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teknokid
23-10-2007, 08:55 AM
will readyboost have an effect even if i dont use all my ram?
My programs still take a second or too to load, so would maybe 4/8gb of ready boost.
djgandy
23-10-2007, 07:29 PM
sigh

what exactly are you planning to use ready boost with....
Taxation
23-10-2007, 08:20 PM
read up on it tekno
its not all its cracked up to be, and is slower than regular RAM
better for booting into windows, but thats it
djgandy
23-10-2007, 11:43 PM
read up on it tekno
its not all its cracked up to be, and is slower than regular RAM
better for booting into windows, but thats it

Depends....For lots of little small files it will be fast, but unless you have a fast flash drive it will struggle on big files.

The idea of it was for people who didn't have enough ram. If you want faster loading times buy a SSD
teknokid
24-10-2007, 08:15 AM
im thinking more for general progs like firefox and web pages, i read it made quite a difference for them.
it would probs be a corsair voyager drive, there pretty quick :)
djgandy
24-10-2007, 10:00 AM
im thinking more for general progs like firefox and web pages, i read it made quite a difference for them.
it would probs be a corsair voyager drive, there pretty quick :)

Well this is the thing. They may be quick but memory is quicker. People should moan at microsoft. You should be able to add an extra gig of ram and use that instead of these pathetic memory sticks. The fast memory sticks are no where near as fast as ram, and with 2gig of ddr800 going for £40 these days you could have a lightning fast ramdrive.

btw, you can't make webpages load faster or firefox start quicker. Firefox is slow to load because firefox is slow. It's a massive chunky program with **** loads of initialization code. Same goes for office 2007 etc.

Web pages come straight down the line and are written directly to your ram by your NIC.
teknokid
24-10-2007, 10:27 AM
yeah, i wasnt thinking web pages, just the browser, guess not then, what would load quicker then? i guess ill experiment
djgandy
24-10-2007, 10:58 AM
Firefox is just slow. It's bulky. It's not that slow though. I can run it on my laptop @ 800mhz in power saving mode. You're moaning about nothing tbh. If you don't like the loading times leave it open.
teknokid
24-10-2007, 11:20 AM
lol, ok, so what would readyboost help me with?
nothing?
djgandy
24-10-2007, 11:53 AM
From what I remember reading readyboost was for people who didn't have much ram. It will help you with nothing. It's rubbish anyway.
Taxation
24-10-2007, 01:11 PM
tekno, in your sig it says 4GB RAM
it will do squat for you tbh
teknokid
24-10-2007, 02:26 PM
lol, ok then ;) bit of a silly thread on my part then