Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

[Guest Sam Steinhauser]

Is there anyway to get Vista Ultimate X64 to use more than 4090mb for

ReadyBoost? I upgraded to 8gb RAM and figured I should match my RAM size with

my ReadyBoost size but it will only go to 4090mb.

--

Sam

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

4096 is as far as the slider goes. I use 8GB of ram and a 16gb Xporter and

4096 is all I can use for ReadyBoost on the Xporter.

 

"Sam Steinhauser" <SamSteinhauser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:8936BBBF-3391-4218-B795-AD1BA9C4A252@microsoft.com...

> Is there anyway to get Vista Ultimate X64 to use more than 4090mb for

> ReadyBoost? I upgraded to 8gb RAM and figured I should match my RAM size

> with

> my ReadyBoost size but it will only go to 4090mb.

> --

> Sam

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

In any case, at 8GB of ram there should be minimal paging so increasing

ReadyBoost capacity is pretty moot.

 

"Sam Steinhauser" <SamSteinhauser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:8936BBBF-3391-4218-B795-AD1BA9C4A252@microsoft.com...

> Is there anyway to get Vista Ultimate X64 to use more than 4090mb for

> ReadyBoost? I upgraded to 8gb RAM and figured I should match my RAM size

> with

> my ReadyBoost size but it will only go to 4090mb.

> --

> Sam

[Guest Mark]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

ReadyBoost is not much help if you have more than 1 GB of memory except for

booting your system a little faster.

 

MS Matt Ayers, owner of the ReadyBoost functionality:

Q: How much of a speed increase are we talking about?

A: Well, that depends. On average, a RANDOM 4K read from flash is about 10x

faster than from HDD. Now, how does that translate to end-user perf? Under

memory pressure and heavy disk activity, the system is much more responsive;

on a 4GB machine with few applications running, the ReadyBoost effect is

much less noticable.

 

Experience from actual users:

http://manicprogrammer.com/cs/blogs/michaelruminer/archive/2007/02/08/375.aspx

3GB RAM, 4GB ReadyBoost, Core 2 Duo, Vista x86

Notice it actually tends to be worse with ReadyBoost in place.

http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2917&p=6

Benchmarking with various RAM configurations.

 

 

"Sam Steinhauser" <SamSteinhauser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:8936BBBF-3391-4218-B795-AD1BA9C4A252@microsoft.com...

> Is there anyway to get Vista Ultimate X64 to use more than 4090mb for

> ReadyBoost? I upgraded to 8gb RAM and figured I should match my RAM size

with

> my ReadyBoost size but it will only go to 4090mb.

> --

> Sam

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

I disagree strongly that RB is not much help with more than 1GB of ram. You

need to up that number a LOT.

 

Vista Ultimate on 2GB of ram uses the pagefile excessively ("excessive page

file activity" is the term the Performance Information and Tools Center uses

to describe the situation). On 3GB it gets much better and on 4GB calms

down nicely. RB alleviates the performance issue resulting from excessive

paging, although not the paging itself.

 

"Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

news:uVcR$PHhIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> ReadyBoost is not much help if you have more than 1 GB of memory except

> for

> booting your system a little faster.

>

> MS Matt Ayers, owner of the ReadyBoost functionality:

> Q: How much of a speed increase are we talking about?

> A: Well, that depends. On average, a RANDOM 4K read from flash is about

> 10x

> faster than from HDD. Now, how does that translate to end-user perf? Under

> memory pressure and heavy disk activity, the system is much more

> responsive;

> on a 4GB machine with few applications running, the ReadyBoost effect is

> much less noticable.

>

> Experience from actual users:

> http://manicprogrammer.com/cs/blogs/michaelruminer/archive/2007/02/08/375.aspx

> 3GB RAM, 4GB ReadyBoost, Core 2 Duo, Vista x86

> Notice it actually tends to be worse with ReadyBoost in place.

> http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2917&p=6

> Benchmarking with various RAM configurations.

>

>

> "Sam Steinhauser" <SamSteinhauser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> message news:8936BBBF-3391-4218-B795-AD1BA9C4A252@microsoft.com...

