News Rumor: Samsung's PCIe 4.0 x4 980 Pro SSD To Launch by End of Summer

[Admin]

Use that PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 slot the way it's meant to be used

Rumor: Samsung's PCIe 4.0 x4 980 Pro SSD To Launch by End of Summer : Read more

 

[pmokover]

Any word on whether there will be a 2TB (or more) version?

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

But the question is will anyone other than prosumers and professionals be able to afford it? Gone is the age of Samsung drives being cheaper and better than all the other competitors, now there is much more viable variety for sometimes far less than Samsung charges.

 

[georgebaker437]

About time. Samsung's Pro series is the only NVMe I would ever use as a system drive on my personal machines. Even a relatively small (512Mb) system drive with a large secondary will preform better than other drives. I can now start planning my AMD high core count workstation system.

 

[alextheblue]

But the question is will anyone other than prosumers and professionals be able to afford it? Gone is the age of Samsung drives being cheaper and better than all the other competitors, now there is much more viable variety for sometimes far less than Samsung charges.

They charge a premium but they have excellent controllers, they sell a lot of product because they deliver. Also the Pro model is directly aimed at prosumers and professionals. Their consumer line is the Evo series. I suspect when they release a 4.0 Evo SSD, it will mop the floor with competing products. Not talking about peak transfer rates, but rather IOPS and real-world performance - and yes, it will cost a bit more as a result. Even right now with them dragging their feet, an older 3.0 970 Evo Plus is still very competitive with the latest 4.0 SSDs.

 

[afmckay]

I wonder how game load times are affected. Currently samsung PCIe3 ssds out perform sabrent PCIe4 ssds just because samsungs controller works better for that specific task some how, as tested here:

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phison-pcie-4.0-ssd-amd-ryzen-3000,6173-2.html

 

[USAFRet]

I wonder how game load times are affected.

Compared to what? 3.0? SATA III?
For that use, we're chasing diminishing returns.

 

[afmckay]

Compared to what? 3.0? SATA III?
For that use, we're chasing diminishing returns.

Vs their 970 pro.

 

[USAFRet]

Vs their 970 pro.

Right. Diminishing returns.

1/4 sec maybe?

 

[afmckay]

Thats a shame I dont really have any use for the read/write speed. I wonder if instead of increase average fps it might help with fps lows more? As stuff streams off of it into ram for certain games?

If not theres not much point in a gamer getting this if game load times truly aren't affected much.

 

[USAFRet]

Thats a shame I dont really have any use for the read/write speed. I wonder if instead of increase average fps it might help with fps lows more? As stuff streams off of it into ram for certain games?

If not theres not much point in a gamer getting this if game load times truly aren't affected much.

No, FPS won't be affected at all.
Even between one of these and a SATA III SSD.