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| | Swap file on USB flash drive? I have read a few articles about ReadyBoost not giving much of a performance gain on systems with large amounts of RAM, I'm not sure of the internal workings of ReadyBoost but my 2GB system still frequently uses the swap-file. So, would it create a greater performance increase to install the USB flash device as a drive and then force windows to use this device and this device alone for swap-file data? Obviously the main concern here would be stability if the drive was removed mid-session, which would obviously be disastrous, but I have a USB2.0 PCI card which has an internal (as in on the card but inside the case) USB port, using this I could be as sure of the USB stick staying connected as I could of my graphics card not falling out. Any thoughts on this before I give it a go? On this tack, how long is it going to be before motherboard manufacturers start either including flash-memory chips on their boards, or provide a dedicated on-board USB port for flash drives? |
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| | Re: Swap file on USB flash drive? Certainly the more memory a system has the less it may need to use its swap drive. Ready Boost gives a real performance gain on my 2 1GB Vista systems. My Vista laptop has a built in flash card slot which is where my Ready Boost chip is and since the chip does not stick out I have no worries. My desktop has USB ports on the back and that is where my USB ready boost flash drive is. "sebbelcher" <sebbelcher@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:CE7F25C2-49E7-4C9B-8860-F7238FDDEB01@xxxxxx Quote: >I have read a few articles about ReadyBoost not giving much of a >performance > gain on systems with large amounts of RAM, I'm not sure of the internal > workings of ReadyBoost but my 2GB system still frequently uses the > swap-file. > So, would it create a greater performance increase to install the USB > flash > device as a drive and then force windows to use this device and this > device > alone for swap-file data? > > Obviously the main concern here would be stability if the drive was > removed > mid-session, which would obviously be disastrous, but I have a USB2.0 PCI > card which has an internal (as in on the card but inside the case) USB > port, > using this I could be as sure of the USB stick staying connected as I > could > of my graphics card not falling out. > > Any thoughts on this before I give it a go? > > On this tack, how long is it going to be before motherboard manufacturers > start either including flash-memory chips on their boards, or provide a > dedicated on-board USB port for flash drives? |
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