Regarding the testing platform: "The Windows 10 version will still be 1709, because Microsoft has not yet fixed all the new bugs introduced in the NVMe driver in Windows 10 version 1803."
If you're referring to the issues with Intel 600p drives in the April Update (version 1803), Microsoft released a new patch (KB4100403) that "Addresses an issue with power regression on systems with NVMe devices from certain vendors."
So it sounds like you should be able to update Windows to 1803 as long as you include that patch.
That's not the only problem that's been reported with 1803's NVMe driver. I don't trust that they've even found all the new bugs yet, let alone patched them all. And I actually started running the new tests almost a month ago, to try to minimize the interruption to our review schedule.
In the absence of a proper changelog from Microsoft, I assume the new issues are mostly their fault. At the very least, they're responsible for upsetting whatever fragile balance of bugs the SSD manufacturers have achieved by testing against previous versions of Windows 10. I want to freeze my testbed software configuration for at least a year, and there's sufficient reason to consider 1803 as still being essentially beta-quality and thus a bad choice for the 2018 SSD test suite.
FWIW that's very reasonable. It's utterly foolish to update to any Windows 10 version until at least 6 months after release (unless your time is worthless and you'd like to do free QA for Microsoft, of course).
Not even close to true. In fact, it's because I value my time that I upgraded to 1803 immediately. 1803 adds the "Windows Hypervisor Platform" to its features, which (as a primary effect) allows Docker for Windows and a buggy-but-usable Xamarin variant of AVD to run side-by-side (along with other Hyper-V images). It's possible we even see VirtualBox run on this excellent feature, though I don't know if it's on their roadmap yet.
The ADATA XPG SX8200 uses the same controller but with more provisioning, a bit less space though, but it gives it a bit of a boost compared to the ex920. Review is on tomshardware for both.
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Yuriman - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
Looks like that heatspreader does it a lot of good.peevee - Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - link
But the price of it? I understand it for $4 on 256GB model. But why the same thing is closer to $40 on 1T?romrunning - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
Regarding the testing platform: "The Windows 10 version will still be 1709, because Microsoft has not yet fixed all the new bugs introduced in the NVMe driver in Windows 10 version 1803."If you're referring to the issues with Intel 600p drives in the April Update (version 1803), Microsoft released a new patch (KB4100403) that "Addresses an issue with power regression on systems with NVMe devices from certain vendors."
So it sounds like you should be able to update Windows to 1803 as long as you include that patch.
Billy Tallis - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
That's not the only problem that's been reported with 1803's NVMe driver. I don't trust that they've even found all the new bugs yet, let alone patched them all. And I actually started running the new tests almost a month ago, to try to minimize the interruption to our review schedule.Drazick - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
Are you sure it is Microsoft's issue and not the firmware of those drives?Billy Tallis - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
In the absence of a proper changelog from Microsoft, I assume the new issues are mostly their fault. At the very least, they're responsible for upsetting whatever fragile balance of bugs the SSD manufacturers have achieved by testing against previous versions of Windows 10. I want to freeze my testbed software configuration for at least a year, and there's sufficient reason to consider 1803 as still being essentially beta-quality and thus a bad choice for the 2018 SSD test suite.GeorgeH - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
FWIW that's very reasonable. It's utterly foolish to update to any Windows 10 version until at least 6 months after release (unless your time is worthless and you'd like to do free QA for Microsoft, of course).lmcd - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
Not even close to true. In fact, it's because I value my time that I upgraded to 1803 immediately. 1803 adds the "Windows Hypervisor Platform" to its features, which (as a primary effect) allows Docker for Windows and a buggy-but-usable Xamarin variant of AVD to run side-by-side (along with other Hyper-V images). It's possible we even see VirtualBox run on this excellent feature, though I don't know if it's on their roadmap yet.smilingcrow - Friday, May 25, 2018 - link
Which is an irrelevant feature for most home users so your post is myopic.Death666Angel - Friday, May 25, 2018 - link
If you are running normal consumer grade hardware, I don't think that is the case.Drazick - Friday, May 25, 2018 - link
I can see why you model Windows compatibility as a moving target.But in that case I think I read somewhere it was a known issue of the drives.
Would you approach Microsoft and find out?
It would be only fair before making assumptions.
DigitalFreak - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
I wish HP would hurry up with the 2TB version of the HP EX920.shabby - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
The ADATA XPG SX8200 uses the same controller but with more provisioning, a bit less space though, but it gives it a bit of a boost compared to the ex920. Review is on tomshardware for both.peevee - Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - link
Why does not AT review EX920? Beats overpriced Samsungs they are pushing all the time?asava - Thursday, June 21, 2018 - link
Hello,Any chance you could provide the identify namespace information for this drive? Under linux that would be by "nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1".
Thanks!