SPEED ME UP !

I want to go faster ... faster ... FASTER !!

Thursday, November 13, 2008 by mike b1954 | Discussion: Windows Vista

Just a quickie .. Recently I had a system blowout , and decided to get a new PC .. which I really like ..

Nothing fantastic ..

Vista Home Premium ,

 on an Acer Aspire m1640 : Windows exp of 3.5 ,

Intel Duo Core2  E4700 @ 2.60 ghz .. and 32 Bit OS .. NVidia Ge Force 9300 GE : The Graphics are factory set as thus :

Core Clock 540mhz

memory clock 400 mhz (800 mhz data rate )

memory interface 64 bit

total available graphics 1023 MB

Dedicated Video memory 256 NB

System Video memeory 0 M

Sharede System Memory 767 MB

PCI Express x16

Stream Processors 8

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 2GB Flash Drive used for ReadyBoost and Maxtor 500gb external HD , (drive J ) ~ which I am using for backups and archiving

etc.. Currently using 2mb Broadband .. 

and now the question !

While having a look around the Windows Help and Support Feature

I saw an item about using memory in your storage device to speed up your computer .. using WINDOWS READYBOOST ..and

promptly shoved the flash drive in to see if there WAS, indeed, any difference ... so far I have not noticed any improvement ..

Now , what I would like to do is  make a reasonable size partition in my maxtor HD of say .. 100 gb and use that , solely as the

extra cache file ...

Would this , if it can be done ~  increase my already ' whizzy ' PC to a Lightning Fast Supersonic blow  - your -  socks -  off ,

Sh** off a Shovel PC ...  ?

And if so , How would I implement this type of thing ...  ( Sorry It seems a bit noob to y'all but I just had to ask ... )

OR ..is it not worth bothering ..?

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I await your replies with my breath baited and cheeks distinctly clenched , 

not knowing what sort of floodgate I am about to open ...  !!

Thanks for your patience guys , I know it was a big read for you , so I typed it slowly !!

Regards

Mike

 

 

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Wizard1956
Reply #21 Sunday, November 16, 2008 11:21 AM

If that's true, it's not worth bothering!
I have an empty 2Gb flash drive in use and have 1950Mb reserved for readyboost.I'm not on my machine currently,so I can't give any details,but when I used a 1Gb,it wanted all of it,so I switched to a 2Gb,and it wanted 1830Mb.It seems Vista detected the available space on each and determined how much I should use.I don't have a larger one to try out,but you certainly can use more than 230Mb.

I have 1.5Gb installed RAM,btw.


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