Vista - SD and readyboost

Has anyone found a 4gb SD card that works with Readyboost?

SD seems far more practical to me than USB as I can leave it plugged into my
notebook all the time.

I'm using a 2 gig and it works fine. I don't think anything larger than a 2
gig will benefit you any with readyboost.

"McFly" <McFly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone found a 4gb SD card that works with Readyboost?
>
> SD seems far more practical to me than USB as I can leave it plugged into
> my
> notebook all the time.

Thanks Steven, what make and model is the one you are using? are you seeing
any benefit from it?

I am using a cheap-ass aData MyFlash 2gb SD card and it works fine for
ReadyBoost. I second the other guy that said going over 2gb or so is a
waste.


"McFly" <McFly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone found a 4gb SD card that works with Readyboost?
>
> SD seems far more practical to me than USB as I can leave it plugged into
> my
> notebook all the time.

I'm using a SanDisk SD 2 gb. Yes there is a noticable difference. I have 1
gig of Ram installed.

"Fat Bastard" <bastard@home.com> wrote in message
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>I am using a cheap-ass aData MyFlash 2gb SD card and it works fine for
>ReadyBoost. I second the other guy that said going over 2gb or so is a
>waste.
>
>
> "McFly" <McFly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C6727137-0646-4E24-8AA3-AA3C31D02C31@microsoft.com...
>> Has anyone found a 4gb SD card that works with Readyboost?
>>
>> SD seems far more practical to me than USB as I can leave it plugged into
>> my
>> notebook all the time.
>
>

Transcend 150x 4GB. It works, but it rarely uses more than a gigabyte. You
can check this in the reliability and performance monitor. If you are
thinking about getting a 4 gig card, I would try plugging in a 2GB card and
seeing how much it uses. I have used this same computer with 2 GB of ram
instead of 1 and it rarely uses *any* of the drive as readyboost in that
case. Microsoft could be changing the way this works later, but right now
it doesn't help. In short, get more ram. Readyboost only helps *right now*
(it may help in the future) if you have less than a gig of ram available.

The only exception to this rule is when when multiple Virtual PCs are taking
up the ram, then 2 GB of ram are not enough and readyboost cache begins to
be used. Make sure you remember: the computer first uses system ram and
then uses the flash drive.

Ben

"McFly" <McFly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone found a 4gb SD card that works with Readyboost?
>
> SD seems far more practical to me than USB as I can leave it plugged into
> my
> notebook all the time.

I am reading a lot of suggestions here and as a newbie to these flash drives I'm a bit intrigued. I have my USB currently plugged in optioned under readyboost. I been trying to get better performance for some time now. I went out and bought 2GB of memory and installed it. But since I have these 2GB flash drive sticks (3 total) I figured I'd plug one in and see what happens. Jury still out. But I will continue to read all you guys suggestion nonetheless.