I takes a week or two of daily reboots to see the benefit to boot times due
to the assistance ReadyBoost provides to super fetch. Other then that you
may not notice the benefit to page file retrievals provided by the
ReadyBoost page file cache function.
"husky86" <husky86@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate (with Service Pack 1) on a fairly new
> desktop system. I have 4 GB of RAM and I'm running a quad core Intel
> processor (3 GHz) with a Western Digital Raptor 10,000 rpm hard drive.
>
> I already know that I have a fairly fast system, but I'm wondering if
> Vista's ReadyBoost might be able to speed up the system even more?
>
> I have a 4 GB jump drive (USB) that I rarely use. I have plugged it into
> one of the USB ports and have turned on the ReadyBoost option (to use the
> full 4 GB). Thus far, I'm not really seeing too much of an increase in
> overall speed. But I could be in correct about this. My perceptions may
> be
> off.
>
> My question is: with more advanced desktop and laptop systems, does
> ReadyBoost provide any additional speed/performance advantages?
>
> Thanks!