Posts by darmos

debaucher- did you ever try an expresscard media setup running readyboost with vista?

hey debaucher- if you do decide to try the Expresscard storage approach, please run some benchmarks on it with the following freebie program and let us know how fast it is: http://members.home.nl/rvandesanden/...benchmark.html Just use...

Quote: Originally Posted by debaucher I have been playing with the idea of buying a 2gb expresscard memory stick (it is 2gb of memory that fits into the express card slot) that runs about 8000yen at a local store but I...

Quote: Originally Posted by computerstud Have you tried it with the PCMCIA or express card reader? Maybe that is the solution instead of a velcro card reader. No, I've not tried it yet with an ExpressCard...

I tested the game BF 2142 for its map loading times on single player mode (Verdun) with my SanDisk Extreme 3 SD card in my E1705's media reader to see any ReadyBoost effects: ReadyBoost Disabled: Load 1: 82 secs Load 2: 38 secs Load 3:...

Here's a good summary of some timed results for ReadyBoost's effects on application loading times: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/...zed/page5.html It shows pretty good time reductions for systems with 512 Mb of Ram, some...

Quote: Originally Posted by cstradling24 Hey Darmos, In the device manager have you set the card properties to "optimize for performace". If not, try that. It may improve some. If you dont know how to do...

As I was afraid might be the case with my brand new E1705 I got this week, the internal media reader does not perform up to par with SD cards. Using a combination of ATTO Disk and SiS Sandra benchmarking software, here's the speeds...

I did a quick test of the SanDisk Extreme 3 SD card in my new E1705's media reader with Vista Ultimate and it accepted and enabled the card for ReadyBoost. I'm still running benchmarks on it, but it looks like the E1705's media reader is...

Quote: Originally Posted by funky1 Check this out. They are extreme IV cards that claim up to 40mb/s read/write speeds. What do you guys think? I am just now deciding on which 2gb card I will get. The extreme III 2gb is...