http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_5219.asp
Liked the part about the USB stick being used as RAM. Hope they implement it properly.
Liked the part about the USB stick being used as RAM. Hope they implement it properly.
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
TechHead said:http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_5219.asp
Liked the part about the USB stick being used as RAM. Hope they implement it properly.
In build 5219, Microsoft has enabled a new Windows Vista feature called Super Fetch, which examines your system over time, determines which applications you most typically load, and then preloads code from those apps in order to later speed application launch times and responsiveness. Super Fetch isn't just about caching, however. In a potentially blockbuster move, this feature will also let you use USB-based flash memory sticks as additional RAM for Super Fetch. That's right, folks: Stick in a 1 GB USB stick and you get 1 GB (or whatever) of super-fast cache RAM (encrypted for security) and an instant speed boost. I don't yet know a lot about this feature, but suffice to say I'm expecting a briefing soon. This could be revolutionary, especially for notebook users who can't easily boost RAM (or do so at all).
eeyrjmr said:They will prolly hack it together and thus u put a floppy in their and it will try to use that
Serious doubts abt this statement. USB even USB2 is alot slower then a HD and a hell of alot slower still then RAM so how can a USB-drive be interpreted as "super-fast cache RAM"
Sorry but that statement alone is boolox
eeyrjmr said:Serious doubts abt this statement. USB even USB2 is alot slower then a HD and a hell of alot slower still then RAM so how can a USB-drive be interpreted as "super-fast cache RAM"
Sorry but that statement alone is boolox
Eva_Unit_0 said:that's the theoritical max...but good luck getting that in real life. My raptor has a bandwidth limit of 150 MB/s, but I'm lucky to get 65 MB/s of real sustained speeds. Same for usb drives.
More or less, yesneo86 said:Don't USB flash sticks have a limited # of writes?
neo86 said:Don't USB flash sticks have a limited # of writes?
tdg said:Yes, flash memory wears out. The number I've heard most often is about 10,000 read/write cycles. If that feature isn't implemented carefully it'll just eat them up.
Phoenix86 said:edit: don't confuse this as additional virtual memory, it's the prefetch for virtual memory, as in what to preload.
And I gotta wonder how much more effective that's going to be. I mean sure it's reading faster due to the latency improvement, but really my XP prefetch folder is like 6MB. I can't imaging Vista being so much more. I'm skeptical of the real world benefits, but curious none the less. The guy in the link I posted seems to think it helped a lot of large memory systems (read "our" systems! )mikeblas said:Right. And that's why the slower throughput of the key isn't harmful to the performance of the feature; the benefit comes from latency improvements. Those are significant because reads caused by page faults for an image as it loads and initializes usually result in random seeks.