Is ReadyBoost still relevant

I just bought a laptop as in the signature. I plan to upgrade the HDD to WE 500GB 5400rpm HDD. Will ReadyBoost help my performance? How much it will help? I have two slow 1GB SD cards (as link below). Are they good enough? If not, what would you recommend to buy? (or should I just upgrade my RAM to 4GB?)

http://www.amazon.com/SimpleTech-1GB-SECURE-DIGITAL-STI-SD/dp/B0002F3E92

http://shop.kingston.com/partsinfo.asp?ktcpartno=SD/2GB&promo=FLASHQ4

Thanks.

 

I doubt it. 3GB is more than enough for general use for vista

ReadyBoost is only useful when you dont have enough RAM in your system, of which vista will use flash memory to act as additional RAM

Its up to you whether you want 4GB. But seriously ... 3gb is more than enough

 

readyboost is picky... sometiems it works on some sd cards, other times it won't on the same one.

 

I used readyboost on a 4gb sandisk SDHC class 4 SD card and found that it was more hassle than what it was worth. Each time Vista booted an additional 2-3 minutes was spent loading the data onto the card (I think this has something to do with security... something about needing a unique image). This is not to say the computer was unusable while this was happening, just that the HDD was thrashing for the whole time. I went ahead and disabled this, and now when I hit my desktop my HDD stops running after about 20 seconds. I understand that turbomemory is somewhat different in that the need for security is lessened (you cannot remove the PCIE card as easily as the SD card) so I cannot speak on the performance of that related device.

 

Nope it is just snake oil. RAM is too cheap to think ReadyBoost is even feasible.

 

Thanks a lot of your comments. It seems that ReadyBoost is not going to help... You help me save money for buying a new SD for that purpose