what's the fastest readyboost drive?

[her34]

from this site:

http://www.grantgibson.co.uk/misc/readyboost/

Corsair Flash Voyager (CMFUSB2.0-8GB) 8GB ReadyBoost Compatible
Submitted by: Jan-Herman
Notes: ReadSpeed 6.5MBs / WriteSpeed 13.0MBs

that drive seems the fastest. does anyone know of anything faster? anyone have benchmark for corsair turboflash?

 

[CloE]

i heard the OCZ rally 2 is very fast. check newegg and read the reviews there. some people post how fast they run

 

[Aberforth]

Patriot has 32MB/s read speed.

Edit:

link: http://www.patriotmem.com/products/grou...20Performance%20Flash%20Drives&catid=8

 

[her34]

Originally posted by: Aberforth
Patriot has 32MB/s read speed.

Edit:

link: http://www.patriotmem.com/products/grou...20Performance%20Flash%20Drives&catid=8

vista uses a specific benchmark for measuring reads and writes for a readyboost drive. product specs usually just list peak

 

[dguy6789]

We need to see some benchmarks of size vs. speed for flash drives with ready boost. Will a 2GB drive that is 75% as fast as a 1GB perform better or worse? If we were talking about pc memory, more is almost always better, but one must wonder if the same can be said about ready boost.

 

[her34]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
We need to see some benchmarks of size vs. speed for flash drives with ready boost. Will a 2GB drive that is 75% as fast as a 1GB perform better or worse? If we were talking about pc memory, more is almost always better, but one must wonder if the same can be said about ready boost.

that and i'd like to see the impact of a slower readyboost drive vs a faster drive.


could anyone with corsair turboflash benchmark it with vista?

 

[Oxides]

Vista readyboost requires all the memory on the device have that fast time, not just a certain section, and it will test this to make sure. I say this because a lot of these usb memories aren't uniformly high speed. I dont know if they are using a cache and claiming the cache memory speed or just using faster memory at certain addresses.

 

[InlineFive]

Corsair TurboFlash 1GB using a 950MB ReadyBoost cache and NTFS with 4096 byte clusters

Benchmarks taken from ReadyBoost subsection in Events Viewer.

HP Pavilion dv6103nr
Intel Core Solo T1350 @ 1.86Ghz
Intel 945GM and ICH7
512MB PC5300 DDR2
80GB 5400RPM SATA
Random Read Speed: 5552 KB/sec
Sequential Read Speed: 6418 KB/sec

DIY Desktop Behemoth
Athlon 64 3000+ @ 1.8Ghz
VIA K8T800 and 8237
2GB PC3200 DDR
200GB 7200RPM SATA
60GB 7200RPM SATA (Page file)
Random Read Speed: 6460 KB/sec
Sequential Read Speed: 6924 KB/sec

 

[her34]

Originally posted by: InlineFive
Corsair TurboFlash 1GB using a 950MB ReadyBoost cache and NTFS with 4096 byte clusters

Benchmarks taken from ReadyBoost subsection in Events Viewer.

HP Pavilion dv6103nr
Intel Core Solo T1350 @ 1.86Ghz
Intel 945GM and ICH7
512MB PC5300 DDR2
80GB 5400RPM SATA
Random Read Speed: 5552 KB/sec
Sequential Read Speed: 6418 KB/sec

DIY Desktop Behemoth
Athlon 64 3000+ @ 1.8Ghz
VIA K8T800 and 8237
2GB PC3200 DDR
200GB 7200RPM SATA
60GB 7200RPM SATA (Page file)
Random Read Speed: 6460 KB/sec
Sequential Read Speed: 6924 KB/sec

thanks for the info.

turboflash is suppossed to be among the fastest. now i'm wondering if turboflash isnt' really that fast or the guy listing Voyager at 6.5MB/13.0MB, was listing something other than vista benchmark...


anyone have Corsair Flash Voyager they could benchmark?

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: her34

Originally posted by: InlineFive
Corsair TurboFlash 1GB using a 950MB ReadyBoost cache and NTFS with 4096 byte clusters

Benchmarks taken from ReadyBoost subsection in Events Viewer.

HP Pavilion dv6103nr
Intel Core Solo T1350 @ 1.86Ghz
Intel 945GM and ICH7
512MB PC5300 DDR2
80GB 5400RPM SATA
Random Read Speed: 5552 KB/sec
Sequential Read Speed: 6418 KB/sec

DIY Desktop Behemoth
Athlon 64 3000+ @ 1.8Ghz
VIA K8T800 and 8237
2GB PC3200 DDR
200GB 7200RPM SATA
60GB 7200RPM SATA (Page file)
Random Read Speed: 6460 KB/sec
Sequential Read Speed: 6924 KB/sec

thanks for the info.

turboflash is suppossed to be among the fastest. now i'm wondering if turboflash isnt' really that fast or the guy listing Voyager at 6.5MB/13.0MB, was listing something other than vista benchmark...


anyone have Corsair Flash Voyager they could benchmark?

It's quite possible that he was using a different benchmark because the Vista ReadyBoost "Performance Utility" doesn't list Write speeds, only Read speeds.

 

[orion23]

Sandisk's 2GB Cruzer Titanium is supposed to be the fastest USB drive around!

Staples has it for $40 this week!