[TheWalrus]

I just read that for P55/ICH10R (or older) I should get Intel RST v9.6 and for P67 (or newer) RST v10.1. What's the deal here? I always thought newer (much newer in fact) drivers were always the better (as long as the hardware in question was still supported) considering possible new functionalities and bug fixes.


Does anyone know anything about this subject?

[Sp0iLedBrAt]

There is a discussion about P67 and SATA drivers for SSD starting from this post http://www.msfn.org/...post__p__961934 and down to the end of the page. It is for XP and nLite, but I guess the principle is the same.

Cheers

[Tripredacus]

We have replaced all legacy Matrix software for Intel based desktop boards with the newer RST software. Of course testing needs to be done first, but I haven't had any problems.

Remember this about Intel drivers, just because there is a new driver package version, it doesn't mean the driver for your device inside has been updated. This confuses our customers sometimes (and even our techs ) because they will think the newest driver is not installed, when it actually is. Case in point, the Intel Chipset v 1025 has v1016 files in it.

[TheWalrus]

I am aware of that But I download and install the latest version anyway, because occasionally I get to PC with newer chipsets.

This is not about compatibility but about performance. Allegedly the v9.6 has higher performance. I have no idea whether it is supposed to apply only to SandForce-based drives though. I have Intel 320.

[Tripredacus]

I never end up having product around long enough to know the benefits or detriments (sic) of different driver versions.

[Sp0iLedBrAt]

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I never end up having product around long enough to know the benefits or detriments (sic) of different driver versions.

I wish I could have this problem of yours

[Tripredacus]

Sp0iLedBrAt, on 19 May 2011 - 05:22 PM, said:

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I never end up having product around long enough to know the benefits or detriments (sic) of different driver versions.

I wish I could have this problem of yours

Well I can understand what you mean by that. But when something does happen in the field, its hard to have that on-hand knowledge of how a PC or peice of hardware works in every day operation. So yes, it can be great if nothing ends up happening with it, or if a customer doesn't come up with questions you never thought to bother with. Then it becomes a pain.

[Sp0iLedBrAt]

Read you loud and clear here I also know what you meant by that, but (just) a little fun doesn't hurt.
Have a good one.