Readyboost -- does it really do anything today?

[Deleted member 4644]

I have 4GB of ram on my computer. Considering this, will a 4gb or 8gb readyboost drive do anything to improve performance? Any reason NOT to plug on in?

 

[Absolution75]

Flash memory (USB Sticks) is significantly slower than RAM. Unless you have a low amount of ram <= 1GB, I wouldn't suggest using readyboost.

 

[Marty502]

It won't do nothing for you.

That said, I have Vista installed on a Acer Aspire One with 512 MB of RAM, and it definitely helps when you are multitasking.

But it's a matter of time until I buy an extra gig of RAM for it and forget about ReadyBoost at all.

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: Marty502
It won't do nothing for you.

That said, I have Vista installed on a Acer Aspire One with 512 MB of RAM, and it definitely helps when you are multitasking.

Yeah, this is the about only scenario that ReadyBoost has a value right now.

Otherwise it is a feature that would be very useful in years to come.

 

[zerocool84]

With the prices of DDR2 RAM, the amount of money you spent on a USB drive, you could have bought another GB of RAM which would be worlds faster.