Hi
Does Asus have a motherboard that the drive controller supports NCQ?
Thanks
Ken'
The Intel ICH6R and ICH7R datasheets make reference to AHCI (advanced
host controller interface) and "hardware assisted native command
queueing". The acronym NCQ is not used in the datasheets as such.
On the Silicon Image web site:
SIL3124 4 port/PCI_X , 3Gb/sec, hot plug, NCQ "with non-zero offsets?"
SIL3132 2 ports/PCI Express , 3Gb/sec, hot plug, NCQ (P5WD2 Premium)
Promise.com.tw ? Doesn't generally document their OEM chips.
This page seems to suggest you might find a 1.5Gb/sec
device with NCQ as a capability, but so far, it looks like
3Gb/sec devices would be better candidates. AHCI is not
mentioned here, implying the Intel spec really belongs to
Intel only ?
http://www.sata-io.org/namingguidelines.asp
An article on Anandtech, claims that Nvidia motherboard chipset
SATA may support NCQ. So perhaps an Athlon64 board with a 3Gb/sec
SATA interface on an Nforce4 may also be a candidate. I tried to
find the NCQ buzzword in the tech spec section of the Nvidia site,
but don't see it mentioned. (And, you'd have the pleasure of
dealing with Nvidia drivers, to enjoy that feature.)
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2394&p=12
Paul