>> Is there anyway to get Vista Ultimate X64 to use more than 4090mb for

>> ReadyBoost? I upgraded to 8gb RAM and figured I should match my RAM size

> with

>> my ReadyBoost size but it will only go to 4090mb.

>> --

>> Sam

>

>

[Guest Dustin Harper]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

With 8 GB of RAM, you will not notice much of a speed improvement at all

with Readyboost enabled. With 4 GB of Readyboost, that's plenty for how much

physical RAM you have, jumping that to 8 GB would gain you nothing.

 

--

 

Dustin Harper

dharper@vistarip.com

http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page

 

 

"Sam Steinhauser" <SamSteinhauser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:8936BBBF-3391-4218-B795-AD1BA9C4A252@microsoft.com...

> Is there anyway to get Vista Ultimate X64 to use more than 4090mb for

> ReadyBoost? I upgraded to 8gb RAM and figured I should match my RAM size

> with

> my ReadyBoost size but it will only go to 4090mb.

> --

> Sam

[Guest Sam Steinhauser]

RE: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

Thanks for the support folks. I read this long ago that ReadyBoost only went

to 4gb. As I increased my RAM to 8gb and saw my system was still accessing

the ReadyBoost drive somehow I got off on the track that my RedyBoost was

supposed to match my RAM in size. My old 4gb RB drive only had 3.8 gb so now

I can bask in my extra .2gb. :|

At least it's only $33. My first 2gb. in 10/06 was $80

My 4gb. last fall was $20. You can never have enough Flash drives, right?

--

Sam

 

 

"Sam Steinhauser" wrote:

> Is there anyway to get Vista Ultimate X64 to use more than 4090mb for

> ReadyBoost? I upgraded to 8gb RAM and figured I should match my RAM size with

> my ReadyBoost size but it will only go to 4090mb.

> --

> Sam

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

I was dumb enough to buy a 16GB fd for RB. Naturally I was thinking it

would double as an fd I would just put in my pocket to move data around.

Silly me, of course it doesn't. Who removes an RB fd? I don't. Wasted

capacity. I should have gotten the 4GB Xporter for $80 less (I still

might).

 

"Sam Steinhauser" <SamSteinhauser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:4DEF14E4-174B-428D-A292-6B9C3B6894FC@microsoft.com...

> Thanks for the support folks. I read this long ago that ReadyBoost only

> went

> to 4gb. As I increased my RAM to 8gb and saw my system was still accessing

> the ReadyBoost drive somehow I got off on the track that my RedyBoost was

> supposed to match my RAM in size. My old 4gb RB drive only had 3.8 gb so

> now

> I can bask in my extra .2gb. :|

> At least it's only $33. My first 2gb. in 10/06 was $80

> My 4gb. last fall was $20. You can never have enough Flash drives, right?

> --

> Sam

>

>

> "Sam Steinhauser" wrote:

>

>> Is there anyway to get Vista Ultimate X64 to use more than 4090mb for

>> ReadyBoost? I upgraded to 8gb RAM and figured I should match my RAM size

>> with

>> my ReadyBoost size but it will only go to 4090mb.

>> --

>> Sam

[Guest Mark]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

I respect your right to disagree and believe that some may experience better

results than benchmarking may indicate. But, I'm always amazed that even

when presented with fact (from separate sources,) emotion, or misplaced

experience will still dictate what we believe is right.

 

I presented two sources that may not be laboratory results, but clearly

indicate a discrepancy in what you believe while supporting my original

statements.

Even the founder of the ReadyBoost function has stated the gain in using

ReadyBoost is minimal as you increase your base RAM.

 

Choosing to ignore the facts is known as cognitive dissonance. (Similar to

someone who smokes, yet knows that smoking is killing them.) So, by all

means, enjoy your 16GB fd that you use for ReadyBoost and relish that the

additional $80 you spend on another 4GB fd will maintain your improved

computer performance.

 

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:196C21E2-BD37-40FF-AF1D-A6A2EB6E831F@microsoft.com...

> I disagree strongly that RB is not much help with more than 1GB of ram.

You

> need to up that number a LOT.

