Does readyboost help at all?

[yadielfeliciano]

I have 2gigs of ram and I just set up readyboost with 2GB, will it help at all with system performance? oh and I have always wondered, how does readyboost help system performance?

 

[richc46]

MS can explain it better than me. Hope this helps

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/readyboost.aspx

 

[yadielfeliciano]

Thanks for the link
-Yad

 

[richc46]

Truly glad to be able to help.

 

[grimreaper]

I have 2gigs of ram and I just set up readyboost with 2GB, will it help at all with system performance? oh and I have always wondered, how does readyboost help system performance?

I have dedicated my 4gb USB stick just for readyboost.
and yes, it does help overall with system performance

 

[Nemix]

But your system lags like hell in the first 20 minutes of every boot.

Overall not worth it. Stick to physical ram and tweaks.

 

[Wishmaster]

My guess would be the quality of the Flash drive you use has a great impact as well.

My USB drive is really slow, so it hurts more than help anything.

 

[grimreaper]

I use a Sandisk Cruzer Titanium 4gb and i don't need it every day my system is running very well.
I use this when using serious apps like CS4, or AutoCad, it does help as for lags not a chance...smooth as silk.

 

[Nemix]

The lags have to happen at system boot, what do you think happens ReadyBoost just magically caches onto the USB/SD Drive?

Same goes for SuperFetch but it takes much less CPU cycles to cache the ram, on the other hand ReadyBoost uses much more CPU cycles to cache from hard drive to USB/SD drive not too mention USB/SD is so much slower than ram.

First 20 minutes at system boot live with it!

 

[Tepid]

First 20 minutes at system boot live with it!

I'm not a readyboost user.
But I would ahve to agree with the other post, it depends on the USB you use. Get som generic slow junk and yeah, expect it.
A good quality fast USB stick should not present as much a problem.

You get what you pay for.