Vertex Turbo?

Eunos · Post by **Eunos** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:41 pm

I hadn't heard of this one, apologies if it's been mentioned before.

OCZ Vertex Turbo Series provides a cutting-edge design for enthusiasts looking to transform their desktops or laptops. Enabled by a proprietary firmware and 64MB of 180MHz DRAM cache, the Vertex Turbo Edition ramps up performance levels to new heights, while providing the snappy computing, longer battery life, and shorter boot-ups users have enjoyed from the original. The Vertex Turbo delivers best-in-class read and write speeds clocking in at up to 270MB/s read and 210MB/s write along with the lower power consumption and superior durability compared to conventional hard drives.

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:52 pm

It uses same controller/architecture as normal Vertex, but apparently with slightly faster NAND-memory chips. So about 10% faster at max.

Not worth the extra, imho.

OCZ Colossus with built-in RAID controller (SIL) and double Indilinx 'discs' inside might actually be much faster once it ships, but it's going to be really expensive.

kater · Post by **kater** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:21 pm

Here's a smallish roundup with Vertex Turbo. It is just a tad quicker, but much more expensive, bleh.
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Eunos · Post by **Eunos** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:52 pm

Another link including the Turbo from Anandtech:

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3631

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