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    Vista - question about speedboost and system cache (virtual memory)

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Arvin, Mar 19, 2008.

  1. Arvin

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    If I have speed boost enabled on an 8gb SD card, and allocated 4gb of another physical hdd as system cache/virtual memory, which one is used first after all physical memory is utilized?

    I tried setting my SD card as virtual memory, but after restarting it shows that nothing is set as virtual memory.

    If I set virtual memory to Zero and enable speedboost on the SD card, does speedboost act as virtual memory?

    sorry I'm a little confused.
     
    Arvin, Mar 19, 2008
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  2. Arvin

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    ...tough crowd?
     
    Arvin, Mar 20, 2008
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  3. dondadah88

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    how much ram do you have
     
    dondadah88, Apr 2, 2008
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  4. McGrady

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    speedboost? you mean readyboost. readyboost gets used before physical i think. readyboost doesnt act as virtual mem. readyboost can only support up to 4gb
     
    McGrady, Apr 3, 2008
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  5. ValkyrieLenneth

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    HDD = high sequential data transfering, slow seek latency
    Flash Card/USB = lower sequential data transfering, incredible fast seek latency.
    Windows Vista will use each kind of cache for proper task.
    But RAM kicks those two far away with it's superb speed and latency, so... in the end: BUY MORE RAM ! :D
     
    ValkyrieLenneth, Apr 3, 2008
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  6. orev

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    If you have more than 2GB of RAM, readyboost is useless. It's only meant for systems that are very low on RAM.
     
    orev, Apr 4, 2008
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  7. Lawrence

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    Yap, Recently I bought new 2GB ram for the development of the next version of WinBubble and other softwares. The change is noticeable. Unlike doing some tweaking... In the long term, buying more RAM is great.

    But if your a low budget user. Tweaking will give a small boost.
    Better than nothing... :)
     
    Lawrence, Apr 4, 2008
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  8. Shadowfate

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    If you have only 1 Gb RAM (like I did when I first bought this laptop) and you used Readyboost. You will really feel the difference. But as of installing2GB memory Readyboost is already useless.
     
    Shadowfate, Apr 4, 2008
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  9. AKAJohnDoe

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    Personally, I kept Prefetch and SuperFetch enabled, but disabled ReadyBoost. I have 2GB of memory on this PC.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Apr 4, 2008
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    How did you "disable" it? Unless you have a flash drive plugged in that you configured to use it, it's not using it. There's nothing to disable.
     
    orev, Apr 4, 2008
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    I disabled the ReadyBoost service as per BlackViper.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Apr 4, 2008
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  12. McGrady

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    I heard it was just better to leave that on even if you don't use ReadyBoost.
     
    McGrady, Apr 4, 2008
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    what's the reason behind this suggestion?
     
    roytse, Apr 4, 2008
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  14. McGrady

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    err. i dont remember anymore. i was messing with services like 2 or 3 months ago. i think i read it on a site that helped me choose what to disable and what not to. ill try to find it...
     
    McGrady, Apr 4, 2008
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    AKAJohnDoe, Apr 4, 2008
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