READY BOOST: A couple of days ago I addded a comment to a post that Win7 will accept a plugged in USB stick and use it as additional ram (Ready Boost) Someone later commented that...

dundeelad Loc: Originally UK. Current West Dundee, Illinois

A couple of days ago I addded a comment to a post that Win7 will accept a plugged in USB stick and use it as additional ram (Ready Boost)
Someone later commented that external USB hardrives are faster than a USB stick. I tried an experiment. I highlighted one of my external drives (USB) and clicked 'ready boost' in the toolbar and was promptly told that the highlighted drive was not fast enough for ready boost. I already have a 16 gig USB stick plugged in that is being used as ready boost and fully accepted by Win7 as such. Hmm! Which is the faster?

Maybe the USB 3.0 or SATA is the difference.

RaydancePhoto

dundeelad wrote:

A couple of days ago I addded a comment to a post ... (show quote)

Unless there has been an update, Win 7 can only use 3G ram. If you have more, windows just ignores it.

dundeelad Loc: Originally UK. Current West Dundee, Illinois

RaydancePhoto wrote:

quote=dundeelad A couple of days ago I addded a c... (show quote)

I have win 7 home premium 64 bit edition and it is using my inbuilt 4 gig of ram AND 14.5 gig of my 16 gig USB stick.

randymoe

Win 7 x64 192 GB ram.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_7

dundeelad wrote:

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RaydancePhoto

Hmmm I did not know 64 bit could use more ram. Learn something every day.

dundeelad Loc: Originally UK. Current West Dundee, Illinois

RaydancePhoto wrote:

Hmmm I did not know 64 bit could use more ram. Learn something every day.

Plugging in an external USB stick is a lot easier than trying to open the case of my "all-in-one" machine. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

The 32 bit version of any of the later Windows releases will only use 3 gb of RAM no matter how much you have installed. Thats it, PERIOD.

If you want to utilize more RAM you need to have a 64bit motherboard and a 64bit(capable) operating system installed

Anybody want to argue with that?.

randymoe

No, but that is what I have. I have only 8 GB ram. I would love to see what a maxed out 192 GB ram computer could do. Maybe render video before I start.

Nikon_DonB wrote:

The 32 bit version of any of the later Windows releases will only use 3 gb of RAM no matter how much you have installed. Thats it, PERIOD.

If you want to utilize more RAM you need to have a 64bit motherboard and a 64bit(capable) operating system installed

Anybody want to argue with that?.

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

Heck Randy, you'd have to tie it to the desk to keep it from flying around the room.....

Plus, when you turned it on,.....all the lights in the neighborhood would go dim!

But it would heat the house for you. I have an i7core too, for my desktop. Love it lots.

By the way,....Did you say, "ONLY" 8gb of RAM. That cooks! If its DDR3 by a good manufacturer like OCZ or Crucial. Too many people think excessive amounts of RAM are bragging points and actually it doesn't do squat. If the throughput doesn't connect all the channels it really isn't worth a darn.

Falcon Loc: Abilene, Texas

Nikon_DonB wrote:

The 32 bit version of any of the later Windows releases will only use 3 gb of RAM no matter how much you have installed. Thats it, PERIOD.

If you want to utilize more RAM you need to have a 64bit motherboard and a 64bit(capable) operating system installed

Anybody want to argue with that?.

AHA! So that is why my XP machine with 4GB ram installed says it only has 3GB ram.

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

Yes sir, it is a 32 bit system....It is NOT a bad thing.....It is just limited.

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

randymoe wrote:

No, but that is what I have. I have only 8 GB ram. I would love to see what a maxed out 192 GB ram computer could do. Maybe render video before I start.

Nikon_DonB wrote:

The 32 bit version of any of the later Windows releases will only use 3 gb of RAM no matter how much you have installed. Thats it, PERIOD.

If you want to utilize more RAM you need to have a 64bit motherboard and a 64bit(capable) operating system installed

Anybody want to argue with that?.

That would be a massive amount of RAM to get rolling..... Can we do it on your dime though?

randymoe

I am thinking about my next computer. I try to upgrade every 18 months. I always have 2, 18 months apart in age. It is the only way I found to keep something always running.

I anticipate more video editing and may build my own. That dream machine could get expensive.

Nikon_DonB wrote:

Heck Randy, you'd have to tie it to the desk to k... (show quote)

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

randymoe wrote:

I am thinking about my next computer. I try to upg... (show quote)

There is a CompUSA out (south) here in Orland Park. You'd freak out in there. Thats where i buy components. They are fully equipped for anything you'd need. I'm sure there is some equipment stores in your neighborhood but just in case......We could do lunch. There is a Hooters across the street from it too.

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

Ah, this brings back memories. I remember getting my first Apple III? (before the Mac) with two kb (that's right, KILObytes) of RAM, being told that I could expand to four kb maximum, then, with a simple snip of wire-cutters and the addition of a bank of slots, going to sixteen kb. (Sorry, I guess I just showed my age.) But you have to keep in ming that, in those days, a two kb RAM chip cost a day's pay; my wife was livid when I spent two weeks' pay on a quartet of four kb chips!