ITunes takes 7 - 10 Minutes to sync songs to iPod

Ever since I installed iTunes 7.1.1 it's been taking ridiculously long to synchronize my library to my 5G iPod. I have already tried restoring it but it didn't seem to work... It doesn't even begin to sync my new songs to my iPod until about 8 minutes has passed. I have an 80GB and about 55 GB used up already. Could the problem have to do with how much space I have left on my iPod??
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Is that acceptable? with 9,000 records I would think that is fast.
If you are looking for the same speed you had before, you aren't going to find it.
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