Comments on: it always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account hofstadter’s law http://dotbmp.com/coastwise/2008/02/25/it-always-takes-longer-than-you-expect-even-when-you-take-into-account-hofstadters-law/ drafts and notes Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:42:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: coastwise http://dotbmp.com/coastwise/2008/02/25/it-always-takes-longer-than-you-expect-even-when-you-take-into-account-hofstadters-law/#comment-17 coastwise Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:55:32 +0000 http://dotbmp.com/coastwise/2008/02/25/it-always-takes-longer-than-you-expect-even-when-you-take-into-account-hofstadters-law/#comment-17 i updated the post with that box's specs. my personal box is a loud-on-start 1.0 using the same softmod and same hdd. it has one of those firmware-flashed pc dvd drives in it that has theoretically faster speeds... i dont really notice a difference, all of my games are on hdd anyway. i just got it cuz the shitty dvd was broke when i bought it. your tip on the better ribbon cable for boosting hdd speed intrigues me... what kind of performance increase did your benchmarking show? i updated the post with that box’s specs.

my personal box is a loud-on-start 1.0 using the same softmod and same hdd. it has one of those firmware-flashed pc dvd drives in it that has theoretically faster speeds… i dont really notice a difference, all of my games are on hdd anyway. i just got it cuz the shitty dvd was broke when i bought it.

your tip on the better ribbon cable for boosting hdd speed intrigues me… what kind of performance increase did your benchmarking show?

]]> By: dagretchen http://dotbmp.com/coastwise/2008/02/25/it-always-takes-longer-than-you-expect-even-when-you-take-into-account-hofstadters-law/#comment-16 dagretchen Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:58:52 +0000 http://dotbmp.com/coastwise/2008/02/25/it-always-takes-longer-than-you-expect-even-when-you-take-into-account-hofstadters-law/#comment-16 Nice box, it looks like you really payed close attention to the painting details. What mods do you have done on it? Mines got a 200gb hdd upgrade, 12v fan mod (had some heat issues...), Xenium ice chip, 1.6b box, ultra DMA/ATA cable (I've benchmarked the difference, and the impact of this mod is surprising), samsung drive with pot tweak, controller usb-port mod (mouse/kb), and of course upgraded thermal grease to arctic silver. If you haven't upgraded the ATA ribbon cables, I'd highly recommend doing so, game load times are noticeably increased, the mod is extremely easy to do, and the cable on costs a couple bucks if you don't already have one laying around. Nice box, it looks like you really payed close attention to the painting details. What mods do you have done on it? Mines got a 200gb hdd upgrade, 12v fan mod (had some heat issues…), Xenium ice chip, 1.6b box, ultra DMA/ATA cable (I’ve benchmarked the difference, and the impact of this mod is surprising), samsung drive with pot tweak, controller usb-port mod (mouse/kb), and of course upgraded thermal grease to arctic silver. If you haven’t upgraded the ATA ribbon cables, I’d highly recommend doing so, game load times are noticeably increased, the mod is extremely easy to do, and the cable on costs a couple bucks if you don’t already have one laying around.

]]> By: Vergel E http://dotbmp.com/coastwise/2008/02/25/it-always-takes-longer-than-you-expect-even-when-you-take-into-account-hofstadters-law/#comment-13 Vergel E Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:40:38 +0000 http://dotbmp.com/coastwise/2008/02/25/it-always-takes-longer-than-you-expect-even-when-you-take-into-account-hofstadters-law/#comment-13 glad i could help... it looks great. glad i could help… it looks great.

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