Windows 7: Readyboost

[darkassain]

I would recommend it for those below the minimum system specs. I have it running on an old P4 system with 512MB of RAM and the 2 or 4 GB flash drive really helps. I have not purchased new RAM because it seems to run fine with 512MB of RAM and readyboost. FYI

ohh yes i have been throught that route and yes it helps...
its actually better (in my view) to have a separate readyboost drive (1gb or 2gb should be enough..) and then another for personal files as the readyboost drive will deteriorate a little faster since you are using the paging more...
and that way you buy a the fastest flashdrive money can buy...
though i would preffer at that point to just buy ram (i know they are some people with ddr ram and this does not apply as the price to value ratio does not justify the ram purchase

 

[Crunchy Doodle]

As I stated in another posting on this subject - ReadyBoost is effective in certain applications and of no value for many. I happen to have an application I use a lot that does benefit greatly from ReadyBoost, so I use it. While it does mildly benefit many applications, it may not be worth the trouble for many people.

Bye.

 

[Monga]

I wouldn't be using an expensive iPod as a readyboost drive even if it worked, flash memory has limited read/write cycles.

 

[torrentg]

I have 1 GB DDR and a Readyboost stick set at recommended 840 MB. To be honest, I'm not sure if there is any performance increase but I like the assurance of running it anyhow. So if there is an increase, at least I know I'm benefiting from it lol.

 

[GreyHades]

I have RC 7100, when you insert the pendrive it gives you the option tu use it as ReadyBoost.

 

[Charbroil57]

Unlimited ReadyBoost

I have a HP Pavilion, a6230n, with an Athlon 64 X2 5600+. I upgraded video to a BFG 8500GT 512MB and replaced the stock power supply with an Ultra LSP 650, then added 8GB of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 6400 - 800MHz memory and clean installed Windows 7 7100 64-bit Evaluation copy. My system is running with no problems, no crashes, and recognizes all 8 gig memory and is using 7.47 gig of a Cruzer 8GB USB Flash Drive as dedicated ReadyBoost. When I pluged a PNY 8GB Flash Drive in another USB port I was offered the opportunity to use that as ReadyBoost also. I guess the limit of 4GB and the use of multi-ReadyBoost devices has been lifted at least in the 64-bit version.

 

[TechOutsider]

Charbroil57, will you really be using >8gb of memory?

 

[darkassain]

I have a HP Pavilion, a6230n, with an Athlon 64 X2 5600+. I upgraded video to a BFG 8500GT 512MB and replaced the stock power supply with an Ultra LSP 650, then added 8GB of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 6400 - 800MHz memory and clean installed Windows 7 7100 64-bit Evaluation copy. My system is running with no problems, no crashes, and recognizes all 8 gig memory and is using 7.47 gig of a Cruzer 8GB USB Flash Drive as dedicated ReadyBoost. When I pluged a PNY 8GB Flash Drive in another USB port I was offered the opportunity to use that as ReadyBoost also. I guess the limit of 4GB and the use of multi-ReadyBoost devices has been lifted at least in the 64-bit version.

the windows team blog talked about this i remember....
some time ago they said the technology was matured enough to let readyboost be accessible by multiple devices....
this now includes memory cards if they are fast enough..
but im with TC...
you already have 8gb...
so why use readyboost?...
at this point turning off the page file does heaps better to the system than having a cache file (which is what readyboost is...)

 

[Charbroil57]

8 gig

I'm not sure if my system will use all 8 gig memory and the 7.47 gig ReadyBoost, but it sure flies now compaired to before.

 

[TechOutsider]

ReadyBoost is only for those with about 512 MB of memory, and possibly 1 GB. I have never seen Vista use more than 1.5 GB of RAM. It makes no difference with sufficient RAM ... ~2GB.

 

[swarfega]

I believe it does, particularly with opening some applications.

 

[TechOutsider]

Before in XP, virtual RAM was placed on a hard disk. Using flash drives (ReadyBooot), is only somewhat faster.

 

[darkassain]

it depends on how much memory you have...
if you have enough then you should by all means disable the page file...
this will not only force the system to put all of its files on memory(and make it faster to access windows) but also free up a bunch of space...
like i said at this point if you have enough ram and you are using readyboost (if you disabled the page file of course) the bottleneck will now be at the usb interface and will slow you down....

 

[scaramonga]

Irritating, that when you plug any USB flash drive in, Readycrap checks to see if its compatible, even when the same USB drive is set to 'do not use this device'.

I'd like some way to turn the thing off (completely) in future

 

[holo88]

I picked up a 2gig flash drive today for like $8 (probably just from reading this thread)

I have 1gig of system memory, since i started using readyboost, i can tell there is an increase in speed. it's no extenze, but it works (for me)

btw, is it better to use fat or fat32? or does it even matter?

 

[darkassain]

this should explain it..
FAT16 vs. FAT32

 

[holo88]

so fat32 is better for readyboost?
I'm not really sure how readyboost handles information as far as using it for vRam (im guessing) I'm not to familiar with this tool. I only used vista for like a week (and hated it) so i dont really have any experiance these newer OS's

 

[darkassain]

so fat32 is better for readyboost?
I'm not really sure how readyboost handles information as far as using it for vRam (im guessing) I'm not to familiar with this tool. I only used vista for like a week (and hated it) so i dont really have any experiance these newer OS's

the main point i was trying to make...

It is efficient, both in speed and storage, on volumes smaller than 256 MB.

so by your account your 2gb will have better performance from fat32

 

[holo88]

oaky-doaky. i was just a little confused, when i first pluged it in and deleted the crap 'software' off it, i formatted it and by default it used Fat. so i figured that's what i was supposed to be. all clear now thanks for the info.

 

[Charbroil57]

Fat32?

so fat32 is better for readyboost?
I'm not really sure how readyboost handles information as far as using it for vRam (im guessing) I'm not to familiar with this tool. I only used vista for like a week (and hated it) so i dont really have any experiance these newer OS's

Maybe it is I, who is misinformed...I reformatted my 8GB Cruzer thumb drive to NTFS and dedicated all free memory (7.47GB) to ReadyBoost. Of the three file systems (FAT, FAT32, and NTFS), I thought NTFS would be the more efficient since it is the native file system.