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    Which Rapid Storage to install?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Y570, Jul 1, 2012.

  1. Y570

    Y570 Notebook Geek

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    I am doing a clean install of my G75W, which IRST gives the best performance? The one on the Drivers DVD which is 11.0.0.1032 or the latest one from Intel v11.2.0.1006 ??

    PLease advice

    thanks
     
    Y570, Jul 1, 2012
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    The only place I saw version 11.0.0.1032 was on Intel's website under "Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver for Intel Desktop Boards".

    Did Asus really have version 11.0.0.1032 distributed on their official drivers DVD?

    Personally, I would use the stock 11.0. I don't see any changelogs on the net for 11.2.
     
    namaiki, Jul 2, 2012
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  3. Y570

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    Actually the stock in my case was the 11.0.0.1032

    Here it is on the official website as well:

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    Y570, Jul 2, 2012
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    pardon the noob question, but what exactly does IRST do?
     
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    It is the SATA interface controller, installing it is a must for better performance.

    It is usually essential when you want to setup RAID drives (as in, 2 drives working at the same time but acting as ONE, they use such setups in high performance machines or servers). However, installing the IRST AKA Intel Rapid Storage Technology is essential on the latest systems and usually with each IRST update there is a slight disk transfer rate performance.
     
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    Use of the default driver that comes with Windows 7 is also acceptable, but IRST usually offers a small boost in performance. version 10.8 totally broke e-SATA for me though so i had to trash it from my N50.
     
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    Very true, 10.1 was ok, 10.8 was horrible, 11.0.0.32 was average, 11.1.0.0.6 (dunno if i get the version right on this one) was really good, and 11.2 is the best so far
     
    Y570, Jul 3, 2012
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    How is 11.0.5.1001 off station drivers for performance?
     
    namaiki, Jul 3, 2012
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