Best eSata card for use with G-Tech G-Raid mini2? weibetech no work

Hi there,
I recently purchased a brand new G-Tech 640GB G-raid mini2. I specifically purchased the drive to take advantage of the esata port. I edit video and need the throughput speeds for HD footage. Currently, I'm using the Weibetech Express/34 esata adapter to run the drive but it's not working. The information I received from the very helpful people at Weibetech, was that Silicon Image who makes the chip that runs the card, are not updating the drivers to work with my operating system. 10.5. Both apple and SI are aware of this issue.
Question I have is what card will work with the computer and the drive? Has anyone had the same or similar issue? Maybe the G-Raid drive isn't the way to go. Anyone have a better suggestion for speed when cutting video on a MBP?
Thanks

I wonder why the G-Speed Q (From G-Technology) which uses the same 936 chip is benchmarked at a much slower speed using there $300 RAID card. According to G-Tech "The G-SPEED Q write speeds are about 165MB/s, and the reads are about 215MB/s." with RAID 5.
Hi,
I have not tested the G-Speed Q.
I can tell you 936QS based enclosures tend to be very performance sensitive to the model of hard disk installed and the eSATA driver used. This is why performance results can be amazingly different when the 936QS is used with various drives and eSATA controllers.
Its not like a direct connect 4-bay enclosure where you see much less difference in hard disk performance when different 3.5" SATA hard disk models are used.
In my tests, the Hitachi 1TB provided some of the best 936QS performance I have recorded. In addition, FirmTek has optimized the SeriTek/2ME4-E driver version 6.0.0fc18 to enhance 936QS performance. This combination is able to maximize the performance available with the 936QS design.
I hope this information is helpful.
FirmTek Support

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