OCZ Vertex 4 512GB SSD Initial Review - Vertex Returns to its Indilinx Roots (Firmware Progression Testing)

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Before we get into the meat and portatoes, we'll kick this off by

saying this will not be a typical Vertex 4 review. We had benches run

on 512GB and 256GB Vertex 4 samples, but the numbers we were seeing

seemed 'off', so OCZ provided me with an alpha/engineering level

firmware late last night. I suspect most other reviews you read today

will include results from the 1.30 initial shipping firmware, or

perhaps from the 1.31 bugfix firmware (which corrected an issue with

secure erasure), but this piece will cover both 1.30 and a newer 1.52

interim build.

 

URL: http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Storage/OCZ-Vertex-4-512GB-SSD-Initial-Review-Vertex-Returns-its-Indilinx-Roots-Firmware-Pro

 

Quote: "I've entitled this section 'Thoughts' because I won't consider

the Vertex 4 'Final' until it sees a second shipping firmware

revision. The Vertex 4 is an exciting product with a very capable

Indilinx controller, and while I can understand OCZs desire to bring

it to market as quickly as possible, I can't help but think their

hardware team beat their firmware team to the punch."

 

Thanks for a post!!!

 

Ryan Shrout

PC Perspective

rshrout ( -at -) pcper.com