Samsung 840 Evo SSD slowing to a crawl over time, firmware fix in October

Hamlet

Everybody knows how much NS2 depends on a speedy SSD.
As it turns out, if you happen to own a Samsung 840 Evo, its speed will take a massive hit if you try to access older files.
The older the file's creation date, the slower it becomes.**
You can read all about it here: http://www.computerbase.de/2014-09/840-evo-ssd-schwaechelt-bei-alten-daten-loesung-in-arbeit/
Or here: http://www.overclock.net/t/1507897/samsung-840-evo-read-speed-drops-on-old-written-data-in-the-drive

Luckily, Samsung promised a firmware fix for October.

**I witness this effect with my own NS2 - finally I got an explanation why loading times have become mysteriously abysmal lately, although I installed NS2 on my SSD, reaching waiting times of more than 2 minutes for the first map after starting the game. After hearing the news, I deleted and reinstalled NS2 yesterday and suddenly the first map load is lightning fast again.

Well, I'm definitely looking forward to the proper (firmware) fix.

ball2hi

Just use Diskfresh. It's being recommended in the thread. http://download.cnet.com/DiskFresh/3000-18512_4-75937078.html

DC_Darkling

Im not sure if thats smart as a SSD rewrites to a new cell not the old one. And you want to minimize new writes to prolong its life.
firmware fix would be better.

ball2hi

DC_Darkling wrote: »

Im not sure if thats smart as a SSD rewrites to a new cell not the old one. And you want to minimize new writes to prolong its life.
firmware fix would be better.

I already used it. I made everything rubberband in NS2 but over-time it seemed to fix itself the longer I kept playing. It was recommended on overclock.net, welp.