Windows ReadyBoost

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Socoder -> On Topic -> Windows ReadyBoost
Tue, 15 Dec 2009, 06:57
Mog	So yes, I've been using Readyboost on my laptop and desktops but never really paid much into thinking about it. It claims to make things faster but honestly I can't tell much since my PC seemed to load things just fine. I guess it helps but without any sort of benchmark, i'm not very sold. Anyone else have any experiences? -=-=- I am Busy Mongoose - My Website Dev PC: AMD 8150-FX, 16gb Ram, GeForce GTX 680 2gb Current Project: Pyroxene
Tue, 15 Dec 2009, 07:03
Jayenkai	Haven't bothered to try it, but more ram always helps, right!? shrugs Guess it depends on what you're doing, really, as well as how fast the ram access is.. I can't imagine it being useful once you've multi-gig's in your system, but if you're crappy plodding along with just 1Gb (or less!!) that'll be more of a boost. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 15 Dec 2009, 08:58
Mog	It seemed to help out my laptop, which has 4gb of ram, a small bit when loading huge files- but ultimately killed the SD card i was using. it seems to only help out in file access rather than any sort of data swapping- but it seems like if you felt like getting hacky, creating a RAMDisk and using it for 'dirty' file operations that you commit every so often would be much quicker than waiting on some detachable drive. It's touted to keep harddrive access down, so i guess it could also benefit people who are using SSDs by errr... i guess, using another SSD as a cache. But again, that could be outperformed by my idea above- but i guess for the every day user, this is much easier. One cool 'future feature' they've said for Readyboost 2 is using idle networked computers RAM as a cache device. Again- I'm not sold until i see solid benchmarks of how beneficial this tech is, but hopefully it will prove to be worth it. -=-=- I am Busy Mongoose - My Website Dev PC: AMD 8150-FX, 16gb Ram, GeForce GTX 680 2gb Current Project: Pyroxene
Tue, 15 Dec 2009, 12:12
JL235	Mog It seemed to help out my laptop, which has 4gb of ram, a small bit when loading huge file Seconded. I've seen readyboost give a huge performance boost whilst installing large games when I've inserted a USB drive for it to munch on. However the performance boost is typically temporary. I think this is one of those Windows technologies that will probably work more effectively when it's more mature and been developed across multiple version of Windows. Like sleep, super fetch and 64-bit support.