Boostspeed any good?

f_vo

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Hi,

my 2 gb DDr3-1333 mhz does not cut it anymore.

Right contstantly the computer is usting between 80 and 85 % without me doing anything, except typing here.

Diskeeper 2008, Outlook consume alot of memory, Search Index, Svchost (some 10 different system programs), etc.

So i need more Ram. But at the same time i was thinking of buying "Boostspeed" or a program like that to clear memory, so a shutdown is not needed every day.

Anyone familiar with this kind of program?

Thanks,

François
 

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You do know that Vista pre-caches programs it thinks you may use so they launch faster, right? And that this pre-caching takes up most of your RAM usage. And that Vista surrenders RAM used for caching just as if it were empty.

In usage, have you noticed the system paging??
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Proudly Built by Me!
    CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    DFI UT LP P35 T2R
    Memory
    8GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 800 C44GK 4-4-4-12 2T
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon 4870x2
    Sound Card
    AuzenTech Prelude 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 Acer P243 24" and 1 Samsung T260 26" Monitor/HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    Both are running at 19x12
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1TB 7200.11 (Vista x64)
    Seagate 500GB 7200.11 (Win 7 x64)
    PSU
    OCZ GameXtream 900w
    Other Info
    FSB at 400 (1600) Mhz, CPU Multi @ 8 for 3.2Ghz
Well Scotteq, no i did not know that.

I do not use a pagefile since this slows down system severely.

Clevo, Boostspeed claims they recover Ram that is blocked by certain programs. So in the end one should have more memory free right?

Anyway since no one has possitive things to say, i will skip the program

thanks

François
 

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Francois - What that means is that high "usage" isn't necessarily a sign that there's something wrong. Vista is filling memory which would otherwise be sitting idle with programs it thinks you may use.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Proudly Built by Me!
    CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    DFI UT LP P35 T2R
    Memory
    8GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 800 C44GK 4-4-4-12 2T
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon 4870x2
    Sound Card
    AuzenTech Prelude 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 Acer P243 24" and 1 Samsung T260 26" Monitor/HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    Both are running at 19x12
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1TB 7200.11 (Vista x64)
    Seagate 500GB 7200.11 (Win 7 x64)
    PSU
    OCZ GameXtream 900w
    Other Info
    FSB at 400 (1600) Mhz, CPU Multi @ 8 for 3.2Ghz
Prefetching is a service you can turn off/on. Buying memory to install in the PC will be better than USB stick/readyboost. I tried readyboost on my PC (vista x64 ultimate with 2 gig of ram) and I allocated 4 gig of mem on the usb stick. Did not notice a bit of diff.
Raj
 

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Francois,

Most people will see something like 1.25~1.5GB of memory "used" on a 2GB system. But please understand that RAM which has been used for Pre-fetching is surrendered to active applications just as if it were empty. You don't have to buy more memory unless you either want to, or because you want to see high idle numbers. That's why I asked if your system was paging to the HDD. If the system isn't hesitating/paging to the hard disc, then you aren't using all of your RAM and you don't actually have a problem. It's just a display.

Sorry if I'm bad at explaining this...
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Proudly Built by Me!
    CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    DFI UT LP P35 T2R
    Memory
    8GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 800 C44GK 4-4-4-12 2T
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon 4870x2
    Sound Card
    AuzenTech Prelude 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 Acer P243 24" and 1 Samsung T260 26" Monitor/HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    Both are running at 19x12
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1TB 7200.11 (Vista x64)
    Seagate 500GB 7200.11 (Win 7 x64)
    PSU
    OCZ GameXtream 900w
    Other Info
    FSB at 400 (1600) Mhz, CPU Multi @ 8 for 3.2Ghz
You dont have it buy it... You can do the trial for 30 ~ish days then fix up ur computer then jst uninstall it. Or you can use the free version's of: CCleaner, Auslogics Disk Defrag, and Auslogics Reg Defrag. Thats all you "actually" need. Alot of the other things included in Auslogics BoostSpeed arent really needed :)
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP dv6000 CTO Entertainment Lappy :D
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 @ 2.4GHz (2 CPUS), ~2.4 GHz
    Memory
    4094 MB Ram
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, 2031 MB Memory
    Sound Card
    Realtek Hi-Def Sound Card
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1200x800
    Case
    HP Laptop :D
    Cooling
    Fans
    Keyboard
    Laptop
    Mouse
    Microsoft Pro Mouse :D
    Internet Speed
    DL: 20.51 Mb/s, Up-Load :5.27 Mb/s Ping: 10 ms
I do not use a pagefile since this slows down system severely.
François

no your way off the mark and this may be the reason your using so much physical ram , 2gb is enough for Vista.....with an active pagefile

when a program is launched it may ask to allocated a certain ammount of pagefile , this can sometimes be huge and sometimes more than it will ever need , that said Vista will allocate the program this chunk of virtual memory.

if you have disabled your pagefile where do you think Vista will get the requested memory from? your physical ram.............

it is not and never has been a good idea to disable the pagefile and it certainly doesnt slow down your pc , Vista more than any other OS needs a page file , set it to system managed and leave it well alone :rolleyes:


EDIT......Banned!!?? Have i just wasted my time replying?? :p
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Internet Speed
    8mb
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