W7 readyboost feature

[moonshine]

I'm talking about people that can't afford RAM upgrades but have Flash Drives that are ready to be used for ReadyBoost. :s

 

[win7holic]

I'm talking about people that can't afford RAM upgrades but have Flash Drives that are ready to be used for ReadyBoost. :s

it right, but nowadays ram are cheap even DDR3

 

[moonshine]

As of today, RAM is the cheapest hardware upgrade you can buy with great results.

 

[Deleted member 178]

i have a 8gb sd card that i dont use so maybe i will use for it ^^

 

[bogdan]

Try and let us know if you notice any improvements. You can use HDTune FREE (scroll down to download the free version or use a similar tool) to test your USB sticks and see which one might be the best to use. I guess you are probably looking for the fastest access time.

 

[Deleted member 178]

I guess you are probably looking for the fastest access time.

yes ^^

 

[jamescv7]

I didn't hear this feature nor used but since its capable like minimum 1GB RAM, I think on my mom's netbook its not necessarily to use it. Works fast and no problems.

 

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

I have used it, a little improvement noticed. Thanks for reminding me to use it

 

[Hungry Man]

ReadyBoost essentially uses a SSD or USB with access times <.1ms. It's helpful for keeping a cache of recently/commonly used files in an area that's faster than your hard drive.

If you already have a lot of RAM your OS will be using it to cache already so you won't notice any difference by using readyboost.

It's a cool feature but mostly for people with 1GB of RAM.

 

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

Just for extra information: Windows Vista Readyboost has many restrictions which were removed in that of Windows 7.

 

[jamescv7]

That would be useful however these days, laptops have more than 1GB RAM and the user satisfied it already. Also more people already used more than 1GB RAM.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Win7...your system is YOUR system, yours is not THE standard. On mine Nlightly use around 350mb and even reached 600. They were no bugs.