>

> Vista Ultimate on 2GB of ram uses the pagefile excessively ("excessive

page

> file activity" is the term the Performance Information and Tools Center

uses

> to describe the situation). On 3GB it gets much better and on 4GB calms

> down nicely. RB alleviates the performance issue resulting from excessive

> paging, although not the paging itself.

>

> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

> news:uVcR$PHhIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> > ReadyBoost is not much help if you have more than 1 GB of memory except

> > for

> > booting your system a little faster.

> >

> > MS Matt Ayers, owner of the ReadyBoost functionality:

> > Q: How much of a speed increase are we talking about?

> > A: Well, that depends. On average, a RANDOM 4K read from flash is about

> > 10x

> > faster than from HDD. Now, how does that translate to end-user perf?

Under

> > memory pressure and heavy disk activity, the system is much more

> > responsive;

> > on a 4GB machine with few applications running, the ReadyBoost effect is

> > much less noticable.

> >

> > Experience from actual users:

> >

http://manicprogrammer.com/cs/blogs/michaelruminer/archive/2007/02/08/375.aspx

> > 3GB RAM, 4GB ReadyBoost, Core 2 Duo, Vista x86

> > Notice it actually tends to be worse with ReadyBoost in place.

> > http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2917&p=6

> > Benchmarking with various RAM configurations.

> >

> >

> > "Sam Steinhauser" <SamSteinhauser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> > message news:8936BBBF-3391-4218-B795-AD1BA9C4A252@microsoft.com...

> >> Is there anyway to get Vista Ultimate X64 to use more than 4090mb for

> >> ReadyBoost? I upgraded to 8gb RAM and figured I should match my RAM

size

> > with

> >> my ReadyBoost size but it will only go to 4090mb.

> >> --

> >> Sam

> >

> >

>

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

I think this is more about real world performance of a user who clearly

heavily multi-tasks. And I always think real world trumps benchmarks.

Benchmarks have their place, but they aren't at always reflective of what

real users in real situations will see.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

news:%232vqXBQhIHA.4396@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>I respect your right to disagree and believe that some may experience

>better

> results than benchmarking may indicate. But, I'm always amazed that even

> when presented with fact (from separate sources,) emotion, or misplaced

> experience will still dictate what we believe is right.

>

> I presented two sources that may not be laboratory results, but clearly

> indicate a discrepancy in what you believe while supporting my original

> statements.

> Even the founder of the ReadyBoost function has stated the gain in using

> ReadyBoost is minimal as you increase your base RAM.

>

> Choosing to ignore the facts is known as cognitive dissonance. (Similar to

> someone who smokes, yet knows that smoking is killing them.) So, by all

> means, enjoy your 16GB fd that you use for ReadyBoost and relish that the

> additional $80 you spend on another 4GB fd will maintain your improved

> computer performance.

>

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:196C21E2-BD37-40FF-AF1D-A6A2EB6E831F@microsoft.com...

>> I disagree strongly that RB is not much help with more than 1GB of ram.

> You

>> need to up that number a LOT.

>>

>> Vista Ultimate on 2GB of ram uses the pagefile excessively ("excessive

> page

>> file activity" is the term the Performance Information and Tools Center

> uses

>> to describe the situation). On 3GB it gets much better and on 4GB calms

>> down nicely. RB alleviates the performance issue resulting from

>> excessive

>> paging, although not the paging itself.

>>

>> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

>> news:uVcR$PHhIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> > ReadyBoost is not much help if you have more than 1 GB of memory except

>> > for

>> > booting your system a little faster.

>> >

>> > MS Matt Ayers, owner of the ReadyBoost functionality:

>> > Q: How much of a speed increase are we talking about?

>> > A: Well, that depends. On average, a RANDOM 4K read from flash is about

>> > 10x

>> > faster than from HDD. Now, how does that translate to end-user perf?

> Under

>> > memory pressure and heavy disk activity, the system is much more

>> > responsive;

>> > on a 4GB machine with few applications running, the ReadyBoost effect

>> > is

>> > much less noticable.

>> >

>> > Experience from actual users:

>> >

> http://manicprogrammer.com/cs/blogs/michaelruminer/archive/2007/02/08/375.aspx

>> > 3GB RAM, 4GB ReadyBoost, Core 2 Duo, Vista x86

>> > Notice it actually tends to be worse with ReadyBoost in place.

