Readboost 150x SD vs. 233x CF

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I'm debating between spending $10-15 for a 150x 2gb SD card versus
$20-25 dollars for a 233x 2 gb CF card for use with readyboost in
Vista.

Anyone have any thoughts about how much speed difference it would
make?

Thanks in advance.
 
Why waste money on Readyboost? Buy more ram. There is no cost/benefit to
Readyboost.

Ramone
 
I've already got 3gb of RAM, and from what I've read, there is a
benefit to Readyboost. For $15-25 I think it's worth a try.
 
I think the Pitstop article is equivalent to a hit and run.
Readyboost is supposed to take some time to determine your program
usage pattern before it shows improvement. You shouldn't (and I
wouldn't) expect to plug it in and see your system suddenly come to
life.
 
I've already got 3gb of RAM, and from what I've read, there is a
benefit to Readyboost. For $15-25 I think it's worth a try.
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Since you may not see much benefit perhaps the way to decide is to choose
something that you have another use for? You may also want to confirm that
your computer's card reader supports ReadyBoost. Mine does not and I only
discovered it by trying to use SD memory for ReadyBoost - I received the
message "unsupported interface".
 
That was one of many similar articles. You've obviously already made up your
mind so go buy it. The only replies you have are that it's not worth it. So
why waste our time?

Ramone
 
If you insist on getting a readyboost capable device you should get one no
smaller than 3gb, 4gb would be better. A 1:1 ratio of readyboost to ram is
the minimum recommended with a 2.5:1 max. However, the highest Vista will
use is 4gb, so you'll have a 1.33 to 1 which is on the lower end.

Ramone
 
I'm debating between spending $10-15 for a 150x 2gb SD card versus
$20-25 dollars for a 233x 2 gb CF card for use with readyboost in
Vista.

Anyone have any thoughts about how much speed difference it would
make?
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How much RAM do you have? If you have 2GB or more of RAM, the little
it might do for you is so slight as to be almost unnoticeable.

And if you have less than 2GB of RAM, you would do much better to
spend your money on upgrading your RAM to 2GB than on buying a device
for ReadyBoost use.

So, in general, I recommend *against* using ReadyBoost.
 
Purchase neither. If you have less than 2mb of memory in your system,
purchase more memory and install it.
 
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