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[CannonFodder]

Just saw this and for anyone that doesn't own an SSD this could be a cheap option, obviously not as much space but might be a slight speed improvement, haven't tried it myself as I don't need it but thought id make it known to you guys.

http://blogs.amd.com/play/2012/10/10/give-your-pc-a-boost-with-amd-radeon-ramdisk/

 

[God UK]

I just installed this to take a look, its a very resource expensive way of doing things.

anyway here are the results:
My HDD:

Corsair Force 3 SSD:

Kingston HyperX 1600mhz Ram using RamDisk:

Results:
Extreme speed, but it will still need to load the data from the harddrive at some point, ram is always going to be volatile (when the power goes off the data will be cleared).
I might give it a go for something, but it has taken out half of my RAM.

Anyway, i will let you know how i get on.

 

[CannonFodder]

Yeah it mentions on there that it will use system memory but the results look good

 

[RobinHood]

Hmmm....considering you can get 16GB kits (2x8GB) for £50 these days, you could get 48GB or RAM for £150. Plenty of room for a RAM disk and plenty left over for normal RAM.