In my experience/testing, ReadyBoost seems to really only
help those with under 1 GIG of RAM. Although, on one machine
with 2GB, I have noticed a little difference when running virtual machines.
Some additional reading about ReadyBoost by the
program manager in charge;
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/arch...02/615199.aspx
Back in April, I posted a blog entry on the ReadyBoost feature -
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/arch...14/576548.aspx
the Windows Vista feature that allows you to use a USB key as virtual memory in order to
enhance performance. While I originally intended the post to be an overview of ReadyBoost, it
proved quite popular and garnered quite a few questions seeking more detail. I apologize that
it's taken this long, but I've finally tracked down "the man" who could provide the answers -
Matt Ayers, who is the Program Manager in the Microsoft Windows Client Performance group and
basically owns the ReadyBoost feature.
Instead of updating the original post, I created this new post entry that will be the home of
the Q&A I receive. That way, people won't have to wade through opinions and comments and can
come to this post to see only Q&A.
continued.....
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/arch...02/615199.aspx
-Michael
* Mick Murphy:
> You already have 4Gig of system RAM. Your system is not what Readyboost was
> designed for.
>
> Readyboost was designed as an addition for systems running 1-2 gig of RAM
>
> "Jarablue" wrote:
>
>> Ok my system is Vista ULT 64 bit (thank you boss!) and is fully patched with
>> latest device, bios and firmwares for my entire system.
>>
>> Now I have a cruzer micro 4 gig usb flash drive that I fully removed U3
>> application from with there format tool. Ok. Whenever I enable readyboost
>> on it then close the window it's gone. Poof just gone. My system is:
>>
>> q6600 Intel quad core CPU
>> P5K Asus P35 chipset vanilla board
>> 4 gigs of RAM
>> 10k raptor OS drive
>> 8800GTX Video
>>
>> Other than that everything is fine. I have no idea why my readyboost cache
>> keep going. Last week it was replaced with something else???? Is this a
>> joke? Vista for some reason used to like it now it doesn't? What is going
>> on here? Why is this happening? Please help!!!
>>
>>
>> Jarablue in Worcester.
>>
>>