Ready Boost?

K3rupt · 07-30-2007, 11:01 AM

Ok, Im using Ready Boost atm,

Does anyone know if it actually does anything?

It seems too actually get windows too let you use a flash disk in the first place is a Task in itself.

I haven noticed any difference. . .

Is it worth having it on?

I have 1Gig of Dual Channel Ram.

patrickv · 07-30-2007, 12:46 PM

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ReadyBoost

K3rupt · 07-30-2007, 01:08 PM

Why Thank you kind sir.

K3rupt · 07-30-2007, 01:09 PM

That doesn Answer MY question of:

What the hell does it do? lol.

And does it make a difference.

That topic is about Will it still work.

lol

[-0MEGA-] · 07-30-2007, 02:24 PM

ReadyBoost acts as a faster page file, where it stores commonly used files. Because flash drives are faster then hard drives, "theoretically" it's suppose to increase the overall speed, although i've used it and I haven't noticed a difference.

heyman421 · 07-30-2007, 02:34 PM

flash drives are slow, tho

even the fastest ones only have peak read speeds in the 20MB/s range

the only benefit i could think of is seek time, but i don't even know how good THAT is on a usb device....

plus, i'd think you'd still be better off with a hard drive that takes an extra few 1/10's of a second, but then proceeds to read 3-4 times faster.

tlarkin · 07-30-2007, 02:54 PM

Flash drives are slower than HDs and you would actually have to be using so much virtual memory that it goes over to your thumb drive or specify thumb drive as a virtual memory device. It also requires that your flash drive have an access time of 1ms. Device drivers are also a factor.

As of right now it is pretty much a worthless technology.

07-30-2007, 11:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
K3rupt Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Age: 16 Posts: 1,386	Ready Boost? Ok, Im using Ready Boost atm, Does anyone know if it actually does anything? It seems too actually get windows too let you use a flash disk in the first place is a Task in itself. I haven noticed any difference. . . Is it worth having it on? I have 1Gig of Dual Channel Ram. __________________ GigaByte K8N Nforce Pro-SLI AMD 3800+ Socket 939 2048MB PC3200 DDR Matched RAM 960GB Hard Drive [3 x 320GB SataII Seagate's] Albatron 8600GT 256MB New. . .Too me 21" ViewSonic LCD Monitor 6.3 Sound System \|Desktop\| \|Setup!\| \|Inside Computer\| \|Server\| Updated Setup! Check out My Banner! When The Rich Wage War Its The Poor Who Die.

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patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,426	similar threads that can help ReadyBoost __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2 Home: Core Duo E2180 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,Nvidia GForce 6200TB,320 GB (2x160GB) -Dual boot - XP / OSX 10.5.2

07-30-2007, 01:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
K3rupt Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Age: 16 Posts: 1,386	Why Thank you kind sir. __________________ GigaByte K8N Nforce Pro-SLI AMD 3800+ Socket 939 2048MB PC3200 DDR Matched RAM 960GB Hard Drive [3 x 320GB SataII Seagate's] Albatron 8600GT 256MB New. . .Too me 21" ViewSonic LCD Monitor 6.3 Sound System \|Desktop\| \|Setup!\| \|Inside Computer\| \|Server\| Updated Setup! Check out My Banner! When The Rich Wage War Its The Poor Who Die.

07-30-2007, 01:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
K3rupt Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Age: 16 Posts: 1,386	That doesn Answer MY question of: What the hell does it do? lol. And does it make a difference. That topic is about Will it still work. lol __________________ GigaByte K8N Nforce Pro-SLI AMD 3800+ Socket 939 2048MB PC3200 DDR Matched RAM 960GB Hard Drive [3 x 320GB SataII Seagate's] Albatron 8600GT 256MB New. . .Too me 21" ViewSonic LCD Monitor 6.3 Sound System \|Desktop\| \|Setup!\| \|Inside Computer\| \|Server\| Updated Setup! Check out My Banner! When The Rich Wage War Its The Poor Who Die.

07-30-2007, 02:24 PM	#5 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,897	ReadyBoost acts as a faster page file, where it stores commonly used files. Because flash drives are faster then hard drives, "theoretically" it's suppose to increase the overall speed, although i've used it and I haven't noticed a difference. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC 750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

07-30-2007, 02:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	flash drives are slow, tho even the fastest ones only have peak read speeds in the 20MB/s range the only benefit i could think of is seek time, but i don't even know how good THAT is on a usb device.... plus, i'd think you'd still be better off with a hard drive that takes an extra few 1/10's of a second, but then proceeds to read 3-4 times faster.

07-30-2007, 02:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,056	Flash drives are slower than HDs and you would actually have to be using so much virtual memory that it goes over to your thumb drive or specify thumb drive as a virtual memory device. It also requires that your flash drive have an access time of 1ms. Device drivers are also a factor. As of right now it is pretty much a worthless technology.

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