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babaghan   03-21-2008 at 01:36:33 AM

Does ReadyBoost really work or is Microsoft giving us a snow-job? I have a fairly high-end system and am doubtful it can help me.

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Nik_I   03-21-2008 at 02:10:27 AM
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well with your system, it's unlikely to do anything at all. on a lower-end system, it might however. although it did nothing for me with a 1GB memory stick when i tried vista on a P4 2.6 and 512MB of ram.

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lp231   03-21-2008 at 02:44:20 AM
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I've it on a Vista system with 1GB of ram and the memory usage with my 8GB flash drive is around 30%. After I've pulled out the flash drive the system's memory usage was round 50%.

The maximum amount for readyboost is 4GB, and there is a patch on somewhere on the microsoft's site that lets you used higher capacity USB flash drives and SDHC SD cards.

The patch is KB936825

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BLACKSCI   03-21-2008 at 03:11:06 AM
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Ready boost gives a small boost, but your 2.0 usb port is slower then your fsb, so dont expect any amazing results

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Shadow703793   03-21-2008 at 03:19:30 AM
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@OP: See:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/0 [...] tanalyzed/
look at page 4 for results.

 

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