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  1. 10 Jul 2008 #1
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    8Gb Memory Pen Readyboost

    I am going to get an 8Gb memory pen, if i set it to readyboost and use about 7Gigs to boost, will that give me +7Gb ram?

    Here is the pen - http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/pro...rmationSection


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    Re: 8Gb Memory Pen Readyboost

    No. Readyboost will only use up to 4gb of a device. Through compression, readyboost effectively doubles the amount of space for readyboost, however. for example, 2gb given to readyboost can contain approximately 4gb of data.

    Also, readyboost isn't "ram"... it's a place for the system to cache files. flash memory is generally faster for this than your hard drive, so you see an increase in speed. though i believe that if you have a lot of actual ram, you don't see much performance increase.

    you can read about it more on wikipedia:
    ReadyBoost - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    and on a blog by some MSDN guy:
    Tom Archer's Blog : ReadyBoost Q&A

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