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Jul 14, 2008, 12:12 PM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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USB flash drive for Readyboost?
I am thinking of buying a flash drive for Vista Readyboost. What size and features should I be looking for? I have never owned one of any kind so am totally lost here... 
I already have 4GB of RAM, 2 X 2GB PC2 8000 GSKILL, and am unsure if the USB flashdrive will even have a positive effect?
Thanks for any suggestions!
Maybe ChaosMinionX will feel sorry for me and give me his i-RAM.  |
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Jul 14, 2008, 12:14 PM
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DH mod staff leader
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Vantaa, Finland
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For 4Gb+ RAM I don't think ReadyBoost will help much since a lot of the data is stored in the RAM already ....
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Jul 14, 2008, 12:16 PM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
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Rats! Was hoping to slightly improve my PCMark 05 score....  |
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Jul 14, 2008, 01:59 PM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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Location: Germany
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Learnin'
Rats! Was hoping to slightly improve my PCMark 05 score.... |
4GB RAM for a 32-bit OS? Disable Windows pagefile, then try PCMark again... |
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Jul 14, 2008, 02:17 PM
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DH mod staff leader
Join Date: Dec 2004
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btw. JL your system specs shows XP  |
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Jul 14, 2008, 02:19 PM
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DH's oldest Geek?
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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It will give you a noticable boost with 4GB ram. Shucks I can see a difference and I have 8GB. Not as big a boost as when I was running 4GB, but a boost nonetheless.
I doubt that it will give you a better PCmark score but you will still see better performance in everyday use where it really counts.
I'm using some El Cheapo 4GB one that Microcenter sells under their name. I guess the faster flash drive you have the better it will work, but pretty much any flash drive will help.
I don't think that Vista will use more than 4GB in readyboost, so if you use anything bigger than 4GB it will be a waste.
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Jul 14, 2008, 02:40 PM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
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OOPS on the System Specs! Will fix that right away thanks. Hmmm... not enough room for 7 drives there. I actually seem to change parts in it from day to day so it gets me confused.
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