>> > http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2917&p=6

>> > Benchmarking with various RAM configurations.

>> >

>> >

>> > "Sam Steinhauser" <SamSteinhauser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

>> > message news:8936BBBF-3391-4218-B795-AD1BA9C4A252@microsoft.com...

>> >> Is there anyway to get Vista Ultimate X64 to use more than 4090mb for

>> >> ReadyBoost? I upgraded to 8gb RAM and figured I should match my RAM

> size

>> > with

>> >> my ReadyBoost size but it will only go to 4090mb.

>> >> --

>> >> Sam

>> >

>> >

>>

>

>

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

well, I can take that 16 GB off your hands...

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:B7C25ED1-A936-4147-AC7F-6617BD78DABE@microsoft.com...

>I was dumb enough to buy a 16GB fd for RB. Naturally I was thinking it

>would double as an fd I would just put in my pocket to move data around.

>Silly me, of course it doesn't. Who removes an RB fd? I don't. Wasted

>capacity. I should have gotten the 4GB Xporter for $80 less (I still

>might).

>

> "Sam Steinhauser" <SamSteinhauser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> message news:4DEF14E4-174B-428D-A292-6B9C3B6894FC@microsoft.com...

>> Thanks for the support folks. I read this long ago that ReadyBoost only

>> went

>> to 4gb. As I increased my RAM to 8gb and saw my system was still

>> accessing

>> the ReadyBoost drive somehow I got off on the track that my RedyBoost was

>> supposed to match my RAM in size. My old 4gb RB drive only had 3.8 gb so

>> now

>> I can bask in my extra .2gb. :|

>> At least it's only $33. My first 2gb. in 10/06 was $80

>> My 4gb. last fall was $20. You can never have enough Flash drives, right?

>> --

>> Sam

>>

>>

>> "Sam Steinhauser" wrote:

>>

>>> Is there anyway to get Vista Ultimate X64 to use more than 4090mb for

>>> ReadyBoost? I upgraded to 8gb RAM and figured I should match my RAM size

>>> with

>>> my ReadyBoost size but it will only go to 4090mb.

>>> --

>>> Sam

>

[Guest R. C. White]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

Hi, Colin.

 

So trade that one 16 GB for two 8 GBs. You have lots of USB slots, right?

Leave the RB inserted all the time and carry the other one around in your

pocket. ;<)

 

RC

--

R. C. White, CPA

San Marcos, TX

rc@grandecom.net

Microsoft Windows MVP

(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:B7C25ED1-A936-4147-AC7F-6617BD78DABE@microsoft.com...

> I was dumb enough to buy a 16GB fd for RB. Naturally I was thinking it

> would double as an fd I would just put in my pocket to move data around.

> Silly me, of course it doesn't. Who removes an RB fd? I don't. Wasted

> capacity. I should have gotten the 4GB Xporter for $80 less (I still

> might)

[Guest Mark]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

Good point.

That's why I tried to include a non-professional "benchmark" from a real

user and a comment from the owner.

But, as you stated, it is always very dependant upon how the user actually

uses their machine.

 

One user will find ReadyBoost, ReadyBoot and ReadyDrive to be the perfect

combination to improve performance where the exact opposite occurs with the

next user simply due to how they use their computer.

 

 

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

news:A96F84FF-A4BB-4A7A-BF9E-874B9AE07A2E@microsoft.com...

> I think this is more about real world performance of a user who clearly

> heavily multi-tasks. And I always think real world trumps benchmarks.

> Benchmarks have their place, but they aren't at always reflective of what

> real users in real situations will see.

>

> --

> Charlie.

> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>

>

> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

> news:%232vqXBQhIHA.4396@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> >I respect your right to disagree and believe that some may experience

> >better

> > results than benchmarking may indicate. But, I'm always amazed that even

> > when presented with fact (from separate sources,) emotion, or misplaced

> > experience will still dictate what we believe is right.

> >

> > I presented two sources that may not be laboratory results, but clearly

> > indicate a discrepancy in what you believe while supporting my original

> > statements.

