XP RAM disks[views:1700][posts:7]______________________________________ [Feb 19,2007 1:45am - the_reverend ""] http://www.picobay.com/projects/2006/06/ho...make-windows-xp-ram-disk-drive.html has anyone else out there tried using one of these things? I've got an idea to use one to be able to process my pictures faster... |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 19,2007 5:02am - Joshtruction ""] hmmm I wonder if my recording could benifit from this. Basically it makes the computer act like it has more memory than it does? |
| ____________________________________________________ [Feb 19,2007 8:45am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] The space wouldn't be big enough to benefit recording I don't think. Graphic designers I think might benefit from the real 4GB ramdrives though. If Gigabyte would make an 8GB model it might be useful to gamers. 4GB is too small. |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 19,2007 9:52am - the_reverend ""] josh: wrong way. MSD: that is my issue too. a RAM drive is a fake hard drive in RAM. so you make one with say 1GB. then you can read/write from a hard drive that is has the access speed of RAM. the problem is that when the power is cut, the data is gone. |
| _____________________________________________________ [Feb 19,2007 11:42am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] The iDrive from Gigabyte solves that issue. It takes 4GB of pc3200 DDR1, occupies a pci slot (though the PCI slot is only used for power) and has a SATA interface. It has a built-in battery pack that lasts like 36 hours or something. But it only goes on battery when you unplug the PC. Even when your PC is "off", it will still receive power (as long as your little mobo light is on) from the PCI slot. |
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| __________________________________ [Feb 19,2007 1:16pm - dertoxia ""] wow i need one of those. My 10k raptor is incrediably loud. |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 2,2007 12:01pm - the_reverend ""] wait for SSDs. I'm just trying to figure out a better/faster way to process images on my current laptop. I wished there was some way to create a RAM drive when the program starts up and then process the images from there. |