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  1. November 19th, 2009, 05:38 PM #1
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    Anyone use Readyboost?

    With W7 or vista for that matter. I'm trying it with a 1G kingston datatraveller I'm not using for anything else but haven't noticed any difference in anything.. particularly how fast programs load.

    I don't really need a boost... my system is very fast and I've got ample ram for what I do, but I was curious to see what Readyboost could/would do. So far not much if anything. I guess it may be more useful for on the edge systems resource-wise.
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    Readyboost is just for Superfetch/Prefetch data. If you have a fast system, it's just a waste of a flash drive.
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    I agree, I tried it on Vista, and decided it wasn't worth bothering with - I didn't notice the slightest difference in performance. It might be more effective if you were running on a rig with hardly any RAM though.
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    1 GB or less ram it works, over 1 GB , forget it.
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    ReadyBoost is a cheap and effective way to boost performance of RAM-limited computers. However, the performance benefit is nowhere near what you get from simply installing more RAM.

    AnandTech: Windows Vista Performance Guide - ReadyBoost
    http://www.anandtech.com/systems/sho...spx?i=2917&p=5

    Tom's Hardware: Windows Vista's SuperFetch and ReadyBoost Analyzed
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  7. November 20th, 2009, 11:17 AM #6
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    Thanks for the input.

    Doc.. I'd read those articles already and was not expecting much... I just wanted to hear some personalized opinions from those I know .
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