SATA III 6Gb/s improve gaming performance?

[PcGuy34]

I play old games on a year 2009 Dell OptiPlex 960 MT w/ Windows XP Pro, SSD drive & VisionTek Radeon video card. Will a "HighPoint 600 Lite Series Rocket 640L PCI-Express 2.0 x4 Low Profile SATA III (6.0Gb/s) RAID Controller Card" improve gaming performance? I’m not sure but I assume I currently have SATA I or SATA II & do not intend on doing RAID.

[Malnutrition]

I’m gonna tag someone to help you, but as far as overall performance of the machine… This guide should help.

@phillpower2

[PcGuy34]

Hope it’s okay to add another question. I run a game DVD in the DVD burner. Will a faster DVD burner improve gaming performance?

[Malnutrition]

I don’t think so, but following that guide should boost overall performance of the machine. The guide addresses all aspects of performance; not just internet.

[phillpower2]

Apologies for the late reply folks

In answer to your question/s PcGuy34, neither would improve gaming as the performance will only be as good as what the processor and RAM are capable of handling, two other potential issues, there are no XP drivers for that PCI card and adding more hardware to the system requires more power from the PSU, if still the original Dell PSU it will be the bare minimum of power output + be a real poor brand such as Bestec or worse.

[PcGuy34]

@phillpower2, thank you. That means the card is not compatible with Windows XP?

[phillpower2]

The manufacturer of the device does not provide XP drivers for the device which effectively means that the device is not supported in XP, some info on drivers for you, if you were running Windows 10 (which there are also no drivers for) the card may have worked ok using Windows 7 drivers being that they are more recent, being that your OS is XP chancing it is not worth the risk, the card is expensive and as previously mentioned it will not improve gaming.

You are welcome btw

[phillpower2]

Any update for us PcGuy34?

[PcGuy34]

No. Thank you phillpower2. I will be getting a motherboard with 6GB/s. You can close this thread if you like. Thanks again

[phillpower2]

You are welcome and thank you for the update PcGuy34 (y)

I will be getting a motherboard with 6GB/s

Couple of things to keep in mind if you intend reinstalling XP Pro for use with a new MB;

1: Before purchasing any new MB check that it is compatible with XP [COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]**.

2: The XP product key that you use for the reinstall must be the full retail version (not already in use on another computer) and not an OEM branded disk as is used by Dell, HP and system builders etc.

[COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]** 3: Original XP disks do not contain SATA drivers and you will encounter install problems unless the install disk you use has had SATA drivers slipstreamed into the OS that is on it.[/COLOR][/COLOR]