Will Readyboost Have A Positive Impact Running More Software Applicati


  1. Swiftkidd
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 6.1 x84
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    Will Readyboost Have A Positive Impact Running More Software Applicati


    I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate on a 120GB Corsair Force SSD and have 1GB of ram with Intel Pentium 4 processor 2.93GHz but It gets a little choppy & laggy when using ram and cpu intensive software such as picture and video editing/rendering and virtualization software such as VMWare so will using Readyboost feature in Windows 7 with an 8GB flash drive help at all maybe even seem like I have 2GB Ram or does it only effect caching/reading times that improves browsing explorer ?


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    Operating System:
    Windows 7 Ultimate

    Processor:
    Intell Pentium 4 CPU 2.93GHz

    Flash Drive: HP v190 8GB

    Ram:
    1:00GB

    Storage:
    2x 2TB WD Caviar Green HDD
    1x Corsair Force 120GB SDD (Running my OS)
    2x 2TB WD Caviar Green drives in NAS Raid 1

    Edit: I know I'd benefit more from a simple ram upgrade but I don't wish to spend that money just yet as I prefer to run this computer in to the ground as I've had it coming up 7 years and was an entry level and low performance computer to start with.. in my future computer I'd junk £1500 to £2000 in self build so want as much value out this first and beside I feel I don't know enough about components to proceed with the build just yet
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  3. Dsprague
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    Windows 7 enterprise 64 bit, Windows 7 Pro 64 bit ,Windows 8 64bit
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    Short answer No, long answerNO because ready boost does not act as ram or as aid to the CPU it acts as a cahce for superfetch, if you had a mechanical HDD it might speed things up, but you have an ssd so your read and write times are about as good as they are going to get. here is a link to a thread that probably explains things better than I can: How does ReadyBoost work?
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  4. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Swiftkidd,

    Yep, no would be your answer since you have Windows 7 running from a SSD. You would be much better off adding more RAM.

    Understand ReadyBoost and whether it will Speed Up your System

    ReadyBoost - Setup and Use
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  6. Layback Bear
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    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
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    The simple answer is NO. You have 1 gig of ram which is just not enough ram to run Windows 7 correctly. I would add more ram specified for your motherboard.
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