I’m just a blogger; have written about Readyboost; but never investigated it’s performance.我只是一个Blogger ;写了约ReadyBoost ） ;但从来没有调查，它的表现。 I found an article today from PC World who took a closer look.我发现一篇文章，今天从PC世界谁了仔细的审视。 Basically, it blows.基本上，它的打击。

“ What is Readyboost什么是ReadyBoost ） you ask?” well it’sa feature of Vista that allows flash memory (like USB Sticks) to be used as additional RAM to boost PC performance.你问？ “ ，以及它的功能的Vista ，让快闪记忆体（如USB接口的记忆棒）被用来作为额外的RAM ，以提高个人电脑的性能。

PC World took that claim and put it to the bench. PC世界了这种说法，并把它为法官。 First off, Microsoft indicates that only the best performing flash drives should be used, (3.5MBs per/sec reads and 2.5MBs per/sec writes) so although some web sites claim “use any extra flash drive for Readyboost,” that claim is a bunch of BS.首先，微软表示只表现最好的闪存驱动器应使用（ 3.5mbs ％ /秒的读取和2.5mbs ％ /秒写入） ，所以，虽然有些网站声称“使用任何额外的快闪磁碟机为ReadyBoost ） ， ”这种说法是一群学士学位。

Using the best performing drives from Kingston, Lexar and使用效果最好的驱动器由Kingston ， Lexar的和 Ridata ridata it was concluded the这是结束 Readyboost ReadyBoost ） did improve performance, but only by 4 to 6%.并提高性能，但只有4至6 ％ 。 So unless you had a stop watch - BFD!  My Vista upgrade is going to wait.所以，除非您有一个停止观赏-的B FD！我的V ista升级是要等待。

For more details, here’s the original article欲知详情，这里的原文章 link链接 . 。