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nForce 4 ATA/SATA driver replacement

Is there any replacement for the nForce 4 HD driver? The actual AppleNForceATA is so amazingly slow, it's... I get an Xbench disk test of 54 on IDE and 41 on SATA. That's a big problem 'cause some software needs fast harddisk access. Is…

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@naquaada Published 2008-06-06
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Leopard 10.5
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Is there any replacement for the nForce 4 HD driver? The actual AppleNForceATA is so amazingly slow, it's... I get an Xbench disk test of 54 on IDE and 41 on SATA. That's a big problem 'cause some software needs fast harddisk access.

Is there an alternative? Can anyone patch AppleVIAATA.kext that it works in Leopard again?

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