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I was asking myself the same question. I think it depends on the quality of both your cd-writer and (to a lesser extent), your audio hardware.
Iv'e bought a Traxdata 8432 8x writer. Some Plastation games are "jittery" when burned at 8x speed, but at 4x speed these games arn't so bad. I have an old 1002 PSX which is really picky. However, I used to burn these games on a slow 2x Philips 3610 using EXACTLY the same PC setup. Not one game played up on my PSX. Then a friend told me that using a 12x Plextor writer they were able to burn PSX games onto Verbatim discs at 12x with no problems.
I also burned some of my music discs I wanted to backup. I found that whilst the fast-forward/rewind functions were a bit shaky (didn't look like the music was being tracked right, ie irregular displays on seconds counter of my CD player), the sound as a whole didn't alter in quality or stability. Fast-forwarding at 8x was the same as 4x. I use Traxdata or Verbatim for audio, and Traxdata Silver for PSX stuff.
I got the Traxdata writer cheap - £100 with Nero 5.03, so I am nclined to think that this writer is the cause of my worries. I intend to get a Plextor, then I'll know for sure when I burn some games/music at 16x.
Hope this helps.
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