Whats the verdict with a new V9 or V10 ??

[ihaveanosebleed]

Since I happen to have a V9 and a V7 here I did some loading tests with a backup. I picked Vice City because it has quite a long loading time after the second FMV.

Length of time for Playstation 2 logo to appear after pressing reset from standby,

V7 – 19 seconds, V9 – 12 seconds. Quite a difference here, never really noticed it before though.

Length of time from standby to first FMV starts,

V7 – 28 Seconds, V9 – 20 seconds. Again, mostly different because pre-logo booting.

Length of time loading data after 2nd FMV, stopping after loading bar disappears.

V7 – 68 Seconds, V9 – 66 Seconds. Not too different here, less than 3%, hardly noticeable if at all.


I also gave them both a shot at booting a CDRW backup. V7 booted fine, played FMV fine and loaded game. V9 would not boot, just lots of scary noise, “CLICK WHIZ” sounds.


Especially since I like to test homebrew wares and experiment with things, I really like the idea of being able to boot CDRW’s.. V7 is still my choice for best PS2.