Vertex 2E SSD Benchmarks before and after installing IRST driver

Phil2008 · 29 Oct 2010 at 20:54

I thought you guys may be interested to know my speed before and after the IRST driver. Its not much of a gain at all but every extra mb helps I guess, plus it gets rid of the quick removal thing in the taskbar. Rest of system in sig

Before

After

Phil2008 · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:36

Im guessing, Ive got the correct driver?

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=2101&DwnldID=18861&ProductFamily=Chipsets&ProductLine=Chipset+Software&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+Rapid+Storage+Technology+%28Intel%C2%AE+RST%29&lang=eng

Fanatic · 29 Oct 2010 at 23:56

There is a 10.0.0.1046

Edit: Don't use them with the Vertex 2E

DragonQ · 30 Oct 2010 at 00:16

OCZ recommend using the 9 series drivers, not 10. I believe it has bugs that prevent it working with the TRIM and/or GC functions.

Phil2008 · 30 Oct 2010 at 01:49

So Im prob better off sticking with the 9.6s then.

DragonQ · 30 Oct 2010 at 01:51

Yes, for now. The 10 series doesn't appear on Intel's website so I dunno if they're beta or something.

n30_mkii · 30 Oct 2010 at 11:35

Any ideas what driver I should use for my ASUS P5Q board? The one on Asus's website is quite old ICH10 I believe

cplhardnut · 30 Oct 2010 at 23:24

n30_mkii said:
Any ideas what driver I should use for my ASUS P5Q board? The one on Asus's website is quite old ICH10 I believe

I would like to know this also im using an Asus P5E

Phil2008 · 31 Oct 2010 at 00:24

Also apparently its not a good idea to keep running benchmarks that heavily writes to the drive cos this puts it in recovery mode, by slowing the ssd up while it recovers. If this happens it takes about 5 days of normal use to recover the drive and regain the speed. you might be able to speed up the process up by unplugging the data cable but leave it powered..... Intelligent hey? :cool:

metalmackey · 31 Oct 2010 at 00:34

Where was that info from Phil? I've had mine fow about a week and ran a few benchies and allways get the same write speed so far. And what happens if you install a big game or copy a big file to the ssd?

Phil2008 · 31 Oct 2010 at 00:38

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...Vertex2)-expected-Benchmarks-and-General-Info

A very interesting read

jbloggs · 31 Oct 2010 at 10:14

Any ideas what driver I should use for my ASUS P5Q board?

9.6.0.1014 (32 or 64 bit)

You can either install the drivers alone or the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software (which contains these drivers also)...

Azuse05 · 31 Oct 2010 at 11:20

Phil2008 said:
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...Vertex2)-expected-Benchmarks-and-General-Info

A very interesting read

Indeed.

deadman29 · 31 Oct 2010 at 11:33

Dear lord wall of text! Benching it once should not show any real drag afterwards I take it. Was planning on buying the bigfoot 90gb once i hit 100 posts

install it, run it once to check if its aite then pretty much just resume day to day stuff.

DragonQ · 31 Oct 2010 at 12:07

Well that's what I'm gonna do - benchmark it after updating the firmware but then after installing Windows 7 I'll only benchmark it once.

Phil2008 · 31 Oct 2010 at 12:29

I think its only if you keep on running the benchies loads of times it buggers the sdd up a bit, but the odd 1 or 2 every few weeks is fine.

But if you use "hd tune" I think you can use that as meny times as you want, cos I dont think it writes to the drive.?

deadman29 · 31 Oct 2010 at 13:40

cool cheers

cyber69 · 31 Oct 2010 at 23:48

I'm running version 8.9.0.1023 on my Asus Sabertooth x58 ICH10R. Would I see any performance improvement by upgrading to the newer 9.6.x.x?