OCZ announces Vertex Turbo SSD series

[Bo_Fox]

At least everybody got to see the real numbers from Techreport in the link that I provided.

Until I see somebody else from a reputable source putting up real numbers that significantly differ, I will continue to trust Techreport.com.

My 1TB Caviar Black is plenty fast for me when I load anything up. Firefox with half a dozen add-on's loads up in 0.5 second for me, and when I install games or load up levels within games, I do not have enough time to look at or read the loading screens, which pisses me off.

[Telperion]

At least everybody got to see the real numbers from Techreport in the link that I provided.

Until I see somebody else from a reputable source putting up real numbers that significantly differ, I will continue to trust Techreport.com.

IOMeter, 100% Random, 100% Write, 4K, 5GB disk section of the disk, 3 minutes. This is my 30GB Vertex in a "Used" state. How much more proof do you want?



Edit: I should note that not even a brand new OCZ Summit (2nd Gen Samsung) or Corsair P256 (2nd Gen Samsung) get 4K IOPS numbers that high. And this is a used Vertex. And a 30GB Vertex, which is the slowest of the entire line due to the smallest capacity.

[coo-coo-clocker]

ownage.
Thanks for the nice dose of STFU.

[Bo_Fox]

ownage.
Thanks for the nice dose of STFU.

Hardly ownage, since it's not a REPUTABLE source just yet..

The more used it is, the slower it gets, plus it's only 30 or 60GB.

Many of us still do not think it's worth it. Just read the thread.

[Telperion]

Hardly ownage, since it's not a REPUTABLE source just yet..

The more used it is, the slower it gets, plus it's only 30 or 60GB.

Many of us still do not think it's worth it. Just read the thread.

...what are you talking about, 30GB drives degrade faster than larger ones. Are you sure you're familiar with how SSDs actually function and performance levels off, and why? That's a genuine question.

TechReport is the site that ran an SSD test suite review on a Pentium 4, ICH7 system with 1GB RAM. So they're more reputable than me?

[cx-ray]

Until I see somebody else from a reputable source putting up real numbers that significantly differ, I will continue to trust Techreport.com.

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid...=expert&pid=10

[Tony]

...what are you talking about, 30GB drives degrade faster than larger ones. Are you sure you're familiar with how SSDs actually function and performance levels off, and why? That's a genuine question.

TechReport is the site that ran an SSD test suite review on a Pentium 4, ICH7 system with 1GB RAM. So they're more reputable than me?

leave it, you will not alter his mind...those with vertex who know how to set up a system are enjoying the drives...thats all that is needed

[Xcel]

leave it, you will not alter his mind...those with vertex who know how to set up a system are enjoying the drives...thats all that is needed

Yes it's obvious he hasn't tested an OS installed on a proper ssd. I say test it before you judge it...

[Leeghoofd]

leave it, you will not alter his mind...those with vertex who know how to set up a system are enjoying the drives...thats all that is needed

If everybody would properly setup their drives like via the good guides on the OCZ forum then he would beleive it... some just pop it in and format it, there's more to it... at first I thought my XP64 rebooted (due to a bad OC) as it was barely able to load the splash screen, next screen was my desktop :p

These drives are awesome ! and they have dropped in price... I'm not looking back at my raptors at all... If you don't have tested them yourself no need to keep on arguing as you are not aware what you are missing... even the slowest SSD makes a laptop scream !

[Shintai]

If everybody would properly setup their drives like via the good guides on the OCZ forum then he would beleive it... some just pop it in and format it, there's more to it... at first I thought my XP64 rebooted (due to a bad OC) as it was barely able to load the splash screen, next screen was my desktop :p

Are you serious? If you cant just pop it in and format it. Then something is obviously wrong with the product. Its like having SLI/Crossfire but you manually have to make all the profiles yourself before you get it to work. But the guide can only be found on some forum...

[Leeghoofd]

This is to get the most out of the product... if you don't do it, that's your loss... it works out of the box but it's better to align it and co to get max performance...(takes max 5 minutes to set it up) and don't tell me that SLI or crossfire works out of the box, as it doesn't !!! profile or not but that's another discussion...

How many mobo's work straight out of the box with all comon hardware ?

[Xcel]

Are you serious? If you cant just pop it in and format it. Then something is obviously wrong with the product. Its like having SLI/Crossfire but you manually have to make all the profiles yourself before you get it to work. But the guide can only be found on some forum...

Of course you can but it's like any other hardware product. You buy a cpu and then you oc it to get the best performance out of it although it's very fast @ stock.

Same thing with ssds, fast @ stock but even faster after some tweaking like aligning them

[Shintai]

Of course you can but it's like any other hardware product. You buy a cpu and then you oc it to get the best performance out of it although it's very fast @ stock.

Same thing with ssds, fast @ stock but even faster after some tweaking like aligning them

You dont need to tweak and allign other SSDs like X25. It runs the best all the time. Just like mechanical HDs.

[naokaji]

You dont need to tweak and allign other SSDs like X25. It runs the best all the time. Just like mechanical HDs.

Most of the SSD tweaks are only necessary on Win Xp as it does not have any clue how to deal with SSDs, with Win 7 you can skip most of the tweaks.

