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Which is beter Readyboost Or Virtual memory

HasanMuhammad

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Hai guys,
I have a lenovo yoga book the new one released in Dec 2016
and I have 128gb Samsung EVO Plus Grade 3, Class 10 MicroSDXC 100 MB/S Memory Card (MB-MC128GA/IN).And i want to incerae the ram of my system.
1) Plz advice me on which is better readyboost or virtual memory or both?
2) if readyboost then which is better to do it on internal disk or external drive?
3) if virtualmemory then which is better to do it on internal disk or external drive?
4)is it better i partition the drive i going to use as seperate disks for boosting purpose?
Ex: i will partition my external drive into 3 for storage, ready boost and virtual memory?
thankyou in adavnce
 
Solution
Virtual memory wins hands down, specially on an SSD because USB is waaaaay slower. And yes, it should stay on fastest disk, going to an external or slower disk defeats it's purpose.