Vista & Memory

I had someone at HP tell me this, can anyone confirm it? I was inquiring
about upping the RAM on my computer and the HP tech told me that if you
stick a 2 GB flash drive in a USB connection that Vista would read any free
space on it as usable memory and your system performance would increase. He
is talking about using it as RAM and not additional HD space. It sounds to
good to be true but he swears HP has done tests that shows sticking in a 2
GB flash drive gets you almost as much performance improvement as putting in
an additional 2 GB of RAM. Sounds too good to be true. I assume it is.
Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks in advance... Bob

Bob Newman wrote:
> I had someone at HP tell me this, can anyone confirm it? I was inquiring
> about upping the RAM on my computer and the HP tech told me that if you
> stick a 2 GB flash drive in a USB connection that Vista would read any free
> space on it as usable memory and your system performance would increase. He
> is talking about using it as RAM and not additional HD space. It sounds to
> good to be true but he swears HP has done tests that shows sticking in a 2
> GB flash drive gets you almost as much performance improvement as putting in
> an additional 2 GB of RAM. Sounds too good to be true. I assume it is.
> Can anyone confirm this?


Anandtech has done some benchmarking:
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2917&p=5

It might do some good, but it can never be as fast as real ram

I Seriously doubt it, would be great if it was true, now you have me thinking
haha! anyone else confirm this "myth" ?

"Bob Newman" wrote:

> I had someone at HP tell me this, can anyone confirm it? I was inquiring
> about upping the RAM on my computer and the HP tech told me that if you
> stick a 2 GB flash drive in a USB connection that Vista would read any free
> space on it as usable memory and your system performance would increase. He
> is talking about using it as RAM and not additional HD space. It sounds to
> good to be true but he swears HP has done tests that shows sticking in a 2
> GB flash drive gets you almost as much performance improvement as putting in
> an additional 2 GB of RAM. Sounds too good to be true. I assume it is.
> Can anyone confirm this?
>
> Thanks in advance... Bob
>
>
>

this is called readyboost...

it does help a bit on computers with less than 1 gb ram..

but it is not a substitute for ram.. its just like a "helper"



"Bob Newman" <> wrote in message
news:BmwOi.339394$...
>I had someone at HP tell me this, can anyone confirm it? I was inquiring
> about upping the RAM on my computer and the HP tech told me that if you
> stick a 2 GB flash drive in a USB connection that Vista would read any
> free
> space on it as usable memory and your system performance would increase.
> He
> is talking about using it as RAM and not additional HD space. It sounds
> to
> good to be true but he swears HP has done tests that shows sticking in a 2
> GB flash drive gets you almost as much performance improvement as putting
> in
> an additional 2 GB of RAM. Sounds too good to be true. I assume it is.
> Can anyone confirm this?
>
> Thanks in advance... Bob
>
>

Using Windows ReadyBoost is not the same thing as adding
more system memory (RAM). Windows ReadyBoost can improve system
performance because it can retrieve data kept on the flash memory
more quickly than it can retrieve data kept on the hard disk, decreasing
the time you need to wait for your PC to respond.

My HP Pavilion originally came with 1GB of 533MHz of RAM.
I removed this slow RAM and installed 2GB of 667MHz RAM and now
Windows Vista performs extraordinary well.


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"Bob Newman" <> wrote in message news:BmwOi.339394$...
I had someone at HP tell me this, can anyone confirm it? I was inquiring
about upping the RAM on my computer and the HP tech told me that if you
stick a 2 GB flash drive in a USB connection that Vista would read any free
space on it as usable memory and your system performance would increase. He
is talking about using it as RAM and not additional HD space. It sounds to
good to be true but he swears HP has done tests that shows sticking in a 2
GB flash drive gets you almost as much performance improvement as putting in
an additional 2 GB of RAM. Sounds too good to be true. I assume it is.
Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks in advance... Bob

>Windows Vista performs extraordinary well

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

What else do you see? Pink elephants flying through the air?


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:591B244A-C0DF-4009-B871-...
> Using Windows ReadyBoost is not the same thing as adding
> more system memory (RAM). Windows ReadyBoost can improve system
> performance because it can retrieve data kept on the flash memory
> more quickly than it can retrieve data kept on the hard disk, decreasing
> the time you need to wait for your PC to respond.
>
> My HP Pavilion originally came with 1GB of 533MHz of RAM.
> I removed this slow RAM and installed 2GB of 667MHz RAM and now
> Windows Vista performs extraordinary well.
>
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Bob Newman" <> wrote in message
> news:BmwOi.339394$...
> I had someone at HP tell me this, can anyone confirm it? I was inquiring
> about upping the RAM on my computer and the HP tech told me that if you
> stick a 2 GB flash drive in a USB connection that Vista would read any
> free
> space on it as usable memory and your system performance would increase.
> He
> is talking about using it as RAM and not additional HD space. It sounds
> to
> good to be true but he swears HP has done tests that shows sticking in a 2
> GB flash drive gets you almost as much performance improvement as putting
> in
> an additional 2 GB of RAM. Sounds too good to be true. I assume it is.
> Can anyone confirm this?
>
> Thanks in advance... Bob
>
>

