My OCZ Vertex 4 was two firmware updates behind. I had to do it in five steps, (1) do a complete backup to a separate hard drive using Acronis as the firmware wipes out any data. (2) Update from 1.3 to 1.4 and then power down the PC and restart (power cycle the SSD as OCZ calls it), (3) do the update from 1.4 to 1.5 and power down the PC and restart again. (5) restore the drive (Win 8) from the Acronis backup.
Tom's Hardware's SSD Hierarchy Chart : Best SSDs For The Money: December 2012
A GuyIn order to simplify the landscape, we're going to omit brand names for those vendors leveraging SandForce. There are simply too many to list. At a given capacity, performance breaks down based on memory type, and this is their order of performance, from highest to lowest.
We're making an exception with Intel's SSD 330 because it's special case of a SandForce-based SSD that runs with reduced performance specs.
Yeah, I have also noticed a slight degradation of the numbers from my OCZ Vertex III, which is a couple of years old now. Performance wise, Windows 7 seems to run just like always.The machine seems to be running faster though.
New Vector 256GB on ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe (BIOS 0902) IRST 10.6.0.1002 (I've heard people over at OCZ forums get better results with the newer bioses and latest IRST drivers)
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