Ready Boost is awesome

[Makaveli]

Vista has this feature called "Ready Boost", which is when you use stuff like Jump drives etc. to make your computer faster by storing stuff that would take longer for the ram to do in your jump drive. If you have vista and haven't used this, I suggest you do. I have a 3GB Dual core computer and I am using my 8GB Jump Drive for ready boost.

The difference is HUGE. I have a decent computer already, but now it is so much better. This would be ideal for those that have vista but only have 2GB or less Ram. Or anyone. It is awesome.

It is better performance improvement than when I put a 1GB Ram stick in my friends Dell that had 512. It really is amazing. Of course adding Ram would be much better, but this is a good add on to any Vista running computer because we all know how slow Vista can be.

[TheWolfe]

I'm confused...how does this help a person who doesn't understand computer very well?
And...link?

[firemaker60]

At 1/11/09 08:24 PM, TheWolfe wrote: I'm confused...how does this help a person who doesn't understand computer very well?
And...link?

Basically, ReadyBoost can make your computer faster when you have a flash drive laying around, but not enough money to buy a RAM upgrade for your computer. When you put your flash drive into your computer, you just have to go to Computer, then right click on the drive, and make sure that ReadyBoost is enabled. Also make sure that there is sufficent room left on the drive.

Now, to the OP, would I still get a preformace increase if I used an external (120 GB) hard drive? Would it not be as noticible since it's not flash memory?

[TacoFreak]

At 1/11/09 08:22 PM, Makaveli wrote:

I have a 3GB Dual core computer

OP knows shit about computers.

[TheWolfe]

At 1/11/09 08:29 PM, firemaker60 wrote: Basically, ReadyBoost....

Oh...sounds interesting. I dont have any flash drives...I dont see how a couple of GBs can make your computer go faster. I have 100GB left in my computer, and I cant do anything?

[Makaveli]

At 1/11/09 08:29 PM, firemaker60 wrote:

At 1/11/09 08:24 PM, TheWolfe wrote: I'm confused...how does this help a person who doesn't understand computer very well?
And...link?

Basically, ReadyBoost can make your computer faster when you have a flash drive laying around, but not enough money to buy a RAM upgrade for your computer. When you put your flash drive into your computer, you just have to go to Computer, then right click on the drive, and make sure that ReadyBoost is enabled. Also make sure that there is sufficent room left on the drive.

Now, to the OP, would I still get a preformace increase if I used an external (120 GB) hard drive? Would it not be as noticible since it's not flash memory?

Easy answer - If Windows lets you use it for ready boost, than it is fast enough. I doubt it would be as good as a Jump drive unless it is a really good external. I have seen a external that are faster than most jump drives.

[paintballr]

At 1/11/09 08:33 PM, TheWolfe wrote:

At 1/11/09 08:29 PM, firemaker60 wrote: Basically, ReadyBoost....

Oh...sounds interesting. I dont have any flash drives...I dont see how a couple of GBs can make your computer go faster. I have 100GB left in my computer, and I cant do anything?

RAM = random access memory, meaning that it stores that shit the doesn't need to be saved in this area. that's why it is good for games because when you play a game you have little bits of info that your computer needs to process, but doesn't need to save any of it. so it stores this info in your ram, and then it deletes the data when you shutdown. so if you have more ram then your computer can save more data, and it can therefor run a lot smoother. your "100 gb" you have left is in your hardrive, and that's for saving things (obviously).

[Makaveli]

At 1/11/09 08:30 PM, TacoFreak wrote:

At 1/11/09 08:22 PM, Makaveli wrote:

I have a 3GB Dual core computer

OP knows shit about computers.

Oh god forbid I forgot to put a comma. I know the difference between Ram and Processors. I thought that letting people know I use a dual core would be relevant to show the importance to the amount my performance has been raised.

[Rage]

Readyboost is primarily for older computers that don't have that much RAM to begin with (Like 512mb). When readyboost DOES help, it only does so marginally. In fact, the USB drive you're using is probably significantly slower than your hard drive in data transfer rates, where the data would otherwise be stored (See: page file). The only advantage would be the seek time provided by the USB drive, which is almost instantaneous.

I'm probably going out on a limb here, but I doubt it's helping you much at all. I think it's in your mind.

[TheWolfe]

At 1/11/09 08:38 PM, paintballr wrote: RAM = random access memory

i realize what RAM is, ok? But a flash drive has GB on it, MEMORY, so how come you can use FLASHDRIVE MEMORY for Ram, but not HARDDRIVE MEMORY?

[Makaveli]

At 1/11/09 08:41 PM, RageVI wrote: Readyboost is primarily for older computers that don't have that much RAM to begin with (Like 512mb). When readyboost DOES help, it only does so marginally. In fact, the USB drive you're using is probably significantly slower than your hard drive in data transfer rates, where the data would otherwise be stored (See: page file). The only advantage would be the seek time provided by the USB drive, which is almost instantaneous.

I'm probably going out on a limb here, but I doubt it's helping you much at all. I think it's in your mind.

Rage, I see what you are saying and it is wise. I remained totally un biased ( Lost for a better phrase) and I do notice a major difference. Why? I am not sure. Basically everything runs smoother. Games, and large programs are much faster and smoother. Since it has been using my Jump as the

And to an earlier person, a HDD would most likely not work as a tool for this. I doubt it would pass the speed test now that I think about it. I doubt you would get any benefit.

[Makaveli]

At 1/11/09 08:44 PM, TheWolfe wrote:

At 1/11/09 08:38 PM, paintballr wrote: RAM = random access memory

i realize what RAM is, ok? But a flash drive has GB on it, MEMORY, so how come you can use FLASHDRIVE MEMORY for Ram, but not HARDDRIVE MEMORY?

The reason for this is because Ready Boost increases the performance of smaller, random I/Os, much like the paging to & from disk.

HDD is good for Large I/O. This is much different

By the way for all to know, this will not kill any windows supported device.

[Rage]

At 1/11/09 08:47 PM, Makaveli wrote:

I do notice a major difference. Why? I am not sure.

I'm not going to argue with you seeing a major difference (After all, that's all that matters in the end). It's just that I would be more worried about my RAM if readyboost was actually helping that much. 3GB of memory is usually more than sufficient for today's computer user/gamer.

It's just that in theory, it shouldn't be helping you nearly at all. In fact, it sometimes slows things down. Adding more memory wouldn't just be better, but the difference would likely be like night and day. Here's an image from a benchmark done to measure its performance.

I'd also try running some benchmarks if I were you so you can quantify the improvement some how.

[Makaveli]

At 1/11/09 09:00 PM, RageVI wrote:

At 1/11/09 08:47 PM, Makaveli wrote:

I do notice a major difference. Why? I am not sure.

I'm not going to argue with you seeing a major difference (After all, that's all that matters in the end). It's just that I would be more worried about my RAM if readyboost was actually helping that much. 3GB of memory is usually more than sufficient for today's computer user/gamer.

It's just that in theory, it shouldn't be helping you nearly at all. In fact, it sometimes slows things down. Adding more memory wouldn't just be better, but the difference would likely be like night and day. Here's an image from a benchmark done to measure its performance.

I'd also try running some benchmarks if I were you so you can quantify the improvement some how.

That was a very informative pic. And yes I have been thinking that I might have defective RAM or something, because this computer does seem slower than it should be, for example, even stopping Youtube movies at 2 seconds.

Could you maybe suggest a good Benchmark site? I have not ever used one on this computer but I have at work and at a friends.