FCM is supposed to speed up booting and disk caching. Most reports show little to no improvement. With your configuration, I doubt you will see anything. You can try a ReadyBoost memory module, either a fast SD chip or flash drive, to see if you get any help. If so, you could do the FCM. They are about $25 from Amazon.
XPS M1530, Vista Home Premium SP1, T7250 Core 2 Duo (2.0 GHz 800 MHz FSB), 4 GB DDR2 667 MHz RAM, 200 GB SATA II 7200 RPM, Nvidia 8600M GT 256 MB, Wireless-AGN Mini-Card, BlueTooth, WSXGA+ High Def LCD (1680x1050) w/ 2 MP Camera
Dimension 9100, Dual-Boot Win XP SP2/ Vista Home Premium SP1, 3.0 GHz P4, 3 GB DDR2 533 MHz RAM, 160 GB SATA II Samsung (XP), 300 GB SATA II Seagate (Vista), 250 GB SimpleTech USB (WD Drive), Nvidia Go 6800 (425/825 MHz - XP, 400/800 MHz - Vista, Vista Driver - 169.25), Dell 1901 UltraSharp FP
I do have a 4GB Readyboost Thumbdrive that I use on my desktop, I don't see much of a performance boost with it, but I've never done a benchmark test. When the price drops a bit on the solid state drive I'll probably upgrade to that.
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FCM is supposed to speed up booting and disk caching. Most reports show little to no improvement. With your configuration, I doubt you will see anything. You can try a ReadyBoost memory module, either a fast SD chip or flash drive, to see if you get any help. If so, you could do the FCM. They are about $25 from Amazon.
XPS M1530, Vista Home Premium SP1, T7250 Core 2 Duo (2.0 GHz 800 MHz FSB), 4 GB DDR2 667 MHz RAM, 200 GB SATA II 7200 RPM, Nvidia 8600M GT 256 MB, Wireless-AGN Mini-Card, BlueTooth, WSXGA+ High Def LCD (1680x1050) w/ 2 MP Camera
Dimension 9100, Dual-Boot Win XP SP2/ Vista Home Premium SP1, 3.0 GHz P4, 3 GB DDR2 533 MHz RAM, 160 GB SATA II Samsung (XP), 300 GB SATA II Seagate (Vista), 250 GB SimpleTech USB (WD Drive), Nvidia Go 6800 (425/825 MHz - XP, 400/800 MHz - Vista, Vista Driver - 169.25), Dell 1901 UltraSharp FP
Inspiron E1705, Win Vista Premium, T7200 Core 2 Duo (4MB, 2.0 GHz 667MHz), 2 GB DDR2 677 MHz RAM, 120 GB Samsung HD, Nvidia Go 7900 GS - 156.69 Driver, 17” Sharp UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-Screen WUXGA
londawg
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May 6th, 2008 00:00
Thanks,
I do have a 4GB Readyboost Thumbdrive that I use on my desktop, I don't see much of a performance boost with it, but I've never done a benchmark test. When the price drops a bit on the solid state drive I'll probably upgrade to that.