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    does readyboost really boost performance? +hibernation Q

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Newatthiscomputerstu, Jun 24, 2009.

  1. Newatthiscomputerstu

    Newatthiscomputerstu Newbie

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    does vista readyboost really boost PC performance?

    Can you move the hibernation file to another location?
     
    Newatthiscomputerstu, Jun 24, 2009
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes, in certain situations.
    No, you cannot move it to another location.
     
    jackluo923, Jun 24, 2009
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    That's not true unless you put what's cached in the turbomemory in the ram. Readyboost caches things which are not in the ram thus having more ram doesn't really make a difference.
     
    jackluo923, Jun 24, 2009
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    Sc4Freak Notebook Geek

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    While technically true, I suspect you've got it confused with superfetch. Readyboost stores pages from the page file on the flash stick, allowing for significantly faster random read speeds. Which means that a page fault has much less of a performance impact. If you have sufficient RAM, less will be stored in the page file. Hence, readyboost is less useful since page faults will occur less often.
     
    Sc4Freak, Jun 25, 2009
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    Newatthiscomputerstu Newbie

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    So is that a yes or no then?

    I have a SDHC lying around. I just dont want it to 'slow' it down. If its all in the green then I will use readyboost.
     
    Newatthiscomputerstu, Jun 25, 2009
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    Sewje Notebook Geek

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    Readyboost definitely helps with speed on Vista, On my laptop I have 2GB and Readyboost, on my Desktop 4GB, the Laptop run faster overall in terms of general use, even tho my Desktop has faster memory, cpu and hard disks. When I disable readyboost the laptop is then much slower in opening files and programs.
     
    Sewje, Jun 25, 2009
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    ratchetnclank Notebook Deity

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    No it's useless.
     
    ratchetnclank, Jun 25, 2009
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    Readyboost keeps ready the programs that you use most so they can be opened faster, if you have the card lying around I would just give it a try.
     
    Clutch, Jun 25, 2009
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    Well i havent used it myself but i've heard good things about it :) Its like a part of superfetch
     
    Kocane, Jun 25, 2009
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    EnterKnight Notebook Evangelist

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    Everyone here failed to mention that ReadyBoot is tied into ReadyBoost. It's a boot optimization scheme that analyzes boot logs after boot and changes boot files for a faster startup.
     
    EnterKnight, Jun 25, 2009
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    In most cases, it will at the very least speed things up.

    In some cases, it will slow things down. The long answer is every time your system sends pages from memory to your HD pagefile, it also sends a copy to your SDHC. You only get a serious boost when reading pages from the pagefile to memory, which in Readyboost's case, it will read the copy on the SDHC, rather than from the Harddrive.

    Edit: Ya'll are nerds!!!! The guy asks a simple question and ya'll spend time arguing jargon and technicality like a bunch of Star Trekkies. This is why people hate IT dudes. They make it more complicated than it should be.
     
    surfasb, Jun 25, 2009
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