Maxtor's beta utility to increase performance.

EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
edited December 2003 in Science & Tech
http://www.maxboostbeta.com/
Thank you for your interest in the MaxBoost Beta! We have reached our target number of beta testers, and the MaxBoost Beta is no longer available for download.
What is MaxBoost?

MaxBoost is performance-boosting driver software for Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP that is designed to complement your Maxtor ATA or SATA hard drive. The MaxBoost driver intelligently caches data in the host system RAM before it is written to and read from the Maxtor disk drive, optimizing the effective storage speed of your system in a variety of applications.

What are the minimum system requirements to use MaxBoost?

Maxtor or Quantum ATA or SATA hard drive (RAID not supported)
Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP operating system
Intel or AMD processor, 700 MHz or higher (Dual processors not supported. Hyper-Threading must be disabled.)
256 MB RAM or higher
Note: if you use Sandra or ATTO to test, you'll get weird results.

ps: they don't ask for personal info to sign-up. All you need is an email address and password.
You'll even receive a 10% OFF e-certificate from Maxtor's online store.

Check it out: it worked pretty good on a Maxtor 30GB (6E030L0) / IDE1 / NF7-S v1.2

Comments

  • SouriatSouriat Nottingham, UK
    edited September 2003
    Trying it out now, looks interesting :)
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited September 2003
    i like how its pretty much optimized for AMD, what with the no hyperthreading and all
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    TheBaron said
    i like how its pretty much optimized for AMD, what with the no hyperthreading and all

    HT P4's make up a tiny percentage of the CPU market. Them not supporting HT is no form of sign of alliegence to AMD.

    Dual processor machines make up more of the market than HT machines so I doubt it is related at all.

    NS
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    I cant seem to DL it... I give my information and hit I AGREE and nothing happens, no links for the real DL or anything WHAT THE HELL!?
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Managed to grab a direct link -

    http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/maxboost_beta/maxboostsetup.exe

    NS
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited September 2003
    I wonder if such a driver could be modded to support all brands of drives?

    Anyone up to the task? ;)
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Well it doesn't support MY MAXTOR DRIVE! wtf is goin on?
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited September 2003
    i wasn't saying they were specifically supporting AMD over intel, just that it doesn't support the newest lines of P4's... didn't mean to be unclear
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Moved to news forum as there are alot of Maxtor drive owners out there :)

    Top post EQ :thumbup
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    ive noticed a definate difference..however...it takes up ram...so make sure u have an extrra 32megs to spare
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited September 2003
    does it work with all maxtor ata drives? I got a 15 and a 40gig. Both drives are kinda old.

    ????

    Gobbles
  • GobdGobd Seattle, WA
    edited September 2003
    I noticed a very large slowdown in general PC usage but an increase in benchmarks, and it wastes all that memory for such a small increase in performace... i won't be using this little program untill it goes final and maybe not even then.
  • SouriatSouriat Nottingham, UK
    edited September 2003
    Been using it most the day now, seems pretty good for me, no slowdown that ive noticed and im pretty sure im seeing some slightly faster load times :)
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Sorry for the thread crap:

    Shorty, my kids and I have been cracking up laughing for the last 5 minutes because of your insane avatar. Thank you for that pleasant diversion.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    It looks like a page from the book of Don Hertzfeldt. :D
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Thrax said
    It looks like a page from the book of Don Hertzfeldt. :D

    Goes well with the 3 PocketPC themes I just made :buck:

    <img src="http://atomnet.co.uk/ss/ppcthemes/1.png"&gt; <img src="http://atomnet.co.uk/ss/ppcthemes/2.png"&gt; <img src="http://atomnet.co.uk/ss/ppcthemes/3.png"&gt;

    NS
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited September 2003
    Shorty, :thumbsup:
    RWB said
    Well it doesn't support MY MAXTOR DRIVE! wtf is goin on?
    If the drive is attached to a none-IDE controller, it won't be recognized.
    Gobbles said
    does it work with all maxtor ata drives?
    Yes, it does.
    Gobd said
    I noticed a very large slowdown in general PC usage but an increase in benchmarks, and it wastes all that memory for such a small increase in performace...
    Did you select 'optimize for A/V'? if so, they warn you about performance decrease.
    "all that memory"? what, 32MB? that's nothing dude! and as you can see in my post, the performance boost is considerable.
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited December 2003
    This utility is available for download once again.

    http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/maxboost/index.cfm

    Warning!:
    - Incompatibilities between MaxBoost and the following driver:

    NVIDIA nForce2 SPP/IGP ATA Controller with a driver version 5.10.2600.344 dated from 05.06.2003 and referenced as IDE driver 3. MaxBoost does not recognize Maxtor drives when running with it. You need to get the free driver update available from the Nvidia web site.
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