> > Even the founder of the ReadyBoost function has stated the gain in using

> > ReadyBoost is minimal as you increase your base RAM.

> >

> > Choosing to ignore the facts is known as cognitive dissonance. (Similar

to

> > someone who smokes, yet knows that smoking is killing them.) So, by all

> > means, enjoy your 16GB fd that you use for ReadyBoost and relish that

the

> > additional $80 you spend on another 4GB fd will maintain your improved

> > computer performance.

> >

> >

> > "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> > news:196C21E2-BD37-40FF-AF1D-A6A2EB6E831F@microsoft.com...

> >> I disagree strongly that RB is not much help with more than 1GB of ram.

> > You

> >> need to up that number a LOT.

> >>

> >> Vista Ultimate on 2GB of ram uses the pagefile excessively ("excessive

> > page

> >> file activity" is the term the Performance Information and Tools Center

> > uses

> >> to describe the situation). On 3GB it gets much better and on 4GB

calms

> >> down nicely. RB alleviates the performance issue resulting from

> >> excessive

> >> paging, although not the paging itself.

> >>

> >> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

> >> news:uVcR$PHhIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> >> > ReadyBoost is not much help if you have more than 1 GB of memory

except

> >> > for

> >> > booting your system a little faster.

> >> >

> >> > MS Matt Ayers, owner of the ReadyBoost functionality:

> >> > Q: How much of a speed increase are we talking about?

> >> > A: Well, that depends. On average, a RANDOM 4K read from flash is

about

> >> > 10x

> >> > faster than from HDD. Now, how does that translate to end-user perf?

> > Under

> >> > memory pressure and heavy disk activity, the system is much more

> >> > responsive;

> >> > on a 4GB machine with few applications running, the ReadyBoost effect

> >> > is

> >> > much less noticable.

> >> >

> >> > Experience from actual users:

> >> >

> >

http://manicprogrammer.com/cs/blogs/michaelruminer/archive/2007/02/08/375.aspx

> >> > 3GB RAM, 4GB ReadyBoost, Core 2 Duo, Vista x86

> >> > Notice it actually tends to be worse with ReadyBoost in place.

> >> > http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2917&p=6

> >> > Benchmarking with various RAM configurations.

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > "Sam Steinhauser" <SamSteinhauser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> >> > message news:8936BBBF-3391-4218-B795-AD1BA9C4A252@microsoft.com...

> >> >> Is there anyway to get Vista Ultimate X64 to use more than 4090mb

for

> >> >> ReadyBoost? I upgraded to 8gb RAM and figured I should match my RAM

> > size

> >> > with

> >> >> my ReadyBoost size but it will only go to 4090mb.

> >> >> --

> >> >> Sam

> >> >

> >> >

> >>

> >

> >

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

Yeah, I know, you always were my favorite.

 

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

news:11E5E59F-564F-47EC-89AF-732CAAB9A323@microsoft.com...

> well, I can take that 16 GB off your hands...

>

> --

> Charlie.

> http://msmvps.com/xperts64

> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:B7C25ED1-A936-4147-AC7F-6617BD78DABE@microsoft.com...

>>I was dumb enough to buy a 16GB fd for RB. Naturally I was thinking it

>>would double as an fd I would just put in my pocket to move data around.

>>Silly me, of course it doesn't. Who removes an RB fd? I don't. Wasted

>>capacity. I should have gotten the 4GB Xporter for $80 less (I still

>>might).

>>

>> "Sam Steinhauser" <SamSteinhauser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

>> message news:4DEF14E4-174B-428D-A292-6B9C3B6894FC@microsoft.com...

>>> Thanks for the support folks. I read this long ago that ReadyBoost only

>>> went

>>> to 4gb. As I increased my RAM to 8gb and saw my system was still

>>> accessing

>>> the ReadyBoost drive somehow I got off on the track that my RedyBoost

>>> was

>>> supposed to match my RAM in size. My old 4gb RB drive only had 3.8 gb so

>>> now

>>> I can bask in my extra .2gb. :|

>>> At least it's only $33. My first 2gb. in 10/06 was $80

>>> My 4gb. last fall was $20. You can never have enough Flash drives,

>>> right?

