What will USB 3.0 mean for gaming...

[drpunk]

Spankey said:

drpunk said:
Lots of cross information going on here.

Like, all we're really talking about is data throughput. As in I've got a big buffer of info here, I need to get it in that big bugger over there, how long's it gonna take?

What medium that data is on is irrelevant to this discussion really.

 

I think it is relevant though.

If you have a standard magnetic platter SATAII drive (throughput 300mbs) connected to another SATAII drive over a USB3 (throughput 5gbs) bus, whats the point of all that throughput if it can't be used?

Even if the drives were USB3 native, the platters and heads couldn't possibly keep up, could they?

stringing multiple devices together is where it will shine imo, not on device-device transfers at least for the near future

I know what you mean, but that's why I think the storage medium is irrelevant because this all relys on the storage medium being able to keep up with the transfer rate.

That storage medium might not exist today, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible to achieve.