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Test machine:

For this preview we will be using a computer with the following configuration:

Hardware:

⋅         Motherboard: ECS Elitegroup N2U400-A with Nvidia nForce 2 Ultra-400 and nForce MCP chipset.
⋅         Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (Barton) 333 MHz FSB.
⋅         RAM: 1 GB Infineon PC2700 DDR
⋅         GFX: ATI Radeon 9600 XT
⋅         Sound: SoundBlaster Audigy
⋅         Hard disk: Samsung SP1614N 160 GB.

System set-up:

The Speer DL 16824 was connected as Primary Slave and identified itself as Lite-On SOHW-1633S. DMA (Direct Memory Access) and autorun was enabled for all devices.

Software:

Windows XP professional is installed on the computer along with Service Pack 2 for windows XP. We will be using the following software in this review:

⋅         Ahead Nero Burning ROM version 6.3.1.20

⋅         Ahead Nero CD/DVD Speed v3.30

⋅         Ahead Nero InfoTool v2.27

⋅         K-Probe v2.4.2

Let us take a look at the DVD-writing technology used by the Speer DL 16824:

The Speer DL 16824uses CAV, (Constant Angular Velocity) to write DVD+R at 16x. The Average speed is 11.89x and total writing time is 6 minutes and 5 seconds.

Below we made a comparison table:

As we can read from the table the Speer DL 16824 is 2 seconds faster then the BenQ DW1600A and 17 seconds slower then the Philips DVDR1640P writing DVD+R media at 16x.

So let us head on to next page and read about DVD-Writing performance……

Introduction

DVD+R Writing performance