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:591B244A-C0DF-4009-B871-...
> Using Windows ReadyBoost is not the same thing as adding
> more system memory (RAM). Windows ReadyBoost can improve system
> performance because it can retrieve data kept on the flash memory
> more quickly than it can retrieve data kept on the hard disk, decreasing
> the time you need to wait for your PC to respond.
>
> My HP Pavilion originally came with 1GB of 533MHz of RAM.
> I removed this slow RAM and installed 2GB of 667MHz RAM and now
> Windows Vista performs extraordinary well.
>
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Bob Newman" <> wrote in message
news:BmwOi.339394$...
> I had someone at HP tell me this, can anyone confirm it? I was inquiring
> about upping the RAM on my computer and the HP tech told me that if you
> stick a 2 GB flash drive in a USB connection that Vista would read any
free
> space on it as usable memory and your system performance would increase.
He
> is talking about using it as RAM and not additional HD space. It sounds
to
> good to be true but he swears HP has done tests that shows sticking in a 2
> GB flash drive gets you almost as much performance improvement as putting
in
> an additional 2 GB of RAM. Sounds too good to be true. I assume it is.
> Can anyone confirm this?
>
> Thanks in advance... Bob
>
>

The way it was explained to me was that is was the empty space on the flash
drive that determined how well this feature worked and had nothing to do
with accessing data on the flash drive.

Bob

why not read about it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost



"Bob Newman" <> wrote in message
news:%ixOi.13432$...
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:591B244A-C0DF-4009-B871-...
>> Using Windows ReadyBoost is not the same thing as adding
>> more system memory (RAM). Windows ReadyBoost can improve system
>> performance because it can retrieve data kept on the flash memory
>> more quickly than it can retrieve data kept on the hard disk, decreasing
>> the time you need to wait for your PC to respond.
>>
>> My HP Pavilion originally came with 1GB of 533MHz of RAM.
>> I removed this slow RAM and installed 2GB of 667MHz RAM and now
>> Windows Vista performs extraordinary well.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "Bob Newman" <> wrote in message
> news:BmwOi.339394$...
>> I had someone at HP tell me this, can anyone confirm it? I was inquiring
>> about upping the RAM on my computer and the HP tech told me that if you
>> stick a 2 GB flash drive in a USB connection that Vista would read any
> free
>> space on it as usable memory and your system performance would increase.
> He
>> is talking about using it as RAM and not additional HD space. It sounds
> to
>> good to be true but he swears HP has done tests that shows sticking in a
>> 2
>> GB flash drive gets you almost as much performance improvement as putting
> in
>> an additional 2 GB of RAM. Sounds too good to be true. I assume it is.
>> Can anyone confirm this?
>>
>> Thanks in advance... Bob
>>
>>
>
> The way it was explained to me was that is was the empty space on the
> flash
> drive that determined how well this feature worked and had nothing to do
> with accessing data on the flash drive.
>
> Bob
>
>

On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 16:25:09 -0400, "Bob Newman" <>
wrote:

> I had someone at HP tell me this, can anyone confirm it? I was inquiring
> about upping the RAM on my computer and the HP tech told me that if you
> stick a 2 GB flash drive in a USB connection that Vista would read any free
> space on it as usable memory and your system performance would increase. He
> is talking about using it as RAM and not additional HD space. It sounds to
> good to be true but he swears HP has done tests that shows sticking in a 2
> GB flash drive gets you almost as much performance improvement as putting in
> an additional 2 GB of RAM. Sounds too good to be true. I assume it is.
> Can anyone confirm this?



He's talking about what is called "ReadyBoost," and if you've
accurately reported what he said, he doesn't understand it at all.

First, Vista does not treat it as RAM.

Second, it can give a performance improvement on a computer with only
512MB, and maybe even a small improvement on one with 1GB. If you have
more RAM than that, most people report that they see no improvement at
all. It tried it here on a 2GB machine, and it did nothing for me.

You can read more about it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...eadyboost.mspx

or http://tinyurl.com/257gf3

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 16:25:09 -0400, "Bob Newman" <>
> wrote:
>
> > I had someone at HP tell me this, can anyone confirm it? I was
inquiring
> > about upping the RAM on my computer and the HP tech told me that if you
> > stick a 2 GB flash drive in a USB connection that Vista would read any
free
> > space on it as usable memory and your system performance would increase.
He
> > is talking about using it as RAM and not additional HD space. It sounds
to
> > good to be true but he swears HP has done tests that shows sticking in a
2
> > GB flash drive gets you almost as much performance improvement as
putting in
> > an additional 2 GB of RAM. Sounds too good to be true. I assume it is.
> > Can anyone confirm this?
>
>
>
> He's talking about what is called "ReadyBoost," and if you've
> accurately reported what he said, he doesn't understand it at all.
>
> First, Vista does not treat it as RAM.
>
> Second, it can give a performance improvement on a computer with only
> 512MB, and maybe even a small improvement on one with 1GB. If you have
> more RAM than that, most people report that they see no improvement at
> all. It tried it here on a 2GB machine, and it did nothing for me.
>
> You can read more about it here:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...eadyboost.mspx
>
> or http://tinyurl.com/257gf3
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Thank you.

Bob