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    SD readyboost question

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ChaosSpear, May 11, 2008.

  1. ChaosSpear

    ChaosSpear Notebook Consultant

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    I have an acer extensa 4620Z (which i love) running vista premium.

    I have a small built in card reader, and one day i had the idea to see if it could run readyboost. So i dropped in my 1 gig PNY card. and yes, the option came up to use readyboost. But after scanning the card, it said it wasnt fast enough, which i expected.

    so my question is, what SD cards are fast enough to run readyboost? I would like it to be SD so i can also use it in my camera when i need, and around 4gigs.

    THANKS!!!
     
    ChaosSpear, May 11, 2008
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  2. QuicKSwitcH

    QuicKSwitcH Notebook Guru

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    Not sure if you can but just try it urself. Pop it in the slot and than right click the SD card in my computer and see if there is a ready boost option under properties. Ill find my SD card and try it myself.
     
    QuicKSwitcH, May 11, 2008
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  3. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i tryied it on my acer 3680 and my hp dv9640us and there was no performance increase
     
    dondadah88, May 11, 2008
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  4. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Don't bother. Readyboost won't give any performance gain.
     
    Lithus, May 11, 2008
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  5. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Most SD Cards wont work with readyboost because it doesnt pass the 1ms seek time require

    Readyboost wont make much of a difference when you already have 2gb RAM or more. Its only good if you have 1gb RAM or less
     
    flipfire, May 11, 2008
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  6. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    you might as well just buy more ram. it will cost either as much or less, won't stick out of your computer, and is more beneficial to performance.
     
    masterchef341, May 11, 2008
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  7. Wirelessman

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    When HDD will come out with as fast flash memory as the usb drive type ones, then goodbye readyboost!
     
    Wirelessman, May 11, 2008
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  8. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    It's really not worth the price.
     
    The_Observer, May 11, 2008
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  9. nodrogkam

    nodrogkam Notebook Consultant

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    You need a class 6 card, which is pretty much the highest speed there is.
    It really helps out!
     
    nodrogkam, May 11, 2008
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  10. orev

    orev Notebook Virtuoso

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    I hate to break it to you, but with your system with 4GB of RAM, if you're seeing any performance gain from readyboost, it's all in your head.
     
    orev, May 12, 2008
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  11. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    ReadyBoost is a bit pointless now since RAM prices are so cheap and you are only going to see a different if you run 1 GB which is dumb to run Vista on.
     
    atbnet, May 12, 2008
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