ReadyBoost in vista... any first hand experiences?

[halik]

I've got a Portege m200 ... absolutely spectacular tablet. The 1400x1050 13" LCD had me sold from day one...

But anyways, I loaded up Vista Ultimate on it and found out it's a huge memory hog. So I bumped the cpu from 1.6 to 2.13Ghz, bought 2Gig of ram and fast 1Gig SD card for since it's got an SD slot built in. Will there be any tangible performance difference from ReadyBoost? The technology sounds really cool, so I'm kinda curious what's your experience with it.

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[Shawn]

Vista isn't a memory hog. It's called Superfetch. It'll clear it's cache if you need to use more ram. It operates how XP should have operated.

 

[Linflas]

Probably get better results here.

 

[MegaVovaN]

Well my decked out Desktop with Vista 64 does not want to use my 2gb "Traveler" flash drive as a ready boost drive ...

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
Well my decked out Desktop with Vista 64 does not want to use my 2gb "Traveler" flash drive as a ready boost drive ...

Mange of those preVista devices are too slow to provide any benefit, Vista benchmarks them and only uses them if they are fast enough.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
Well my decked out Desktop with Vista 64 does not want to use my 2gb "Traveler" flash drive as a ready boost drive ...

Probably not fast enough then,ReadyBoost has minimum speed requirements with flash drives.

But anyways, I loaded up Vista Ultimate on it and found out it's a huge memory hog. So I bumped the cpu from 1.6 to 2.13Ghz, bought 2Gig of ram and fast 1Gig SD card for since it's got an SD slot built in. Will there be any tangible performance difference from ReadyBoost? The technology sounds really cool, so I'm kinda curious what's your experience with it.

As already explained,Vista will use available ram more efficiently then XP,unused memory is a waste.

Read up on Superfetch and you'll know why.

I only have 18MB free on my 4GB Vista x64 ,2932MB is cached,see how efficiently Vista is?

Check your Task Manager for more info.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Mem

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
Well my decked out Desktop with Vista 64 does not want to use my 2gb "Traveler" flash drive as a ready boost drive ...

Probably not fast enough then,ReadyBoost has minimum speed requirements with flash drives.

But anyways, I loaded up Vista Ultimate on it and found out it's a huge memory hog. So I bumped the cpu from 1.6 to 2.13Ghz, bought 2Gig of ram and fast 1Gig SD card for since it's got an SD slot built in. Will there be any tangible performance difference from ReadyBoost? The technology sounds really cool, so I'm kinda curious what's your experience with it.

As already explained,Vista will use available ram more efficiently then XP,unused memory is a waste.

Read up on Superfetch and you'll know why.

I only have 18MB free on my 4GB Vista x64 ,2932MB is cached,see how efficiently Vista is?

Check your Task Manager for more info.

Yeah,
the problem is when I need more ran (launchin thigns etc.) It will need to page out that stuff, which makes it slow... Hopefully readyboost will do something about that

 

[Chadder007]

SuperFetch >>>> ReadyBoost. ReadyBoost doesn't really help all that much, upgrading your RAM helps out a LOT more compared to using a flash drive with ReadyBoost.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: halik
I've got a Portege m200 ... absolutely spectacular tablet. The 1400x1050 13" LCD had me sold from day one...

Okay, listen to me on this...

You're a notebook user, so maybe it'll sink in!

Lappys are counter-intuitive!

Low-performance HDs are better than high-performance HDs - smaller screens are better than bigger screens, and so forth and so on...

Personally, I don't think SuperFetch, on a lappy, works worth jack without ReadyBoost! The opposite is probably true with desktop machines, and that's what most ppl in this forum will base their judgement(s) on - desktop machines, not laptops - so don't listen to them!

I run a 4GB Vista lappy, with a 4GB ReadyBoost drive, and the difference is amazing - but, not in a way that desktop users (or inexperienced lappy users) would understand.

ReadyBoost allows your Vista lappy to run faster, cooler, and longer on a battery charge!

To me, that's paramount! To the average desktop user, it means nothing!

Heat isn't a problem for desktop users - nor is battery life - nor 5400 RPM HDs - kapeesh?

