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My (3) 30GB vertex's which will be raided will be here tomorrow, and my x-25m will be here a couple of days later. Cost was very similar between the two setups.
Post a list of the benmarks you would like see between both setups and I'll do what I can.
^ cheers.
2x80 x25s is $686Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dower
3x60 vertex is $660
Why not 3x30?Quote:
Originally Posted by modboxx
90gb too small?
Why did you cancel it :confused:? The M is the faster drive according to the review so if the two options cost the same then I don't see what the issue is?Quote:
Originally Posted by modboxx
I cancelled the 3 vertex drives to order the two x25m's but now i dont know.Quote:
Originally Posted by One_Hertz
No it came at a good time because you still have time to decide!Quote:
Originally Posted by modboxx
I would bare in mind that this review was done on old firmware, and from the limited real world tests that was carried out there doesn't appear much in it, between the two!
Apps
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/sho...px?i=3531&p=29
Games
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/sho...px?i=3531&p=30
It might be worth putting your order on hold until we know how the new raid firmware performs, at which point I think it will be unlikely future FW will squeeze any more raw power out of the drives, but will just add more features such as TRIM & ACHI!
;)
I'm not 100% sure but I have a feeling AHCI would help here?Quote:
Originally Posted by modboxx
The world of warcraft loading time difference is actually very large. Too bad they didn't do more tests so we could see if that is the norm or if it is an outlier.
Keep in mind that as time goes by those real world differences will increase more as the CPUs, RAM, etc. will get faster and SSDs will be stressed more. Right now you can put some slower SSD (like samsung SLC) by side with something that is a lot faster in every way (like x25-e) and the real world differences won't be anywhere as massive because there are other things holding the X25 back...
I agree, we needed more real world tests because you could say the same about an X25e Vs Vertex in loading Photoshop CS4!Quote:
Originally Posted by One_Hertz
Man why didnt they update the firmware before posting the results? I guess i could hold off a week
What firmware were they using in the tests? I didn't see it listed. The 1199 newer firmware just adds higher sequential read/writes. It didn't affect the small random read/writes. So I don't think it would sway things all that much.
pre-1199 Firware was used and yes, random small writes got much better as well....Quote:
Originally Posted by lowfat
Go to OCZ forums if you want to know anything about Vertex. Up to the minute.
I am there everyday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brahmzy
I got my Vertex today, what benchmarks do people want me to use to compare to to the X25-M?
This is the new firmware I am currently waiting to test out, should be available friday.Quote:
Originally Posted by lowfat
Attachment 96546
That is three drives, not just one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhys
That's right it says that in the atto, but no available benchmarks for single drives yet! But this new firmware supposedly is faster for single drives and also has some raid 0 optimisations.Quote:
Originally Posted by lowfat
That is true, but at the same cost (3x30gb) as the x-25m. So while not an apples to apples, it's what people could buy and do for the same cost.Quote:
Originally Posted by lowfat
Some more Vertex benches....
My 2 Vertex 120GBers on my ICH10R I just got in today.
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5215/64129144.png
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/834/v...9128dmewce.png
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6162/...dmewceatto.png
3x30GB Vertex RAID 0
Latest firmware 1199
vista64 installed fully updated
DFI X58 ICH10R
workstation1
http://wright-pc.com/day187/workstation1-tony.jpg
http://wright-pc.com/day187/atto-3x30gb.jpg
http://wright-pc.com/day187/HDtune-3x30.jpg
http://wright-pc.com/day187/hdtach-3x30.jpg
day
I noticed OCZ's site doesnt say 32mb cache for the 30/60GB models anymore. Only 64mb is mentioned. Does this mean OCZ has made 64mb standard across the Vertex series.... :confused:
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by Afterburner
i just got this drive, and just did a really quick bench on HDtune to get a few numbers instead of going through a full suite of benching applications. please tell me i'm doing something wrong instead of degradation:
bench of a freshly plugged in drive at the very beginning:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...TEX_1199-1.png
after a 128kb partition offset and the OS is installed, but NOT benched on the same active running OS:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...TEX_1199_2.png
benched on the same OS it was installed on:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ERTEX_1199.png
first two screen shots were done on my desktop with an e8600, 2gb memory, and a velociraptor as the active OS. the last SS was in a netbook with it being the active OS (but that shouldn't matter).
your netbook probably only supports sata1