. Today the next bit has
belatedly arrive; a Seagate Goflex USB3/2 external HD. I'll need to find a
way to scotch it's ideas of backing up my entire system, at bootup.
Meanwhile I've copied the photoscenery for Southern Ireland onto it and am
mid flight from Eiresim's Cork to Dublin. In terms of scenery sharpness
it's at least as good as my internal HDs. Scenery is sharp, with no signs
of blurring or micro stutters. Out of idle curiosity I've just checked
framerates and am getting over 100 fps at all times. It seems a bit daft
but the performance seems to be better than with the same scenery on my
internal HDs.
With a bit of luck I may have the Beta version of ES's IOM scenery,
tomorrow. That is higher definition, with AG trees and buildings, in the
areas not populated by Ted Andrews' magnificently accurate versions.
So far so much better than I'd hoped for!
Gerry Winskill
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