Ready Boost Comapatible Memory Stic Duo

Can anyone plz suggest a readyboost compatible sony memory stic pro.....and its capacity tat i should look for. Even Sd cards should be fine as far as they are hidden in the slot( i mean not visible).....

Also if they actually make ne difference....in terms of performance.
I got a vaio cr nd it has 2.5 GB RAM.( 2GB plus 512mb--the factory installed one..i removed the other 512mb though)

 

With 2+ GB of RAM, there's not going to be much improvement.

 

Its going to be a waste of money. ReadyBoost is for computers that cannot physically run enough RAM for Vista to be happy.

 

Thanx Guys For Ur Promp Reply!!! Any Body Else Gotta Different View Point....?

 

ReadyBoost, loading data fast from a static memory device like a MemoryStick Pro Duo, has the potential to be faster than physical memory when the computer starts up. Unlike physical memory which is cleared when the power goes out, ReadyBoost can theoretically have the data already accessible. It takes time to spin up the drives and load the equivalent into physical memory.

This is the spin of ReadyBoost and whether or not Vista can really efficiently choose what to put in that type of memory, to know to load from there instead of disk at boot time, to verify that the data in ReadyBoost is still accurate and not stale, etc. is somewhat unproven. I believe that tests with 2GB+ of physical memory show little-to-know measurable improvement.

 

I use a 2GB MS Memory Stick Pro Duo with my VAIO SZ's built-in MS reader. It works for Vista Readyboost. But sometimes Readyboost can slow down the PC or consumer more battery power, if you restart the laptop or resume from hibernate and you have a really large Readyboost cache size.

I find that setting the Readyboost cache to 256MB or 512MB makes effective yet doesnt take too long to settle down after a restart/resume from hibernate.

 

do u need to format the stic to ntfs.....is it easy ...can u do it directly from the OS....some ppl have said that it does not recognise memory stic as ready boost....wat was up in ur case.....did u tweak it.....??

 

My MS works by default. I didn't need to tweak it. It is formatted using FAT.

 

To your first question:
All memory-cards (SD, MMS, Memory-stick....) are suiteable for Readyboost.
They MUST be set to "writeable"
They MUST be formatted "NTFS" (or the ready-boost options are not available)

They should be bigger than your RAM.
They should be the fastest models available!
They should not be bigger than 4GB as Vista refuses making up bigger RB-Files.

The Readyboost-feature helps you in two ways:
A: as soon as your harddisk is one of those 1.8" with 3400RPM, the reading-speed is much higher form flash-memory.
B: if you have a laptop and you choose "supend to disk" instead of "suspend to RAM", your PC does not consume any power when offline! Keeping consistently to this policy, it will be easy to save many times more battery-lifetime than the RB-feature consumes by itself.

Another option would be to run the memory stick/SD-card in a software-raid alongside with your system-partition. Thats possible and would provide some raid-based power, but also leave one big risk: Your pc is useless when the card is taken out!

 

but hardcore is sayin tat he is using fat file system..............

so can i directly format it into ntfs...by right clickin nd then options or is there some other way...

also what do i need for software raid thing......first time i am coming accross...


thanx guys for your responses though!!!!

 

Just wondering if you can help me configure my system to Suspend to Disk? Is that the same at "Hybrid Sleep Mode"? Also, is there any better way to use my 4 Gig Sandisk Ultra II MS Duo Pro Stick? I use it as Readyboost now but I have 4 gigs of ram installed. I notice my machine boots almost as fast as it comes out of hibernate so the Readyboost drive is helping there but I would like to use Suspend to Disk with Vista?

 

how to disable ReadyBoost in Vista?

 

Hi everybody
1. FAT/NTFS
at my computer the readyboost is only available when the flash-memory is set to "NTFS". Maybe thats
But I can only speak for my own OS and I am using an Express Card SSD. AFAIK its impossible to format SD-Cards or Memory-Sticks in NTFS anyway. So it should be possible to make them run with FAT/FAT32.
2. Disabling Readyboost
Readyboost (the service) is only running if there is a volume that contains a readyboost-file. No readyboost-files, no readyboost. Browse \Computer, do rightclick on the volumes and you can toggle readyboost on/off.

 

Actually the memory card doesnt need to be formatted in NTFS to use ReadyBoost. For my Vaio SZ31SP, I am using an MS Pro in the built-in MS slot. Readyboost is available whether I format the card using FAT, FAT32 or NTFS. But since the default file system is FAT or FAT32, I'm using that.

Second, since this is a laptop, I dont set the Readyboost cache size too large. I have 2GB RAM, and Readyboost cache size set to 512MB, even though I have a 2GB MS Pro. Why? Because the larger the readyboost cache size, the longer it takes to update the cache (after bootup or resume from hibernate). While the cache is updating the harddisk is being utilized a lot, which sucks up the battery life. 512MB is enough for me, enough to feel the speed boost but not too large that it takes too long to settle down.

 

Good point.

AFAIK SDcards and Memorysticks can only be formated in FAT/FAT32,
but the file-system on those cards is a virtual frontend anyway.
With SSD-RAM as an express-card it looks different: at my computer readyboost is only available when the drive is "formated" as an NTFS-memory.

 

anyone tried using the sandisk extreme III mspro duo card? Noticably faster than the sony one?

Thanks,

ZK

 

seems many users have successfully used msproduo sticks... anyone gotten an sd card to work for readyboost? I have one in my tz and it wont meet the requirements =/ i'll go get a pro duo and try it.

 

I have tried all my "fast" SD and SDHC cards in my TZ190 and they do not work for Ready Boost even though they meet the "white page" speed requirement. I just got an A-Data 16 GB card that is "turbo" and NTFS formatted and it is also no go. Somewhere here someone mentioned that the SD slot has a slower connection. I dont know too much about that. I have tired ordering an SSD express card 32 GB but no one has them in stock for a decent price.

 

I think the ms pro slot is the next best option... you know what the read speeds are from the express slot?

 

update:

got a sandisk extreme III ms pro duo 2gb card and it does work in the TZ as a readyboost drive...

I'm pretty interested in the suspend to flash memory option... would be sweet

 

So i will be good to run a 512mb duo? will this be enough to run suspend to flash memory?

 

from what i know the memory card readers on the vaios are slower than the memorystick readers.

so if you want the fastest thing for your vaio laptop you have two choices:
-get the fastest memorystick (sandisk extreme III pro duo, 18MB/sec read-write).
-get the fastest USB flash memory (corsair voyager GT can hit 25 write, 35 MB/sec write)

problem with the USB is that you will have it sticking out of your laptop all the time, while the memorystick would be just sitting in there.

im thinking of buying the sandisk extreme III pro duo, 4gb...to readyboost my AR. has anyone tried readyboosting this? please indicate any performance enhancements...thx