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Rock
Julian said:
That has nothing to do with unused RAM sitting around doing nothing versus
taking that same RAM and populating it with data. You're analogy doesn't
apply.
That has nothing to do with unused RAM sitting around doing nothing versus
taking that same RAM and populating it with data. You're analogy doesn't
apply.
J
Julian
Pete Russell said:
Whoever wrote it up on Wiki wasn't that impressed...
"The performance improvement seen by using this idea is questionable [1]. In
the cases where a system has 512MB of RAM (the bare minimum for Windows
Vista - not advisable), the largest gains are 7%. However, on systems with
1GB or more, Readyboost has a negligible effect (small enough to be
experimental error)."
J
Julian
'kRock said:
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DanR
Well, if page files are slower then RAM but not so slow that this user would
notice the difference than why have more than ½GB of RAM. Just let the
memory swap places continuously. We all know that's not a good idea. So I
wonder if Vista (Windows in general) is wise enough to just let go of
certain data in memory when new bits are asking to get in.
notice the difference than why have more than ½GB of RAM. Just let the
memory swap places continuously. We all know that's not a good idea. So I
wonder if Vista (Windows in general) is wise enough to just let go of
certain data in memory when new bits are asking to get in.
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Pete Russell
"So I wonder if Vista (Windows in general) is wise enough to just let go of
data in memory when new bits are asking to get in."
Yes it is, Does a good job at it. I run alibre design 3d cad on vista and it
has no problems.
data in memory when new bits are asking to get in."
Yes it is, Does a good job at it. I run alibre design 3d cad on vista and it
has no problems.
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Lord Takyon
Julian said:
For what exactly? Your running progs get as much as they need, the rest is
basically filled up with stuff you regularly use, so if you launch any of
these apps they start quicker.
Trust me, it does help. It is a bit weird trying to work in that manner,
especially after years of trying to keep RAM clear. If a running app wants
more memory then some if this cached stuff is dumped almost instantly and
the space is given to the running app that wants it.
That is how I understand it at a basic level, I am sure someone here will
correct me if I am wrong.
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Lord Takyon
Julian said:
Your argument is flawed my friend. You need to get a better understanding
of how it works.
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Lord Takyon
Julian said:
I experimented with Ready Boost, no difference for me. However my brother
does notice a difference with it, very strange. Very possibly tied to both
the actual machine AND the users usage.
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Lord Takyon
lofty73 said:
I currently run a 1Gig system, but I only use 34% once it has booted and
settled down. You need to look at what crap is running in the background.
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Lord Takyon
Rock said:
I have to say it was weird at first seeing all my RAM used all the time, but
this system does run well. It previously had XP on, and the usage speed of
Vista is just as fast as XP ever was, but I get the added bonus of it seems
so much smoother, everything opens fast and runs well, practically no
bottlenecks and slowing of this machine, and trust me, my machines work
hard.
C
Conor
You can't. A great deal of that memory is used by Prefetching and is
released as soon as its needed.
C
Conor
It is being used.
J
Julian
Lord Takyon said:
That's a stroke of luck... I'm here to learn.
(Thus, must err.)
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Pete Russell
Yes, From what I make of it. If you have a consistent pattern of system
usage it will spoeed it up more for you because the superfetch will be able
to clearly tell what programs you are going to use and offload them to the
readyboost instead of the hard drive. Also if you have a slow HD as in a
laptop you will likely see a larger difference that someone running a high
speed disk on a desktop.
usage it will spoeed it up more for you because the superfetch will be able
to clearly tell what programs you are going to use and offload them to the
readyboost instead of the hard drive. Also if you have a slow HD as in a
laptop you will likely see a larger difference that someone running a high
speed disk on a desktop.
Lord Takyon said:
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Pete Russell
It is now called superfetch and the system cache. 
just FYI
just FYI
C
Conor
Pete Russell said:It is now called superfetch and the system cache.
I was trying to rack my brains to remember its proper name so prefetch
ended up being bashed out on the keys.
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Pete Russell
Yeah, Vista can do that to ya.
Conor said: