Is ReadyBoost necessary?

azibux1 · 6 Dec 2012 at 13:03

Hi,

I was wondering the other day, with 8GB of RAM that I have ... Would ReadyBoost still make any performance difference or not? Because I have spare USB sticks / SD cards etc but didn't want to set them up with readyboost and leave them plugged in if it wasn't going to make any difference

Is it generally for PC's with lower amounts of RAM?

Martini1991 · 6 Dec 2012 at 13:06

Not at all, don't even think it'd let you set it up with 8GB RAM.
I use Readyboost on my W8 Tablet, that has 2GB RAM, but it doesn't really make any difference at all on that.

azibux1 · 6 Dec 2012 at 14:56

Ahhh okay thanks!

Never actually tried to set it up on this PC so like you say it might not even let me

Out of interest, have you got a Surface? Or another W8 tab?

jamesfreddie · 6 Dec 2012 at 15:40

I used it spanned over 2 USB pen drives before getting a SSD and it makes a big diffrence if you have no SSD but if you do have one then its a waste of time.

arknor · 6 Dec 2012 at 18:00

It doesnt let you if you have 8gb+ of memory

azibux1 · 6 Dec 2012 at 18:01

jamesfreddie said:
I used it spanned over 2 USB pen drives before getting a SSD and it makes a big diffrence if you have no SSD but if you do have one then its a waste of time.

Yeah I have an SSD so would be pointless

arknor said:
It doesnt let you if you have 8gb+ of memory

Okay thanks for confirming