ultradma or ata which is better?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by ozorowsky, Oct 28, 2004.

  1. ozorowsky

    ozorowsky Corporal

    what the title says thanks.
     
  2. Wyatt_Earp

    Wyatt_Earp MajorGeek

    ATA and Ultra DMA are different standards. IDE hard drives connect to the motherboard using the ATA standard and transfer data using the Ultra DMA standard. They are not mutually exclusive.

    http://computer.howstuffworks.com/ide.htm

    This will give you a basic understanding of IDE, ATA and DMA.
     

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