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Readyboost
I have a 1gig USB stick SanDisk Cruzer setup as Readyboost. I am running
Vista Business. When ever I enable readyboost I am losing memory. I start off with 750 Megs or so of used space, enable readyboost and I jump to 850 Megs of used space. |
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Readyboost
"Jason" wrote
I have a 1gig USB stick SanDisk Cruzer setup as Readyboost. I am running Vista Business. When ever I enable readyboost I am losing memory. I start off with 750 Megs or so of used space, enable readyboost and I jump to 850 Megs of used space. What do you mean you're loosing memory? Are you referring to Physical Memory used from the Performance tab in Task Manager? If so you want the system to use as much memory as possible. Near the bottom left under physical memory you want the number under Free to be as close to 0 as possible. If you are referring to something else then clarify it. -- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell] |
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Readyboost
"Rock" wrote: "Jason" wrote I have a 1gig USB stick SanDisk Cruzer setup as Readyboost. I am running Vista Business. When ever I enable readyboost I am losing memory. I start off with 750 Megs or so of used space, enable readyboost and I jump to 850 Megs of used space. What do you mean you're loosing memory? Are you referring to Physical Memory used from the Performance tab in Task Manager? If so you want the system to use as much memory as possible. Near the bottom left under physical memory you want the number under Free to be as close to 0 as possible. If you are referring to something else then clarify it. -- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell] When readyboost is off the graph (performance tab, Memory) showing memory in use shows 877 and then when it is enabled it shows 929 MB in use. Free is showing 7MB, Why do I only want 7MB free? I was under the impression with readyboost it would free up memory thus taken my 877MB in use and dropping it to 6XX in use? Please help me to understand? Thanks |
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Readyboost
Jason;
Windows tends to use all available memory. When needed, the memory is immediately released for use. Depending on how much memory you have determines the performance boost you get. The closer you are to 2 GB to start, the less Ready Boost seems to help. Memory not in use is wasted memory. Do you see any performance increase? Look beyond just the numbers which as you see can be deceptive. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org "Jason" wrote in message ... When readyboost is off the graph (performance tab, Memory) showing memory in use shows 877 and then when it is enabled it shows 929 MB in use. Free is showing 7MB, Why do I only want 7MB free? I was under the impression with readyboost it would free up memory thus taken my 877MB in use and dropping it to 6XX in use? Please help me to understand? Thanks |
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Readyboost
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote: Jason; Windows tends to use all available memory. When needed, the memory is immediately released for use. Depending on how much memory you have determines the performance boost you get. The closer you are to 2 GB to start, the less Ready Boost seems to help. Memory not in use is wasted memory. Do you see any performance increase? Look beyond just the numbers which as you see can be deceptive. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org "Jason" wrote in message ... When readyboost is off the graph (performance tab, Memory) showing memory in use shows 877 and then when it is enabled it shows 929 MB in use. Free is showing 7MB, Why do I only want 7MB free? I was under the impression with readyboost it would free up memory thus taken my 877MB in use and dropping it to 6XX in use? Please help me to understand? Thanks I have 2.5 Gigs of memory so maybe I should not see any performance increase? |
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Readyboost
No, you wouldn't see much, if any, boost with that much RAM installed.
Unless you have a lot of applications open or are running a RAM hungry app. -- Dustin Harper http://www.vistarip.com -- "Jason" wrote in message ... "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote: Jason; Windows tends to use all available memory. When needed, the memory is immediately released for use. Depending on how much memory you have determines the performance boost you get. The closer you are to 2 GB to start, the less Ready Boost seems to help. Memory not in use is wasted memory. Do you see any performance increase? Look beyond just the numbers which as you see can be deceptive. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org "Jason" wrote in message ... When readyboost is off the graph (performance tab, Memory) showing memory in use shows 877 and then when it is enabled it shows 929 MB in use. Free is showing 7MB, Why do I only want 7MB free? I was under the impression with readyboost it would free up memory thus taken my 877MB in use and dropping it to 6XX in use? Please help me to understand? Thanks I have 2.5 Gigs of memory so maybe I should not see any performance increase? |
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Readyboost
"Jason" wrote
"Rock" wrote: "Jason" wrote I have a 1gig USB stick SanDisk Cruzer setup as Readyboost. I am running Vista Business. When ever I enable readyboost I am losing memory. I start off with 750 Megs or so of used space, enable readyboost and I jump to 850 Megs of used space. What do you mean you're loosing memory? Are you referring to Physical Memory used from the Performance tab in Task Manager? If so you want the system to use as much memory as possible. Near the bottom left under physical memory you want the number under Free to be as close to 0 as possible. If you are referring to something else then clarify it. -- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell] When readyboost is off the graph (performance tab, Memory) showing memory in use shows 877 and then when it is enabled it shows 929 MB in use. Free is showing 7MB, Why do I only want 7MB free? I was under the impression with readyboost it would free up memory thus taken my 877MB in use and dropping it to 6XX in use? Please help me to understand? Free RAM is wasted RAM. Vista's memory management is much improved over XP's. Through prefetch it will load programs in cache based on your usage patterns so they are ready if needed. If a different app is started, memory is released for it's use. So the lower the amount of free RAM showing the better off you are. It is a common misconception, as well, in XP that maximizing free RAM was helpful. That myth was the basis for some companies selling snake oil remedies purporting to speed up the system by freeing up RAM. I haven't checked on my system the difference in memory usage when Ready Boost is on or off. I have 1GB of PC800 RAM and Ready Boost does help some what. Here is a couple of good articles with info on the impact of Ready Boost and Prefetch. http://tgdaily.com/2007/02/08/analys...a_ready_boost/ http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2917 -- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell] |
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Readyboost
bughaters wrote:
Let me understand something here. Task Manager under Physical Memory (MB), I have 41 free MB's. What is that telling me. That Windows is doing its job: it's using as much of your memory as it can. Don't be concerned with that figu Windows will release memory to programs as needed. |