ReadyBoost with XPS M1330

Does anyone using ReadyBoost on Windows Vista? Which SD card is compatible with ReadyBoost for XPS M1330?

 

I use a Lexar Pro for Readyboost. It is as fast of a SD card you can get. It doesn't do anything. Readyboost is a joke.

 

It really works best on ram configs under 1GB...

 

If you only paid ~$1000 for your laptop. No one is running less than 2GB with the m1330, so it's rather irrelevant.

 

I got 2 GB so it is a waste of money getting a SD. Thanks.

 

I use a sandisk SD card (that ducati edition thingy where you can flip it to be a usb drive).

not much improvement noticed, infact, I *think* its slower.

well, main reason is that I want a usb dongle with my notebook most of the time to transfer things.

 

Yep... adding another gig to your swap file on your hard drive would give you a much larger increase in performance(and still be practically unnoticeable)

Remember people, the FASTEST transfer rate for USB2.0(400mbs) is still a fraction as fast as your hard drive... So unless your drive is completely fragmented, 4200rpm with little cache, and you only have 512 megs of ram, its utterly pointless.

Better to spend that $40 that WOULD have done to a SD/thumb drive on a bit more ram... or save it up for a faster/bigger hard drive.

 

Flash memory has much faster seek times than HDD, that's the reasoning behind the theory of Readyboost. But in reality, it doesn't really work out that well.

 

I've got the 1GB Turbo Memory card in the WWAN slot.
512mb ReadyDrive
512mb Readyboost

works well for me!

 

Can you tell me how it "works well for (you)"? I don't mean that you feel it is helping; what hard evidence do you have?

PS Unchecking the boxes in the Turbo Memory control panel does not disable Turbo Memory; it's buggy. So to do a comparative test one has to completely uninstall the driver.

 

System is just generally more responsive and HD-led is off much more. HD activity replaced with SD activity makes the system feel more smooth.

 

Yes, that's what I thought. It's about feelings, not hard numbers.

PS Turbo Memory is not an SD card.

 

What brand is compatible with the M1330 and how do you install Turbo Memory?

 

AFAIK there is only the Intel Turbo Memory Module.
@Chuckles, the new driver from Intel.com is not buggy and, what Mem is TM according to you?

 

SD means Secure Digital, it's a flash card made by Sandisk, A-Data, etc., etc. that goes into cameras. It can be read/written by inserting it the slot in front of the m1330.

Turbo Memory is a flash card made by Intel that goes inside the laptop. It is not an SD card.

 

i'm with chuckles. the only thing i notice is less HD activity. i suppose you could make a case for readyboost slightly increasing HD life. haha. at least, that's how i justify using it in my mind. true or not.