Pioneer 10X DVD-ROM Availabile

Pioneer 10X DVD-ROM Availabile puts another piece of PC gear into the September hardware pile, and 1999 is not exactly short on that right now.

Pioneer New Media Technologies announced today the immediate availability of the industry’s first 10X DVD-ROM drive. The fastest DVD-ROM drive on the market, Pioneer’s DVD-114/104S offers speeds that are 10 times faster than first generation DVD-ROM technology. The 10X DVD-ROM is compatible with single and dual layer DVD, DVD-R, CD-ROM and CD-R media, preserving compatibility with conventional CD formats.

The hardware race is getting mean, and the upside is simple: gamers keep getting faster, stranger toys to bolt into their rigs.