[ExodusC]

Are you serious? If you cant just pop it in and format it. Then something is obviously wrong with the product. Its like having SLI/Crossfire but you manually have to make all the profiles yourself before you get it to work. But the guide can only be found on some forum...

I popped in my new video card/TV tuner/peripheral, and it didn't just work! Drivers? I have to do something before it works?! This product is crap, it didn't just work when I plugged in it!

You dont need to tweak and allign other SSDs like X25. It runs the best all the time. Just like mechanical HDs.

You really just want to blame this on OCZ, don't you?

All SSDs should have a properly aligned partition on them, it's stupid not to. Regardless, it's the fault of operating systems like XP and Vista not properly aligning the partition when they create it, not the SSD. Windows 7 handles this just fine, it will create a properly aligned partition if it detects a SSD.

[Tomasis]

You dont need to tweak and allign other SSDs like X25. It runs the best all the time. Just like mechanical HDs.

to pay too much money for one intel or be clever and tweak non intel for low money.

I cannot disregard the value of £$€

/potential vertex buyer

and real socialist not intel capitalist lol

[sdsdv10]

You dont need to tweak and allign other SSDs like X25. It runs the best all the time. Just like mechanical HDs.

So then you have never defraged a mechanical HD? Would you consider this tweaking? or should the HD do this itself, "out of the box"?

[Shintai]

So then you have never defraged a mechanical HD? Would you consider this tweaking? or should the HD do this itself, "out of the box"?

I dont considering it needed. Specially since data is far from static.

[YMAA]

Are you serious? If you cant just pop it in and format it. Then something is obviously wrong with the product. Its like having SLI/Crossfire but you manually have to make all the profiles yourself before you get it to work. But the guide can only be found on some forum...

Clearly you don't belong on this forum if you're opposed to 5 minutes of work using an easy-to-follow guide to get the best performance out of a product.

Please call 1-800-WWW-DELL for a machine you don't have to tweak, since you're obviously opposed to other things like overclocking.

[HiJon89]

Clearly you don't belong on this forum if you're opposed to 5 minutes of work using an easy-to-follow guide to get the best performance out of a product.

Please call 1-800-WWW-DELL for a machine you don't have to tweak, since you're obviously opposed to other things like overclocking.

There is too much complicated setup once you receive a Dell, try www.Apple.com

I dont considering it needed. Specially since data is far from static.

Changing settings to accommodate an SSD isn't needed then either.

[zalbard]

Shintai has a point, though. Not everyone who buys Vertax will have a clue these tweaks even exist. So for a lot of consumers who want things to work "out of the box" the difference will be here. But they are surely appreciated by enthusiasts and advanced users in general.

[Zaskar]

TRIM whether native or 3rd party has to see the drive, if the OS or the app see a raid controller is that the drives fault?

We were talking to some raid engineers a week back or so, there is still no agreement for the equivalent of TRIM on raid....so its nothing to do with the drives you attach...its all to do with the raid controller and its firmware. TRIM in raid will be handled by the raid card or controller...you need to remember that.

vertex does have good idle time garbage collection now and does a good job of looking after its self when in raid as long as you give it enough idle time.

I am not saying its the fault of OCZ, I use 2 Vertex drives myself, but just that when comparing the performance to that of a normal high end hard Drive raid array, this IS something to consider, as there is no TRIM, whether it be raid controller limitation or not, it is still something we currently have to deal with and shouldnt be dismissed when comparing SSD's to normal drives, since the trim only works when using it as a stand alone setup.

[XS_Rich]

Shintai has a point, though. Not everyone who buys Vertax will have a clue these tweaks even exist. So for a lot of consumers who want things to work "out of the box" the difference will be here.

That's exactly the point.

Do OCZ put something in the box that says "This is new and constantly updated technology. Please visit blahblahblah to find out how best to install and update your SSD", or is it just an SSD in a box?

If it's the latter, then I'd be pretty bummed. But if it's the former, then what's the big deal?

[Shintai]

That's exactly the point.

Do OCZ put something in the box that says "This is new and constantly updated technology. Please visit blahblahblah to find out how best to install and update your SSD", or is it just an SSD in a box?

If it's the latter, then I'd be pretty bummed. But if it's the former, then what's the big deal?

Another problem is alligning partitions and selecting another than default allocation size cant be done without a running Windows OS. In short, you need to conf and setup the drive in Windows before you install Windows on it.

Not to talk about all the registry edits and disabling of anything from hibernation and pagefiles to services while disabling prefetchers, change cache sizes, disable certain NTFS naming features, running 3rd party advanced defrag utility (no its not TRIM) etc to get a working product. For me this aint tweaking and performance tuning. Its hotfixing.

[perkam]

Clearly you don't belong on this forum if you're opposed to 5 minutes of work using an easy-to-follow guide to get the best performance out of a product.

I like OCZ products just fine m8, but don't confuse out of the box functionality with out of the box performance. What we do with Motherboards and Processors is increase the out of the box performance, but at stock, everyone has the same performance, as guaranteed by the manufacturers.

What is lacking in some of OCZ's SSDs is the same out of the box functionality as some of the other SSDs in the market. I shouldn't have to tweak a piece of hardware JUST to have it run well at STOCK. That's just unreasonable.

Perkam