Intel RST 10 Drivers

rctneil · 4 Jan 2011 at 19:26

Hey,

Do I need these drivers installed? What will they make better? What are they actually for?

I have an OCZ Vertx 2 120 Gb

DragonQ · 4 Jan 2011 at 22:27

They generally improve performance, if you have one of the the corresponding chipsets of course.

rctneil · 4 Jan 2011 at 23:14

How do you find out if you have a "corresponding chipset"?

DragonQ · 4 Jan 2011 at 23:40

Try installing them and see if it'll let you install?

TNA · 5 Jan 2011 at 01:23

I have found them to decrease performance, at least in benchmarks anyway. As for how I feel about the performance change. I can tell no difference with or without them, so I will just leave them on for now but won't bother installing them on my next format.

Perhaps it's because I have on P35 mobo?

DragonQ · 5 Jan 2011 at 01:28

It's possible that they are optimised for ICH10(R) and ICH9(R) or earlier chipsets don't perform as well with them. It's also possible that it just depends on your configuration - either way, testing is the only way to know for sure.

rctneil · 5 Jan 2011 at 13:01

My chipset is an ICH 7 R. Should I install them or not?

KyleMac · 5 Jan 2011 at 13:26

A lot of people have problems with the Vertex 2 causing BSODs when returning from S3 sleep (just google for something like "ocz vertex bsod sleep" to see all the complaints).

For myself and many others the RST 10 drivers fixed this but apparently not for everyone. I have a P45 ICH10R chipset.

NVid'did'it · 6 Jan 2011 at 12:49

I have an AMD 790FX chipset, would I need to install special drivers too?
I should be purchasing the Vertex 2E in 6 days.

Jokester · 6 Jan 2011 at 12:52

AMD chipset drivers should cover it I think, as they're usually comprehensive.

The Intel RST drivers allow you to enable Write Back Caching which makes a massive difference, at least in benchmarks.

Jokester · 6 Jan 2011 at 13:10

No Write Back Caching

Write Back Caching

Though I think I need to do some garbage collecting as the reads as poor.