I've been using IDE on my SSD throughout the time I've had it because I always heard that AHCI doesn't really make a difference and IDE is more compatible...when I was using my mechanical hard drive AHCI made things a bit slower so I assumed the same would happen with my SSD
I decided to try AHCI mode with my 256GB Falcon to test and I was surprised to see AHCI offering better performance, in some cases significantly better performance...I ran each benchmark 3 times to make sure the results were valid...besides the synthetic benchmark numbers my overall system responsiveness feels better as well
I benched using the AS SSD benchmark as well as CrystalDiskMark...firmware 1571 was used...the first screenshot (on the left) is from a benchmark I ran on 11/06/09 using IDE mode and the second (on the right) was taken today using AHCI mode
for those still using IDE I suggest trying AHCI...for me AHCI is the only way to go now
I decided to try AHCI mode with my 256GB Falcon to test and I was surprised to see AHCI offering better performance, in some cases significantly better performance...I ran each benchmark 3 times to make sure the results were valid...besides the synthetic benchmark numbers my overall system responsiveness feels better as well
I benched using the AS SSD benchmark as well as CrystalDiskMark...firmware 1571 was used...the first screenshot (on the left) is from a benchmark I ran on 11/06/09 using IDE mode and the second (on the right) was taken today using AHCI mode
for those still using IDE I suggest trying AHCI...for me AHCI is the only way to go now
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