Intel to launch 34nm SSD with 450/300 MB/s R/W in February

[Levish]

These appear to suck compared to the SF drives from OCZ>...

intel drives have delivered so far, maybe not in peak read/write speeds but they also don't require highly compressible data to achieve their ratings

4k random reads and writes is where they shine, and performance is already at a level where you won't see a difference from drive A to drive B unless you are benching.

[irev210]

intel drives have delivered so far, maybe not in peak read/write speeds but they also don't require highly compressible data to achieve their ratings

4k random reads and writes is where they shine, and performance is already at a level where you won't see a difference from drive A to drive B unless you are benching.

sandforce sort of pisses me off because in the benchmark world they do well, but in the real world, not all data is so compressible.

people always talk about how great it is, but people never really focus on average/read writes - always just peak, which is not real-world in many scenarios.

When sandforce first came out, I drank the kool-aide and put two in my HTPC... worst mistake of my life putting in a drive that sucks with data that can't be compressed in a computer that just deals with highly compressed videos/music.

[deathman20]

sandforce sort of pisses me off because in the benchmark world they do well, but in the real world, not all data is so compressible.

people always talk about how great it is, but people never really focus on average/read writes - always just peak, which is not real-world in many scenarios.

When sandforce first came out, I drank the kool-aide and put two in my HTPC... worst mistake of my life putting in a drive that sucks with data that can't be compressed in a computer that just deals with highly compressed videos/music.

I hear you man. SSD's are new to the market, then on top of that adding hardware compression I wasn't thrilled with that. Sure it might work OK but I don't need another component of a new tech to break my drive if something goes wrong.

I love my G2 drives, they work great and will look forward to the G3/G4 drives (hopefully die shrunk) in the future.

Besides how many times do you see intel drives failing and a lot of others have?