Intel RST 10.0.0.1043 WHQL

Anyone using it on their VPC-Z11
Looks fine to me, but still not TRIM support on RAID volume

 

RAID volume can't support TRIM

 

Been using RST 10.0.0.1046 WHQL for a while now, working just fine.

 

link by any chance?

 

Erm, there is nothing technically stopping a RAID controller or drive update being produced that passes on and deals with TRIM. Intel already have a product that supports TRIM with RAID, limited to Raid level 0 and 1 if memory serves correctly and only certain of their MBs.

http://www.google.se/url?q=http://w...7bTMQg&usg=AFQjCNFbUSVY4kpW04pc_TC-3x0wSJnPHw

That 99.9% of current controllers dont is down to the underlying controller chips being unable to support TRIM passthrough, as new chips are designed, it is likely we will see more and more manufacturers supporting TRIM within RAID.

Regards Tim

 

I don't think there is TRIM support for either RAID 0 or 1
what I know is there is only support for JBOD

 

intel drivers pour Raid/Sata/Ata/Ahci

Been out there for a while now so xD.

 

What I don't understand is how you get the idea these are WHQL drivers, because they are signed? Downloading them from a foreign webpage, and not even having them posted on Intel's webpage should tell you something... If these are authentic, then the only people that should be testing them are people using unofficial hardware.

Or show me a news article where Intel comes out and acknowledges this driver. Saw one article...in Chinese.

 

I think they are oem drivers which are not usually available from intel download page until a while later?

and i think you can trust station-drivers.com too......I downloaded the RST 10.0 driver from station-drivers and everything is looking good

 

Intel may never use these drivers...they were created to test hardware not out yet. I will wait for REAL WHQL drivers.

 

They are real WHQL drivers, just because they aren't on the Intel website, doesn't mean they aren't from them.

And 2nd Intel is VERY slow with updating there website and all, so the geek boys that are searching all over the interwebs (aka OEM websites, intel FTP's etc.) are finding these drivers. They even deliver an release log usually (Intel that is).

And 3rd OK they might not be ''stable'', but seeing as these (the 10.0.0.1046) once are just fixing some minor issues (see release log), it's pretty normal to assume they are working correctly.

 

I agree. These are the real WHQL drivers, however they were probably developed for the new Sandy Bridge Chipset which isn't out yet, so they probably didn't bother posting it on the intel site yet.

I installed it, it's stable.

 

I guess I appreciate doing the dirty work for me. I'll wait till they go official.

 

This is the same situation for our Vaio Z video drivers. If you wait for Sony to come out with an official update, you might be waiting for a damn long time.

Anyway, there's no reason to update to RST10 as I havn't seen any increase in performance.

 

Not to mention, that there was a case of very unstable rapid drivers from Intel downloadable from the official Intel site...

 

Ok, facts? What's your stance then?

 

Well I used to try every new version before and I could measure some difference in boot time. But to tell the truth, I'm on stock W7 right now and they run just fine. What more, there used to be a problem with Intel rapid drivers, that they didn't support Trim even on single drives (while stock W7 driver did). But that problem should be gone by now...maybe it's time to try new rapid drivers again

 

One problem with the RST drivers is the high memory use. The speed is partially realised by aggressive caching, which consumes memory, and unlike Windows' own cache, it's not instantly freed when a program wants to allocate a big chunk of memory.
Of course, on an 8 GB machine, it might not be much of a problem.

With Vista and Windows 7, Windows does caching pretty well itself, so the RST drivers aren't too useful. On XP, on the other hand, it really makes a big difference.