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Windows ReadyBoost Put To The Test For Gaming
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:05 am
by Apoptosis
Now that LR has installed Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit we can dive deeper into the new features of Vista. The ReadyBoost feature is only found in Windows Vista and allows you to use a USB key as virtual memory in order to enhance performance. This can improve small random I/O for people who lack the expansion slots, money, and or technical expertise to add additional RAM.
Article Title: Windows ReadyBoost Put To The Test For Gaming
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/455/1/
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:23 am
by Dragon_Cooler
Never heard of this. Seems pretty cool, but not for i. The ram i have will be sufice, i will take your wonderful review word for it. LOL
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:29 pm
by werty316
I heard about ReadyBoost and came to the conclusion it doesn't quite work so well.
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:37 am
by Hybridesque
Agreed, it doesn't really give anything tangible. Then again, it was tested on a really powerful machine. Memory isn't that dear these days, even in the UK. Still no substitute for it, along with a fastish HDD.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:47 pm
by blitzkrieg1110
When I had Vista installed (that didn't last long) I tried using my 512mb flash drive and it failed the test for speed. I read somewhere that they are very strict with their speed to allow the use of your flash drive in ReadyBoost. Seems like a nice feature though (when I go back to vista in 4 or so months).
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:44 am
by slugbug
I tried it with a Verbatim 1 GB thumb drive and find some programs do open a little quicker.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:42 pm
by SlipSand
This is only available on vista?
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:46 pm
by liqnit
SlipSand wrote:This is only available on vista?
Yes
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:26 am
by Casper
Are there 3rd party programs for windows xp that do the same thing?
I think this whole feature has limited value, adding RAM is much more beneficial (when possible). They need to develope really fast thumb drives to make this feature more attractive.
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:30 am
by Apoptosis
Casper wrote:Are there 3rd party programs for windows xp that do the same thing?
No and I don't think i'd want to see a 3rd part encrypt data like that... hehe
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:45 pm
by dotslasher
This doesnt really work
i wont use it, i'll stick to my 2gigs of ram
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:37 pm
by liqnit
it is a very good feature but not so good implementation...