Anyone notice the shell copy dialog, when you click the "more info" and it shows transfer speed, is way overly optimistic?
I thought for awhile maybe the system was caching the write in ram until it could send it over the network or something. But I used a stop watch to time the transfer. Then I did the same transfer using KillCopy. After I did the math it turns out the net transfer speed was what KillCopy showed all along.
As example if I copy with an external USB as target, Vista shell copy dialog will show the copy starting out at maybe 48 MB/sec or higher. Whereas KillCopy shows it at a steady 24 MB/sec. As I say I did the math and KillCopy's numbers were shown to be accurate. So what's up with the shell copy dialog?
I thought for awhile maybe the system was caching the write in ram until it could send it over the network or something. But I used a stop watch to time the transfer. Then I did the same transfer using KillCopy. After I did the math it turns out the net transfer speed was what KillCopy showed all along.
As example if I copy with an external USB as target, Vista shell copy dialog will show the copy starting out at maybe 48 MB/sec or higher. Whereas KillCopy shows it at a steady 24 MB/sec. As I say I did the math and KillCopy's numbers were shown to be accurate. So what's up with the shell copy dialog?
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavilion m9515y
- CPU
- Phenom X4 9850
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Some Radeon Cheapie with 512 MB Ram
- Monitor(s) Displays
- CRT
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024
- Hard Drives
- 750 GB SATA 3G
2 SIIG Superspeed docks w/WD Caviar Black Sata II or III