So, yes, by all means... install a ReadyBoost drive on your lappy! 😉

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: halik
I've got a Portege m200 ... absolutely spectacular tablet. The 1400x1050 13" LCD had me sold from day one...

BTW, since we're fellow Toshiba lappy users...

If you decide to go with a 4GB ReadyBoost drive, and plan on using your integrated Texas Instruments card reader - make sure you get a 4GB SDHC card.

I tried a 4GB Sony Pro Duo stick first, but the card reader in my Toshiba A215 wouldn't recognize it - even though the $9.99 PCClub internal card reader in my desktop machine would, and my $700 Sony camera. No big loss, since I now have a nice, fast, 4GB stick for my digital camera... 🙂

Then, I tried a 4GB USB thumb drive. It worked great, but I was afraid I'd bust my lappy's mobo, using it on airplane snack trays, and such. No big deal either - I have a nice, fast, 4GB thumb drive for my lunchbox/briefcase for using as a 'sneakernet device' now.

Knowing that Toshiba is pushing SD, I next tried a 4GB SDHC card, and it works super great in my lappy!

LoL!

I *feel* like Goldilocks and The Three Bears... :laugh:

 

[blackangst1]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Mem

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
Well my decked out Desktop with Vista 64 does not want to use my 2gb "Traveler" flash drive as a ready boost drive ...

Probably not fast enough then,ReadyBoost has minimum speed requirements with flash drives.

But anyways, I loaded up Vista Ultimate on it and found out it's a huge memory hog. So I bumped the cpu from 1.6 to 2.13Ghz, bought 2Gig of ram and fast 1Gig SD card for since it's got an SD slot built in. Will there be any tangible performance difference from ReadyBoost? The technology sounds really cool, so I'm kinda curious what's your experience with it.

As already explained,Vista will use available ram more efficiently then XP,unused memory is a waste.

Read up on Superfetch and you'll know why.

I only have 18MB free on my 4GB Vista x64 ,2932MB is cached,see how efficiently Vista is?

Check your Task Manager for more info.

Yeah,
the problem is when I need more ran (launchin thigns etc.) It will need to page out that stuff, which makes it slow... Hopefully readyboost will do something about that

Thats incorrect. Vista will free up memory in order to accomodate your needs. I do ALOT of encoding, video/audio enhancing, and gaming. I dont have swap even enabled with 4 GB in 32bit Vista. If you open up your tak manager and look at your processes (Ive done this), when you launch a program, other processes drop.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Chadder007
SuperFetch >>>> ReadyBoost. ReadyBoost doesn't really help all that much, upgrading your RAM helps out a LOT more compared to using a flash drive with ReadyBoost.

Im with Vin on this one, keeping the drive from spinning up is worth the investment 😉 I actually have a ReadyDrive in my Dell 6300 (flash/hd hybrid) and while its not a huge improvement its and improvement.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: Chadder007
SuperFetch >>>> ReadyBoost. ReadyBoost doesn't really help all that much, upgrading your RAM helps out a LOT more compared to using a flash drive with ReadyBoost.

Im with Vin on this one, keeping the drive from spinning up is worth the investment 😉 I actually have a ReadyDrive in my Dell 6300 (flash/hd hybrid) and while its not a huge improvement its and improvement.

I forgot to say I'm using 4GB ReadyBoost device with 4GB of ram on my Epox board,it does get used quite often,obviously I can't add any more motherboard ram(4GB is limit on mine).

Does it make a big difference in my case?..to be honest I can't really say,all I can say is it gets used.

 

[flexy]

readyboost drive should have same size as MEM. i just got me a Patriot Xporter (very good) w/ 4GB since i have 4GB of ram.

 

[videopho]

The only complaint I have when using Readyboost with my 12.1" tablet is I keep forgetting to plug/unplug the jump drive off the notebook, specially when I'm on the run.

 

[nerp]

Readyboost's effectiveness diminishes the more system memory you have. A vista laptop with 512mb of ram and a 2GB readyboost stick will improve performance dramatically. A laptop with 2GB of ram and a 2GB stick won't make that much difference. A slight bit, but not huge. A 4GB machine with a 2GB or 4GB stick, as Mem indicates, might not make much difference at all.