Shaga,
Thanks for the details on the firmware.
Maybe I am the only one, but I find it interesting what they are fixing and when.
Helps me understand their priorities and how I fit in with the scheme of things.
For those of you trying to implement NCQ, you may want to check out the SerialATA.org web site. i.e. This won't be buying us anything until applications support NCQ. This is similar to what happened in the Fibre Channel Market. That is, Command queueing was a bit of an after thought and didn't really surface until 2002 when applications started realizing the performance potential.
So what if Windows supports NCQ. Performance will only be seen when Office or Doom3, etc. etc support it. Same with SLI as was pointed out earlier today in this thread. I'll just turn off NCQ on my Raptors (Raid1 which wouldn't be able to have much advantage anyway) until there are applications with support.
Also, there are different levels of command queueing.
Tagged Command Queueing
Simple Command Queueing
Native Command Queeing
Now if I could only understand what you guys are talking about with respect to memory timings, I think I could go to sleep!!!!!
So, I'll just read and listen.