CyberDrive DX082D DVD+RW - Page 6

- Reading Tests

The purpose of this test is to create an image of the various protected titles to hard disk. CloneCD v4.3.1.9 software was used with the appropriate settings, according to the protection type of the inserted discs. Below are summarized the capabilities of the CyberDrive DX082D drive, according to CloneCD software.

The game titles we used for each protection scheme are given in the table below:

PSX Pressed Media

In this test, the CyberDrive managed the second best time behind the Plextor drive. The ripping process took 98sec for Cyberdrive and 69 for Plextor. The slowest was the Optorite drive with 180 sec. While the 98 seconds needed by the CyberDrive drive was not the fastest, it is nonetheless a very good time.

SafeDisc v.2

Once again the CyberDrive DX082D had the second best time. The fastest drive in our comparison was Plextor which was over three times faster than Cyberdrive. Philips follows with 302.99 sectors/sec and last is Optorite with 134.97 sectors/sec. The average ripping speeds for the drives were 15x, 5.1x, 2x and 0.9x for Plextor, CyberDrive, Philips and Optorite respectively.

SecuROM v2

In this test the CyberDrive achieved the lowest transfer rate with 1432.36 sectors/sec while Philips had the fastest rate at 2203.63 sectors/sec.

- Writing Tests

For checking the drive's EFM correction status, two different game titles were used, with different SafeDisc 2 versions and the latest software patches installed. After creating the images of the various titles to the hard disk, we burned them (maximum speed) with CloneCD v4.3.1.9. Two different discs were created for each title; one with the "Amplify Weak Sectors" feature enabled and one more with the function disabled.

In the table below can be seen whether the produced backups were working (game installed / played normally), or not.

The CyberDrive drive made working backups of the SafeDisc v.2.51.020. The backup files were also tested in old players ( Teac CD-540E) where we had positive results.

Regarding SafeDisc v.2.60.052 protection, the backups did not working despite the use of CloneCD.