New TZ Owner and new to the forum ready boost question

Hi All,

well its my first post ont he forum, I finally have a sony TZ150n, this forum has been a great tool for research and ideas.

well as we all know I had the performance issue on the tz, after cleaning and removing much stuff, it is running as I want it to,

my question is, would anything be gained from using vista ready boost? also any recommended memory stick pro cards or sd cards.

thanks,
Dane.

 

How much RAM do you have in your TZ at the moment? 1GB or 2GB?

 

I have upgraded it to 2gb

 

You will notice an improvement if you have a conventional hard drive. Those people using SSD drives like those in the higher end Tz's will not see much of a difference.

Vista will only allow a maximum of 4GB dedicated to ready boost. If you're getting an SD Card for expasion find one with the fastest read write speeds.

If you can spare the cash just get 2GB of RAM installed. You will notice a much better improvement over using readyboost... unless you already have 2GB...

 

I have 2gb ram on my TZ, and added a 2gb ms pro duo. Didnt notice any difference. But I'll leave it in there just because it was 13 dollars on bf. They do say that having a larger readyboost drive than your hd is pointless and may even slow down your computer.

 

I doubt your produo card meets ReadyBoost speed test req'ts -- did you check the ReadyBoost tab in properties to see if it does and if so did you turn it on?

I use an 8GB Lexar ExressCard which is the only card I've found that seems to be able to do ReadyBoost on my TZ198 -- have it set to 4GB and I believe I see reasonable speedup (I have 2GB RAM). My 8GB SDHC card could be used for ReadyBoost on my SZ670 but doesn't pass the test on my TZ. Bottomline: if you're interested in trying ReadyBoost be sure to get a fast card.

 

are there any faster ports to use for readyboost card? Or is the sd reader connected via express slot? Also, is there any way to tie into the sata cable?

 

Ready Boost does not work. Search the forums, many threads about this already. Search people, search!

 

There is a misconception that ppl have regarding ReadyBoost.

ReadyBoost working in conjunction with SuperFetch does not increase performance. They are developed to increase the responsiveness of certain elements / applications in Vista. Instead of writing I/O paging / cache files on your HDD, it writes on Flash memory.

You should see an immediate decrease in time when open MS applications such Office and Outlook. The system should also become more responsiveness. Vista will learn which files were used more often and store them on flash, which in turn reduce Vista boot time. This may not happen instantly, it takes time for the system to recognize these frequently accessed files.

There are many ppl tried and conclude that ReadyBoost doesn’t work because they are not familiar with the technology. If you put a ReadyBoost USB stick into a system that has an Intel Quad Core 3.6Ghz, 4GB 1140Mhz Ram with 1500RPM SCSI drives, you not going to see any difference. The gain is still there, but you won’t notice the increase of 0.1% in responsiveness when every application opens under 1 sec.

TZ with 4200rpm, however is a relatively slow machine. You will a gain even with 2GB installed. However, don’t expect much from a regular SD/Memory stick, unless its rated 300x. You should get an ExpressCard flash if you expect anything back.

 

I have this http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Item(1230)-SDMSPD-2048-A10-SanDisk_Memory_Stick_PRO_Duo_2GB.aspx
and according to the tab, it passes the test and I can see it accessing the drive as it works. 1840mb is what it set itself at when I put it in. I had the card formatted to NTFS with the default allocation table before that. Not sure if it makes a difference.

 

It appeared to work for John Ratsey who is a moderator here on this forum. He saw a 3% increase in battery life with the RB this was with an SD card enabled as RB. They did not use a MS i think it should work just as well with a MS though.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=1997087&postcount=17

 

it does make sense since it require less power to access data on flash memory than spinning the HDD.