The Gigabyte GO-W1616A drive we are looking at today has some impressive specifications, in addition to dual-layer DVD recording. It supports a maximum writing speed of 16x for both single layer DVD+\\-R media, 4x for DVD+R DL media, 8x for DVD+RW and 6x for DVD-RW. The GO-W1616A supports 48x burning for traditional CD-R and 24x for CD-RW. In terms of reading, the drive can read single layer DVD+\\-R media at 16x, DVD+R DL at 4x, DVD+\\-RW at 8x and standard DVD media at 16x speeds. With CDs, the drive can read CD/CD-R media t 48x and CD-RW at 32x speeds.