Comments on: Review of USB 3.0 GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 3 PCI Express Card GA-USB3.0

By: KZ

KZ — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:27:00 +0000

1MB = 1024kB

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:59:47 +0000

This is an ok review but I think it's clear that the USB 3.0 is not actually being given a good chance to operate at it's full capacity. USB 3.0 is theoretically capable of 500MB/s transfer speeds in full duplex. These tests show it reaching it's roof at less then 20% of it's expected potential. My guess is the slow speeds are due to the slow drive used in the review (5400RPM 2.5″ drive). I would like to see the transfer speeds if a USB 3.0 Solid State Drive were used, or even a normal 7200RPM desktop drive would be better.

By: kristofer brozio

kristofer brozio — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:42:56 +0000

Yes it's backwards compatible…

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:48:05 +0000

HDTach instead of HDTune? c'mon..

everyone knows that HDTach measures 1MB = 1000KB and thus, fakes up values..

By: lawrence

lawrence — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:47:04 +0000

One thing not mentioned in this article is whether you can attach a usb 2.0 device to this port if you needed, say, extra usb ports. Is the USB 3 ports backwards compatible, or do we have to be careful never to plug in a usb 2.0 device into it?