How much does ReadBoot really help?

I was thinking about buying a SanDisk 4GB readyboots USB drive to use on
my computer. I already have 4GB of Ram installed on my pc and was
wondering if it would make any signifigant difference if I added this
drive. I am posting a link to the USB drive.

Any suggestions would be really appreciated, thanks in advance.

'*http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...ID=1611587610*'
(http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...OID=1611587610)


--
alltheway

- Aaron

ASUS P5ND2-SLI
Intel Pentium D 830 3.0ghz
Corsair 4 gb DDR2 5400
EVGA 7800GT
BFG 7800GT
Antec 550w SLI Certified
160 GB WD Vista Ultimate
80 GB Hitatchi Windows XP SP2
ACER 22" Widescreen

Since you already have 4Gb's installed Readyboost probably won't give
you a any gains, Congrats. Readyboost is a nice feature, but only shows
noticeable gains on systems with 1GB or less of RAM.

'AnandTech: Windows Vista Performance Guide'
(http://www.anandtech.com/systems/sho...spx?i=2917&p=6)


--
beastiebob

Its not really going to make a difference on your system.
On mine Outlook opened maybe a half second faster and boot up time was only
a little better.
It was really not enough to make a difference you would really notice.


"alltheway" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I was thinking about buying a SanDisk 4GB readyboots USB drive to use on
> my computer. I already have 4GB of Ram installed on my pc and was
> wondering if it would make any signifigant difference if I added this
> drive. I am posting a link to the USB drive.
>
> Any suggestions would be really appreciated, thanks in advance.
>
> '*http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...ID=1611587610*'
> (http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...OID=1611587610)
>
>
> --
> alltheway
>
> - Aaron
>
> ASUS P5ND2-SLI
> Intel Pentium D 830 3.0ghz
> Corsair 4 gb DDR2 5400
> EVGA 7800GT
> BFG 7800GT
> Antec 550w SLI Certified
> 160 GB WD Vista Ultimate
> 80 GB Hitatchi Windows XP SP2
> ACER 22" Widescreen

Reports I have read indicate the closer you get to 2 GB RAM, the less
ReadyBoost will be noticed.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"alltheway" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I was thinking about buying a SanDisk 4GB readyboots USB drive to
> use on
> my computer. I already have 4GB of Ram installed on my pc and was
> wondering if it would make any signifigant difference if I added
> this
> drive. I am posting a link to the USB drive.
>
> Any suggestions would be really appreciated, thanks in advance.
>
> '*http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...ID=1611587610*'
> (http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...OID=1611587610)
>
>
> --
> alltheway
>
> - Aaron
>
> ASUS P5ND2-SLI
> Intel Pentium D 830 3.0ghz
> Corsair 4 gb DDR2 5400
> EVGA 7800GT
> BFG 7800GT
> Antec 550w SLI Certified
> 160 GB WD Vista Ultimate
> 80 GB Hitatchi Windows XP SP2
> ACER 22" Widescreen

in some cases i've heard people say that it makes it slower, and i happened
to try it and reached the same conclusion

--


Jonathan Perreault
Word Of Advice: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work,
Or It'll Undermine You As A User
"alltheway" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I was thinking about buying a SanDisk 4GB readyboots USB drive to use on
> my computer. I already have 4GB of Ram installed on my pc and was
> wondering if it would make any signifigant difference if I added this
> drive. I am posting a link to the USB drive.
>
> Any suggestions would be really appreciated, thanks in advance.
>
> '*http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...ID=1611587610*'
> (http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...OID=1611587610)
>
>
> --
> alltheway
>
> - Aaron
>
> ASUS P5ND2-SLI
> Intel Pentium D 830 3.0ghz
> Corsair 4 gb DDR2 5400
> EVGA 7800GT
> BFG 7800GT
> Antec 550w SLI Certified
> 160 GB WD Vista Ultimate
> 80 GB Hitatchi Windows XP SP2
> ACER 22" Widescreen

alltheway wrote:
> I was thinking about buying a SanDisk 4GB readyboots USB drive to use on
> my computer. I already have 4GB of Ram installed on my pc and was
> wondering if it would make any signifigant difference if I added this
> drive. I am posting a link to the USB drive.
>
> Any suggestions would be really appreciated, thanks in advance.
>
> '*http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...ID=1611587610*'
> (http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...OID=1611587610)

As others have said, with that much memory you aren't going to see any
improvement with ReadyBoost. ReadyBoost basically gives you a pagefile
that is cached to flash memory rather than HD. Unless benchmarks or
other measurements indicate you are using the pagefile frequently, then
ReadyBoost isn't going to help performance.
--
Tom Porterfield

please repeat this because I have reported the same thing here and they
would not believe me..

I have heard the same thing from 4 different sources!



"jonathan perreault" <> wrote in message
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> in some cases i've heard people say that it makes it slower, and i
> happened to try it and reached the same conclusion
>
> --
>
>
> Jonathan Perreault
> Word Of Advice: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work,
> Or It'll Undermine You As A User
> "alltheway" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> I was thinking about buying a SanDisk 4GB readyboots USB drive to use on
>> my computer. I already have 4GB of Ram installed on my pc and was
>> wondering if it would make any signifigant difference if I added this
>> drive. I am posting a link to the USB drive.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be really appreciated, thanks in advance.
>>
>> '*http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...ID=1611587610*'
>> (http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...OID=1611587610)
>>
>>
>> --
>> alltheway
>>
>> - Aaron
>>
>> ASUS P5ND2-SLI
>> Intel Pentium D 830 3.0ghz
>> Corsair 4 gb DDR2 5400
>> EVGA 7800GT
>> BFG 7800GT
>> Antec 550w SLI Certified
>> 160 GB WD Vista Ultimate
>> 80 GB Hitatchi Windows XP SP2
>> ACER 22" Widescreen
>

vista terminal ator wrote:

> please repeat this because I have reported the same thing here and they
> would not believe me..
>
> I have heard the same thing from 4 different sources!

Got anything besides anecdotal evidence based on your hatred of MS & Vista?
Well...?
Frank

On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:32:53 -0500, alltheway
<> wrote:

>
> I was thinking about buying a SanDisk 4GB readyboots USB drive to use on
> my computer. I already have 4GB of Ram installed on my pc and was
> wondering if it would make any signifigant difference if I added this
> drive. I am posting a link to the USB drive.



It will almost certainly make no discernable difference. I tried
Readyboost here with 2GB, and saw no performance improvement.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> Reports I have read indicate the closer you get to 2 GB RAM, the less
> ReadyBoost will be noticed.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "alltheway" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> I was thinking about buying a SanDisk 4GB readyboots USB drive to use on
>> my computer. I already have 4GB of Ram installed on my pc and was
>> wondering if it would make any signifigant difference if I added this
>> drive. I am posting a link to the USB drive.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be really appreciated, thanks in advance.
>>
>> '*http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...ID=1611587610*'
>> (http://www.officemax.com/max/solutio...OID=1611587610)
>>
>>
>> --
>> alltheway
>>
>> - Aaron
>>
>> ASUS P5ND2-SLI
>> Intel Pentium D 830 3.0ghz
>> Corsair 4 gb DDR2 5400
>> EVGA 7800GT
>> BFG 7800GT
>> Antec 550w SLI Certified
>> 160 GB WD Vista Ultimate
>> 80 GB Hitatchi Windows XP SP2
>> ACER 22" Widescreen
>

My experience with ReadyBoost(TM) to-date has been that
1) It slows start-ups
2) It slows shut-downs.

I've turned all such caching off.

Donald McDaniel