| Subject: Readboost 150x SD vs. 233x CF |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 6:26:52 AM |
| From: ttheissen@yahoo.com |
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. |
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| Subject: Re: Readboost 150x SD vs. 233x CF |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 6:51:42 AM |
| From: "Ramone" [Email Address Protection] |
Why waste money on Readyboost? Buy more ram. There is no cost/benefit to Readyboost. Ramone <ttheissen@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ecfba146-9f5e-448d-803b-0afdd7548f43@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > 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. |
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| Subject: Re: Readboost 150x SD vs. 233x CF |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 6:58:57 AM |
| From: ttheissen@yahoo.com |
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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| Subject: Re: Readboost 150x SD vs. 233x CF |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 7:09:46 AM |
| From: "Ramone" [Email Address Protection] |
From what I've read the benefit is just not there, especially if you already have that much ram. If you are not already using all your ram you are wasting your money, unless you have a camera. Most reports either say they can't tell or that the boost is too minimal to be worth it. It's your money. http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/05/14/readyboost-schmeddyboost/ Ramone <ttheissen@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8131975f-9470-4f2e-9a86-cb5049df0a99@c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > 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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| Subject: Re: Readboost 150x SD vs. 233x CF |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 7:54:15 AM |
| From: ttheissen@yahoo.com |
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. |
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| Subject: Re: ReadyBoost 150x SD vs. 233x CF |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 7:59:00 AM |
| From: "Victek" [Email Address Protection] |
> 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. > > 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". |
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| Subject: Re: Readboost 150x SD vs. 233x CF |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 8:06:06 AM |
| From: "Ramone" [Email Address Protection] |
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 <ttheissen@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8e33464f-e3db-47b2-93a1-335e4ce493a8@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... >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. |
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| Subject: Re: Readboost 150x SD vs. 233x CF |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 8:36:56 AM |
| From: "Ramone" [Email Address Protection] |
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 <ttheissen@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8e33464f-e3db-47b2-93a1-335e4ce493a8@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... >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. |
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| Subject: Re: Readboost 150x SD vs. 233x CF |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 8:41:10 AM |
| From: "Ken Blake, MVP" [Email Address Protection] |
On Fri, 16 May 2008 06:26:52 -0700 (PDT), ttheissen@yahoo.com wrote: > 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? 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. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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| Subject: Re: Readboost 150x SD vs. 233x CF |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 3:15:18 PM |
| From: "Richard G. Harper" [Email Address Protection] |
Purchase neither. If you have less than 2mb of memory in your system, purchase more memory and install it. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ <ttheissen@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ecfba146-9f5e-448d-803b-0afdd7548f43@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > 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. |
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