esryl Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 What firmware version does CMFSSD-256GBG2D SSD ship with please. Is it VBM15D1Q or VBM1801Q. Thank you. P.S. If its VBM1801Q, has the Corsair SSD ever shipped with the earlier VBM15D1Q. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amro Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 I bought 2 RIGHT when they hit newegg. Both have VBM1801Q firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esryl Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 Hi Amro, As expected - got to love post purchase research. The Corsair is running the much improved firmware. Anyone out there with an XBench of the Corsair 256gb SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted June 1, 2009 Corsair Employee Share Posted June 1, 2009 We would have been more aggressive with Samsung about any updates then most. But yes they will have the latest firmware available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amro Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I have some XBench scores. I can't post them until Sunday or thereabouts (flight in the AM and need to sleep). I have pre/post SSD from a unibody MBP (2.53GHz model) plus another XBench from about 2 weeks ago after I have "broken in" the P256 and its performance had (expectedly) dropped a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted June 5, 2009 Corsair Employee Share Posted June 5, 2009 NP post then when you have a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esryl Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Hi Amro, Thank you very much indeed. Would love to see the newer firmware in action, plus what a tasty bonus to see performance after the SSD honeymoon :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted June 8, 2009 Corsair Employee Share Posted June 8, 2009 Do you have our SSD or one of the first Samsung drives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedisolo Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I have two of the first Samsung drives and they both have the VBM15D1Q firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amro Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 sorry it took me so long to post this -- been pretty busy the past few days. last ssd shows the mbp model number. exact same machine, same leopard install, etc. PRE SSD (5400 rpm drive that came w/ the mbp. can't recall the manufacturer and don't have it w/ me atm): http://amromousa.com/temp/ssdmbp/pressd.png POST SSD (brand new corsair P256 branded samsung drive, got it the day it was available for order from newegg): http://amromousa.com/temp/ssdmbp/postssd.png POST SSD USED (whatever day it came out until now - 6-9-2009, 1AM EST). I do software development on a kids MMO so there are tens of thousands of small files i copy around > 2 times per day for builds, etc. plus i do other software development so the drive gets HEAVY use: http://amromousa.com/temp/ssdmbp/postssdused.png EDIT: I can't explain the sequential uncached write numbers. no clue. oddly enough it looks like performance has gone up (it doesn't "feel" that way but it feels substantially snappier than my old drive for sure)? O.o uncached sequental READ has certainly dropped, though. Edit 2: Oh, and I rarely get "beach balls" these days..worth the money for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxito Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Just to have the possibility to compare: Results 188.79 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.7 (9J61) Physical RAM 4096 MB Model MacBookPro5,1 Drive Type CORSAIR CMFSSD-256GBG2D Disk Test 188.79 Sequential 155.46 Uncached Write 167.24 102.68 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 147.16 83.26 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 98.78 28.91 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 353.14 177.48 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 240.32 Uncached Write 123.87 13.11 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 164.46 52.65 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 1472.73 10.44 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 551.94 102.42 MB/sec [256K blocks] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leexgx Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 even with the drop on performance its still many times faster then an Desktop HDD never mind an laptop one as well the drive has far lower access times then an HDD so it should always stay fast, thats as slow as it should get unless you run into the problems that makes read and Writes drop in speeds Sequential read and writes can be affected by the operating system may have been reading or Writing data at the time you was doing the test (the 10.5 OS after reload my mac was doing random things in the back ground) its the random that you should be more interested in as thats what most os do(and where HDDs tend to fail), Sequential read and writes are easy to do for SSD and Hdds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted June 9, 2009 Corsair Employee Share Posted June 9, 2009 Thank you for taking the time to post your results and nice system! :D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leexgx Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 they should provide the update does not matter who sells the SSD in the end you have to contact the OEM make it is an ask them to get the up to date firmware (or check the web site that the item was been used for before mite be on there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxito Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 The fact is that performance is much slower than expected. Just wondering why. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted June 10, 2009 Corsair Employee Share Posted June 10, 2009 His drive is not a corsair product and this the post was removed as it has nothing to do with our products.;): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amro Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 The fact is that performance is much slower than expected. Just wondering why. Max Either the SATA controller or the driver for it in the MBP. If I ever get around to installing Windows via bootcamp and can find a comparable test, we can should be able to find out. I don't think it's the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted June 15, 2009 Corsair Employee Share Posted June 15, 2009 It is a mute point as he is not using our version of the drive and does not have the latest Firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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