[G4] 8X burns VS. 16X burns

[Kevin Willis]

On Jul 16, 2005, at 6:14 PM, James Pacyga wrote:

> Dumb question, but how fast would one expect a 4.7Gb (4.4Gb of  
> data) DVD-R to burn at 8x or 16x?
>
> The first one I did on my sawtooth 500/AGP took about 4-5 mins (it  
> was 4.2Gb or so).
>

I really don't know.  8X burns take me about 8 minutes.  I kinda  
figured it would take about 4 or 5 minutes at 16X.  It just made me  
wonder what was going on when it took the exact same amount of time  
at two different speeds.

Thanks,

Kevin