>>> --

>>> Sam

>>>

>>>

>>> "Sam Steinhauser" wrote:

>>>

>>>> Is there anyway to get Vista Ultimate X64 to use more than 4090mb for

>>>> ReadyBoost? I upgraded to 8gb RAM and figured I should match my RAM

>>>> size with

>>>> my ReadyBoost size but it will only go to 4090mb.

>>>> --

>>>> Sam

>>

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

Of course. But one new 8GB and what I've already got does the job (I know,

you and Charlie know how to send a UPS label, but forget it!).

 

"R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

news:3C8DE1FA-7BB8-4E86-908C-ABE279063C86@microsoft.com...

> Hi, Colin.

>

> So trade that one 16 GB for two 8 GBs. You have lots of USB slots, right?

> Leave the RB inserted all the time and carry the other one around in your

> pocket. ;<)

>

> RC

> --

> R. C. White, CPA

> San Marcos, TX

> rc@grandecom.net

> Microsoft Windows MVP

> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:B7C25ED1-A936-4147-AC7F-6617BD78DABE@microsoft.com...

>> I was dumb enough to buy a 16GB fd for RB. Naturally I was thinking it

>> would double as an fd I would just put in my pocket to move data around.

>> Silly me, of course it doesn't. Who removes an RB fd? I don't. Wasted

>> capacity. I should have gotten the 4GB Xporter for $80 less (I still

>> might)

>

[Guest DevilsPGD]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

In message <#lhfjYShIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl> "Mark"

<jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote:

>Good point.

>That's why I tried to include a non-professional "benchmark" from a real

>user and a comment from the owner.

>But, as you stated, it is always very dependant upon how the user actually

>uses their machine.

>

>One user will find ReadyBoost, ReadyBoot and ReadyDrive to be the perfect

>combination to improve performance where the exact opposite occurs with the

>next user simply due to how they use their computer.

 

Not only that, but hardware specs that most users don't understand, or

aren't even aware of.

 

Drive performance, for example, is highly variable depending not only on

the interface and speed, but bit density (number of platters,

bytes-per-platter, bit orientation), drive controller firmware, drive

firmware, drive cache size, etc.

 

Compare a Seagate 7200.8 500GB vs 7200.11 500GB drive and you'll see

some amazing performance differences. ReadyBoost may close the gap

somewhat during certain operation, especially if there is a minimal

amount of other activity happening at the same time as an application

launches who's files are cached in ReadyBoost.

 

Compare modern chipsets that can easily max out a USB device, vs older

systems that rely on the CPU to do far more work with regards to USB

devices and ultimately can barely even meet ReadyBoost's minimum

requirements.

 

Laptops tend to show better ReadyBoost performance then desktops since

you tend to have less RAM (higher prices, less expandability) and slower

hard drives (to conserve power), but conversely, a laptop is more likely

to use a more modest chipset, so USB performance may not be up to par.

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Make ReadyBoost 8gb?

 

We do know that trick, certainly. :)

 

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"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:60411FCF-7637-4EEC-AD7A-E5823A99096F@microsoft.com...

> Of course. But one new 8GB and what I've already got does the job (I

> know, you and Charlie know how to send a UPS label, but forget it!).

>

> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

> news:3C8DE1FA-7BB8-4E86-908C-ABE279063C86@microsoft.com...

>> Hi, Colin.

>>

>> So trade that one 16 GB for two 8 GBs. You have lots of USB slots,

>> right? Leave the RB inserted all the time and carry the other one around

>> in your pocket. ;<)

>>

>> RC

>> --

>> R. C. White, CPA

>> San Marcos, TX

>> rc@grandecom.net

>> Microsoft Windows MVP

>> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

>>

>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>> news:B7C25ED1-A936-4147-AC7F-6617BD78DABE@microsoft.com...

>>> I was dumb enough to buy a 16GB fd for RB. Naturally I was thinking it

>>> would double as an fd I would just put in my pocket to move data around.

>>> Silly me, of course it doesn't. Who removes an RB fd? I don't. Wasted

>>> capacity. I should have gotten the 4GB Xporter for $80 less (I still

>>> might)

>>

>