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12 Software RAM Disk Solutions - Up To 2358/1539Mb/s R/W Speeds
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5th February 2010, 12:54
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| Madshrimp  Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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 |  12 Software RAM Disk Solutions - Up To 2358/1539Mb/s R/W Speeds 12 Software RAM Disk Solutions Compared Loyal reader Charles pointed out this interesting comparison of different software RAM disk solutions, thanks Charles! As a standard, I will create 500MB on every RAMDisk software if it allows me to. Then I will use the default CrystalDiskMark benchmark settings to test on the RAMdisk space. I’ve tried running the test a few times and the result I get is always different but they are very close. The number that matters the most is the 4K test   source of the charts is from: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/...d-write-speed/ where you can also find links to all the software used. The DATARam RAMDisk Freeware might be most popular seeing the results are a cut above the rest : http://memory.dataram.com/products-a...ftware/ramdisk
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5th February 2010, 13:47
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| Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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|  Was using Gavotte Ramdisk, but switched to DATARam RAMDisk now, let's see if the performance difference is noticeable 
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5th February 2010, 14:08
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I can't realy see the use of ramdisk as they are either too small or either use too much of your ram (resulting in a lot of swapping between ram and hdd) | |
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5th February 2010, 14:09
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| Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| - Firefox/IE Temp Folder - Windows Temp Folder - Outlook Secure Attachment Temp Folder Those alone boost web browsing experience tenfold, launching installations, and opening attachments in Outlook; night & day difference
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5th February 2010, 14:14
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| [M] Reviewer  Join Date: Sep 2005
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 | Are they all compatible wit win 7 ?
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5th February 2010, 14:19
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| Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| some are, some aren't; the one I just installed (DATARam) is: Dataram RAMDisk - Windows 7, Windows Vista, XP, Server
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5th February 2010, 17:18
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| I've been using Dataram for a couple of years. - The entire Firefox (including profile) ---> MASSIVE difference - IE8 temp - MPC-HC - Winamp - Avidemux2 (portable) - in general any portable software I want to try Last edited by Faiakes : 5th February 2010 at 18:01. |
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5th February 2010, 17:45
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| I must say, after seeing the Random Write numbers, I will be trying the Gilisoft RAMdisk. I have tried the SuperSpeed one but it crashes too often. Last edited by Faiakes : 5th February 2010 at 18:00. |
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6th February 2010, 10:49
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| How do you put the entire firefox in the dataram? the profile is easy, just change the profile.ini, but can i do something more ? Also, didn't understand which directory do you change for the outlook. Thanks |
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6th February 2010, 20:41
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| Well, during installation I specify the RAM-disk as the destination for Firefox. I make sure I set the RAMdisk's options to save the RAMdisk to the hard drive on exit and to load it on startup. It adds on your exit and start-up times but you get an instantly on Firefox and significantly less wear on your SSD (which given my use of Firefox, it is substantialI then use the profile manager to create a new Firefox profile in the RAM, delete the old, and finally rename the new 'default'. What do you mean by the profile.ini ? Last edited by Faiakes : 6th February 2010 at 22:04. |
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