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OCZ Vertex 250gb
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? i have read, that the 17" unibodys have toshiba, where have you "seen" other ?!
I believe that OCX is actually the exact same as the G. Skill Titan, just rebranded. Do some googling on this and I'm 90% sure this is true. So if you're going to get it, get the titan. But people have had issues w/ it so maybe avoide them both (i love my titan though)
Hardware wise, I agree. The hardware seems identical but firmware is slightly different from what I see of their benchmark numbers to date. I think G.Skill has a better balance in the numbers spread while OCZ is optimized for brute force speed. Whatever has the best price will get the customers considering the level of competition now. I just wish these SSDs have a more frequent release interval like a quarter for new models.
Some makers like Toshiba announced and after 2 quarters nothing is released!.
I believe that OCX is actually the exact same as the G. Skill Titan, just rebranded. Do some googling on this and I'm 90% sure this is true. So if you're going to get it, get the titan. But people have had issues w/ it so maybe avoide them both (i love my titan though
I think you are thinking of the OCZ Apex, which is very similar to the Titan....the Vertex is a different story
How is the Vertex different from the Apex exactly? They have the same read/write specs and even OCZ's website doesn't make the difference that clear.
Before I get into this too much realize, that this is based off what I read and honestly I don't know too much so take this with a grain of salt.
The Vertex has a true IO Processor and cache. I think the Apex has internal raid which means greater heat and greater battery drain, whereas the Vertex has neither yet keeps the same speed.
The Vertex has a true IO Processor and cache. I think the Apex has internal raid which means greater heat and greater battery drain, whereas the Vertex has neither yet keeps the same speed.
Just in case someone on this thread hasn't seen it yet...
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/666140/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/666140/
In a nutshell, OCZ Apex and GSkill Titan uses 2x Jmicron 602b controllers connected together in RAID0. (The firmware between the two are probably slightly different.)
OCZ Vertex uses Indilinx Barefoot controller which has 32MB or 64MB Cache depending which size SSD you get. (30GB/60GB has 32MB while 120GB/250GB has 64MB cache.)
OCZ Vertex uses Indilinx Barefoot controller which has 32MB or 64MB Cache depending which size SSD you get. (30GB/60GB has 32MB while 120GB/250GB has 64MB cache.)
Early reports said that the smaller drives had 32MB cache, but all Vertex drives actually have 64MB.
Here's the xbench for vertex 120gb in Early 2008 17" MBP.
For those of you with Vertexes, you might want to update to the 1199 firmware as it does increase the speed a bit without losing the high IOPS.
NOTE: Flashing the drive will wipe the data off the SSD.
I was shipped a 120Gb drive with the old firmware. While it's faster than anything I've had before, I'd still like the 25% boost in speed.
How can this be flashed to the drive on a a MBP? I don't really have access to a PC running XP or Vista as the firmware instructions require. Also the drive didn't come with any jumpers and if I did manage to get my MBP booted into xp off an external drive the sata cable for the MBP obstructs the jumpers. Can this be done on a MBP without the use of another computer?
I installed my 250gb Vertex today. Awesome fast and no more noise and vibrations. These numbers mean nothing to me but may help others.
Results 199.02
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.5.6 (9G55)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model MacBookPro5,1
Drive Type OCZ-VERTEX 1199
Disk Test 199.02
Sequential 161.97
Uncached Write 179.96 110.49 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 168.04 95.08 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 104.56 30.60 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 275.84 138.63 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 258.04
Uncached Write 98.14 10.39 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 317.63 101.69 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 1788.69 12.68 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 623.36 115.67 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Results 199.02
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.5.6 (9G55)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model MacBookPro5,1
Drive Type OCZ-VERTEX 1199
Disk Test 199.02
Sequential 161.97
Uncached Write 179.96 110.49 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 168.04 95.08 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 104.56 30.60 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 275.84 138.63 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 258.04
Uncached Write 98.14 10.39 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 317.63 101.69 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 1788.69 12.68 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 623.36 115.67 MB/sec [256K blocks]
It would be interesting if someone here could compare Intel's offerings directly to the Vertex. I would love to see how these two stack up, since obviously OCZ's offerings are significantly cheaper and have higher capacities.
I'm somewhat bothered by the low read speeds at 4k block sizes on the OCZ drives which the Intel drives don't show, from my research anyway.
I'm somewhat bothered by the low read speeds at 4k block sizes on the OCZ drives which the Intel drives don't show, from my research anyway.
sounds like the vertex is the way to go judging by this thread. Any rumors of a price drop in the coming months?
I get my Vertex tomorrow. Would you be willing to breakdown the steps you took to install Mac OSX and then Vista via Bootcamp. I've heard people are having problems if they don't do it correctly.
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As far as I am aware, as long as you have a unibody, there's no problem. You proceed as you would if it was a regular HDD.
The non-unibody would not be able to use bootcamp. It does not seem to be compatible with vertex, just like the intel.
this has nothing to do with MACs.
As for those who were asking, I had access to a PC which I used to flash the firmware on the pc. I took the jumper from the cd rom that was in my PC.
OCZ is working on a dos tool that'll work from a usb or cd. Will the tool work from mac, i doubt it but i can't be sure.
There are other methods such as live CDs like Ghost Recovery Disc, but i am not aware if it works on mac.