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Hagen:
I recently heard about the ReadyBoost option which suppose to make system faster. Is this about transfer there(to usb stick) the virtual memory?

Meanwhile this option is disabled in my device because Sysmain is disabled... Whats this and how can I enable them both?

seanlennor:
I haven't seen readyboost. Where did you get that?

Shane:
I never use readyboost. It is only helpful if your system is always running low on memory
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/readyboost

Which if you use my free version of Cleanmem on my other site isnt normally a problem any more :-D

Shane

Hagen:

--- Quote from: seanlennor on January 20, 2014, 06:18:55 am ---I haven't seen readyboost. Where did you get that?

--- End quote ---

Make right click on your usb stick, then properties, and u ll see it.


--- Quote from: Shane on January 20, 2014, 10:33:42 am ---I never use readyboost. It is only helpful if your system is always running low on memory

--- End quote ---

Physical or virtual memory?
I have set only 512MB of virtual mermory in order not to harm my ssd in this system(htpc).
My physical memory is 4GB DDR3 1333MHz.

Do I earn something if I turn on ReadyBooster in my USB stick(which I use to download the uncomplete torrent files)?

One more question, may I transfer virtual memory in the USB stick?

Shane:
I actually turn off the page file on my system with 12gb of ram. Never had a problem.

The bottle neck in performance is the hard drive, SSD makes this a lot better. But the page file runs off the drive and so when it has to access the memory Windows puts there you now go from GB/s to only MB/s.

Ready boost is just using the usb drive to put the page file.


--- Quote ---Low memory can make your computer sluggish because Windows, which needs a place to stash data, turns to the hard drive. Flash memory offers a speedier alternative.
--- End quote ---

But with a system with 4GB or more of ram, unless you can actually find a way to use up that much memory you are normally safe to turn the page file off. Like I said I do and it helps a lot, of course even when gaming I have never once used more than 4 GB of memory at once.

Even when you have tons of memory Windows STILL uses the page file, I dont know why but it drives me nuts.

Shane

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