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I notice not one bit of difference in how my computer runs with or without it.
The performance gain is supposedly noticeable on legacy machines w/low memory. Not really sure you're going to see a difference on the machines within this enthusiast community.
Oh is that what it does...? Time to experiment with my dad's Pentium 4 with 512 MB of RAM ....... brb
Edit: Yes, we have Windows 7 on it for some odd reason.
do yourself a favor and throw at least another 512 in it ... if not an extra gig.
ready boost is a joke.
Yeah, I see no difference with/without ready boost.
And no, I refuse to spend a cent on that machine lol It's only used by my dad to surf the web and watch movies filmed before I was born... don't need much power there!
what kinda ram is in it? ddr2 or ddr?
do yourself a favor and throw at least another 512 in it ... if not an extra gig.
ready boost is a joke.
Readyboost is not extra system ram.
Readyboost is not extra system cache.
Readyboost is a means for the system to cache small portions of files to a faster access memory (as compared to slower access platter drives) to help speed up loading said files.
That being said, it can make a difference (albeit not really noticeable) if your the type that still has slow (compared to SSD) access platter drives and are constantly using/opening/accessing the same files over and over and over again (such as playing the same game all the time). Other then that, Readyboost will not speed up your system in any other fashion.