I have a Fujitsu MHW2120BH (4 Partitions, 2 NTFS-vista, 1 ext3, 1 linux swap) on my rig right now, using EB 3.0 build 482 with a Transcend Class 6 4gb SDHC (all of it for EB). My speed reports are as follows:
Direct access speed: 11.199 MB/s
Cache enable access speed: 7.012 MB/s
Ratio: 0.626
Does this mean I’m actually running slower when using the EB cache?
Hi, I’ve been using this program for a while now, and is happy with the noticeable speed increase, especially in gaming (though I’ve stopped on my old pc). Recently started the beta test, but didn’t really notice much of a difference. At least I can use it for more than 4 hours :). Anyways, my question is, does the Eboostr Control Panel need to be started at startup with no delay for it to be able to speed up my startup speed, or is the Eboostr Service sufficient? You see, I have many programs at startup, they’re all useful in one way or another for me, and I’ve delayed lots of them using Startup Delayer, including the Eboostr Control Panel, which I’ve stalled for 45 seconds. Any reply will be appreciated.
When right clicking a file in eBoostr Cache Viewer add a new option Exclude File
When excluding a file/path in eBoostr 3.0 build 483, i need to remove the memory system cache and then enable it again for my settings to apply.
Hello,
I noticed that eBoost is translated in Finnish almost completely, but there are couple of words/phrases that are still in English.
Please see this picture: http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/4010/eboostrfinnishsg7.jpg
As you can see from picture, in Options (Optiot in Finnish) menu the last choice is “Applications priority” which is definitely not Finnish. There should read:”Sovellusten tärkeysjärjestys”. “Sovellusten prioriteetti” would also be OK. Outside menu is seen “Systeemin tila” (System status), I would translate that “Järjestelmän tila”.
When that “Applications priority” is selected from Options-menu, appears an other Window saying “eBoostr: Control Panel” and “Searching for applications”, see picture: http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3070/eboostrfinnish2xz0.jpg
There should read:”eBoostr: Ohjauspaneeli” and “Etsitään sovelluksia”.
And finally… after opening eBoost Control Panel, there reads almost everything in English (except two buttons), see picture: http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8444/eboostrfinnish3oa8.jpg
There should read the following:
“Select applications to accelerate” is in Finnish:”Valitse kiihdytettävät sovellukset”.
“Accelerated applications” is in Finnish:”Kiihdytetyt sovellukset”.
“Applications found” is in Finnish:”Löydetyt sovellukset”.
Long text on the bottom of the Window (Drag-and-drop) the desired application….) is in Finnish: “Raahaa ja liitä haluttu sovellus kiihdytettyjen sovellusten listaan. Jos suosikkisovellustasi ei löytynyt,
niin voit yksinkertaisesti tiputtaa sovelluksesi pikakuvakkeen
haluamastasi sijainnista kiihdytettyjen sovellusten listaan”.
Last untranslated thing on eBoostr Control panel is “Save” which is “Tallenna” in Finnish.
I can also translate instructions of eBoostr in Finnish if needed.
Best regards
Christian S. from Finland
e-mail: sakke78@gmail.com
This is just an observation, but I have noticed that the ram cache seems to get aggressively paged out on my system. To illustrate the point. Eboostr with no ram cache on my system reports Page file usage as 486 MB. Adding a 512 MB ram cache takes the page file usage to 997 MB. So 511 MB appears to have gone straight back on to disk.
If the 512MB where to be pegged in ram, and not allowed to page out, performance should be substantially better. To illustrate the impact of paging on performance I attempted the following tests.
1. Using Alacrity PC starting a game, allowing it to load and then exiting immediately.
– First with eboostr disabled
– Second with Alacrity PC set to force programs in memory to swap to disk
– Third with the force to swap option turned off.
– Finally I have included the time for 2x2GB flash disks
Note that the game (simulator) in question has a significant start up time, partly bound by disk but also by processor.
2. Results
Test 1. Basic load – eboostr off
11:39:20 Monitored program(s) have stopped
11:37:58 Starting auto start program
00:01:22 Duration
Test 2. Eboostr Ram cache 1632MB filled to 96% – Memory optimized = forced to swap
12:26:50 Monitored program(s) have stopped
12:24:29 Starting auto start program
00:02:21 Duration
Test 3. Eboostr Ram cache 1632MB filled to 96% – Memory not optimized = not forced to swap
12:34:57 Monitored program(s) have stopped
12:32:52 Starting auto start program
00:02:05 Duration
Test 4. Eboostr No Ram cache, 2x2GB UFD 56% – Memory not optimized = not forced to swap
13:30:53 Monitored program(s) have stopped
13:28:43 Starting auto start program
00:02:10 Duration
3. Conclusion and thoughts
– The ram cache is fastest in this basic test provided it has not been forced to swap to page file.
– If ram cache is forced to swap, performance was pretty much what one would expect for a start without eboostr.
I added the Intel Turbo Memory (onboard) to eBoostr and the performance it’s stunning :-)
700 MB write: 31 MB/s
700 MB read with eBoostr: 152 MB/s
700 MB read without eBoostr: 28 MB/s
How to add:
Leave ReadyBoost in de Intel Turbo Memory Console switchted on otherwise you loose the device.
Go to de Vista disk manager and delete the partition (there is no driveletter attached and about 1.4 GB for a 2 GB module). After that create a new fat32 partition on it (quick format) and assign a driveletter (eq. T for Turbo)
In eBoostr it shows up as drive T
When you don’t touch the device and it’s partition, it shows up as NVCACHE but there is no space to use because ReadyBoost has allocated all available space.
Hello,
In eboostr Statistics Viewer, I see few entries as ‘unknown’ !!!!!!!
The screenshot is below. Not sure this is a bug, but just wanted to bring this to your notice.
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7694/statisticsviewerbugkq8.jpg
Thanks.
