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    What is the fastest SD card at the moment?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by KnightUnit, Oct 20, 2007.

  1. KnightUnit

    KnightUnit Notebook Evangelist

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    What is the fastest SDHC at the moment, quickest I have seen is the SDHC Sandisk Extreme III. Just want to make sure im purchasing the fastest for ReadyBoost...
     
    KnightUnit, Oct 20, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    ReadyBoost is only really meant for computers that have ridiculously low amounts of RAM and cannot be upgraded further. On your system, it will be a waste of money!
     
    Greg, Oct 20, 2007
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    you'll get a slight increased performance in some application , I know that cause i've installed the San-disk Extreme III(the fastest to my knowledge) in my inspiron 9400.
    but just fyi - in most cases as in my case - the SD card reader is a bottleneck and lowers the actual performance , so you might be better with a slightly slower card and saving some $$
     
    Nir, Oct 21, 2007
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    When you mean increase, do you mean application loading time? Plus what size card do you use Nir?
     
    KnightUnit, Oct 21, 2007
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    2gb+ of ram and readyboost will not improve your performance , if not decrease it , best option is to turn off your paging file and get more ram :p Although some wouldnt reccomend that , i find it a easy way to speed up boot times.
     
    Lite, Oct 21, 2007
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    there is a bug with the current incarnation of ready boost in vista which affect its performance. wait for sp1, it _may_ get fix.
     
    lua, Oct 22, 2007
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