FC and superfetch/readyboost
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:18 am
Hi, my laptop is 8 Gbyte ram. I probe ram used and responsiveness by superfetch under certain conditions, and FC, under windows 7 64bit.
FancyCache with 2G ram, 30sec write.
The result is:
superfetch on, FC on: the best combination, more responsiveness, but more memory used...
superfetch off, FC on: boot slow, first application launch slow (ie, word, etc), second launch fast (FC is working), overall speed normal...
superfetch on, FC off: speed normal, default windows 7 without FC...
superfetch off, FC off: boot slow, launch apps slow, no operative...
superfetch has do good work in windows 7, but it preloads files into main memory, sometimes innecesary. I recommend to let it do its work, and not to disable it. Perhaps in windows 8 only preloads the necesary files, but i don“t know.
Readyboost really not improve speed nor responsiveness in systems with >2Gbyte ram. I proved that too, and sometimes it slow down speed due to flash memory speed.
Salu2.
FancyCache with 2G ram, 30sec write.
The result is:
superfetch on, FC on: the best combination, more responsiveness, but more memory used...
superfetch off, FC on: boot slow, first application launch slow (ie, word, etc), second launch fast (FC is working), overall speed normal...
superfetch on, FC off: speed normal, default windows 7 without FC...
superfetch off, FC off: boot slow, launch apps slow, no operative...
superfetch has do good work in windows 7, but it preloads files into main memory, sometimes innecesary. I recommend to let it do its work, and not to disable it. Perhaps in windows 8 only preloads the necesary files, but i don“t know.
Readyboost really not improve speed nor responsiveness in systems with >2Gbyte ram. I proved that too, and sometimes it slow down speed due to flash memory speed.
Salu2.