plugged in usb 1gb stick and vista wants to use it?

lovely? · 07-15-2007, 06:36 AM

hey i ordered vista and this 1gb stick came free with it from newegg, but when i plugged it in, vista said that it wanted to use it to make my system faster? what is it going on about?

lovely? · 07-15-2007, 06:57 AM

oh its calling it a ready boost file, and its 230MB in the usb drive. anyone know what this is, what it does, and if its worth it?

kof2000 · 07-15-2007, 07:00 AM

is useful if you have little ram.

munkyeetr · 07-15-2007, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kof2000

is useful if you have little ram.

Yeah. Was discussed in this post.

Lord Of The Ming · 07-15-2007, 01:36 PM

Pretty Much, It takes advantage of the high speed of USB 2 to allow you to use a USB stick as an extension to your RAM.

lovely? · 07-15-2007, 05:35 PM

huh, that sounds interesting, but i cant see it being very fast, i mean even a 64mb chip had something like 184 pins, whereas this stick only has 4. i think that will restrict its speed

vonfeldt7 · 07-15-2007, 07:08 PM

^^ it does restrict the speed, its nowhere near as fast as actual ram, but its better than nothing for people who have little ram.

lovely? · 07-15-2007, 07:23 PM

i see its kind of an inbetween from ram and hd

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lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,651	oh its calling it a ready boost file, and its 230MB in the usb drive. anyone know what this is, what it does, and if its worth it? __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

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lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,651	huh, that sounds interesting, but i cant see it being very fast, i mean even a 64mb chip had something like 184 pins, whereas this stick only has 4. i think that will restrict its speed __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

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vonfeldt7 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Middle of nowhere, Kansas Age: 17 Posts: 987	^^ it does restrict the speed, its nowhere near as fast as actual ram, but its better than nothing for people who have little ram. __________________ CPU [Intel Q9450] CPU GFX [Evga 8800GT] GFX RAM [G.Skill 4GB @ 1000MHz] RAM MOBO [Asus Maximus Formula] MOBO

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lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,651	i see its kind of an inbetween from ram and hd __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

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