Readyboost

[brummie]

[ignore just found a post here already]Readyboost. Does it work?

Someone has a older PC that ist too quick and could benefit from what readyboost claims to offer. Anyone had any experience with it?[/ignore just found a post here already]

Also...had a search for fast USB devices and cant really see anything. most online places dont even list the speed specs, anyones i should be aiming for?
USB3 is just too expensive so rule that out. Cheaper to buy a new PC

 

[thepeganator]

Never found it to work or give any benefit, better off buying some more ram or a better HDD.

 

[BunnyKillBot]

If you have a system that is paging everything and thus crippling the hard drive then yes, it can help as a quick solution

 

[PistolPete]

I've got a 2Gb SD Card in my wifes netbook runing W7 which has been maxxed with 2GB RAM and it's helped a reasonable amount.

 

[brummie]

Never found it to work or give any benefit, better off buying some more ram or a better HDD.

Memory Not an option as as its limited and damn expensive upgrade
We changed the HDD and it made a little difference but not much

 

[brummie]

I've got a 2Gb SD Card in my wifes netbook runing W7 which has been maxxed with 2GB RAM and it's helped a reasonable amount.

What we need is a fast usb drive but i cant find any rated fast enough.
Whats the SD speed?

 

[Cold_And_Miserable]

Readyboost is the poor mans SSD drive and will reduce stuttering in games such as X3 Terran Conflict.

 

[dbmzk1]

I've got a 4GB SD card in my laptop and it helped when it had 1GB RAM, but since upgrading to 3GB it makes no difference at all. I just left it in there as I've no use for it otherwise

 

[richb93]

I read a few things that said it was only any good in with 512MB and even then it only made a very tiny difference, although this was in the days of Vista.