ReadyBoost Compatibility

At the moment there are some USB devices on the market which won't work with Windows Vista Readyboost because the data transfer rate is not quick enough.  The problem is trying to figure out which devices are fast enough.

Grant Gibson has put together this great website for checking if your USB device will work with ReadyBoost.

Check your device here

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  I just did some testing and found that the laptop's capability is definitely a part of the issue. A ReadyBoost device is properly utilized on a newer Dell Latitude and failed to work properly (although the RAM was usable as a storage device) in sever older notebooks (ThinkPads, Toshibas) that do have USB 2.0 hubs and ports. You don't notice that ReadyBoost is active until you run Performance Monitor, look at the ReadyBoost cache counters, such as cache reads/sec, and then load up the machine with RAM-intensive applications that will consume more RAM than the PC's resources provide.  My example was to load several Virtual Machines that run Vista and Server 2008. Cheers, Mark Wheatley, SQLSoft+, Bellevue, Washington

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
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• Anonymous
  March 26, 2007
  Okay, so this site offers advise on USB devices that are ReadyBoost compatible. Is there a site that offers advise on laptops that are capable of supporting ReadyBoost?? Or, is it assumed that Windows Vista controls the laptop USB port, to make it compatible with ReadyBoost?