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I used my HP ze4610us laptop that has an AMD Athlon XP2500+ 1.06 GHz single core processor, 768MB Ram, and integrated Radeon 1GP graphics for my testing. I used a game called Heavy Gear II and Fraps to check frame rates while gaming, benchmark programs called Cinebench and PCMark05 for computer testing and SiSoftware Sandra XI for some other testing.
The PCMark05 and Sandra Testing was kind of sketchy about giving useable results and I will explain but first the good news, gaming improved and photo rendering was faster using eBoostr. I played some games and using Fraps I recorded the frame rates that the game played at while using eBoostr and having eBoostr shut off and the drive disconnected.
I played several times and saw frame rates increase from 45-46 FPS without using eBoostr to 49-50 FPS while using it for an overall performance increase of five frames per second. In a video game the computer has to draw each frame or what you see on the screen and the more frames it can draw per second the better image you will see.
Using eBoostr increases the frames the computer draws by five per second so things appeared smoother and controls and handling of the robot suit I was in was better. In gaming the more frames per second the game plays at the better but this also worked for photo rendering.
Using Cinebench I tested both OpenGL, a program for 2D and 3D rendering, and Image Rendering to see how well the image handling was with and without eBoostr. The photo rending was better by a score of 67 while using eBoostr, Cinebench uses a standard score it comes up with for a comparison. Rendering a photo without eBoostr Cinebench was giving a score of 518-520 and a score of 586 to 590 with eBoostr.
The OpenGL test as well as several tests using SiSoftware Sandra XI, another benchmarking program, did not have results that showed any improvement but actually showed less of an improvement for what they were testing. Both Cinebench OpenGL and the tests for Sandra XI test for individual components like the processor, video card and memory and do not show overall performance.
This is where things are getting a bit confusing for some that look at the memory and do not look at the overall system and performance. eBoostr may not make memory or processor tests show performance increases because it is trying to improve overall system performance and not individual performance.
Adding page file space will increase your computers performance if you do not have enough memory to start with and your computer could use some more. But if you already have enough or if you test specific components like the processor or memory it may not show performance increases, actually I saw some decreases in performance while testing memory with eBoostr on.
The program affects things while on and changes how your system runs so adding it may result in poorer performance for your memory sticks because your computer is not using them as much. The eBoostr program will try to exclusively use your page file on external drives for memory while it is running to improve your overall performance.
Using Futuremark’s PCMark05 benchmark test I saw an increase in processor performance by 100 points or what they call Marks but no increase in memory performance. The test could not check any graphics performance because the notebook does not have a good enough graphics processor so I had to check that with an actual game and frame rates.
eBoostr does increase performance and I think I have proven this with my testing in both regular gaming and photo rendering using Cinebench to test how well it renders or compiles a digital image. These are real hard facts that I tested with and got results that are regular and repeatable using an average of three runs through each test.
I also checked out some other things but have no concrete test results like watching internet streaming television shows and movies that seems smoother and with less pausing. I also checked out how well Photoshop Elements 5 ran for image editing and had a little better performance like when photos are loaded into the program but cannot actually test these out other than in my opinion.
eBoostr works for a notebook or laptop that does not have enough memory sticks by adding memory for the computer to use instead of having to rely on the hardware of your computer. The program is easy to use and only takes installing the program and then telling the program to add a device in order for it to work.
When you first install the program it will check for open drives as well as your system memory, adding a device will have the program add it to its possible locations to use as memory but you have to tell the program to add a cache and make it active.
It will run through a check of the device called build cache that will take a few minutes depending on the size of the drive and ask you which you want to use when they are connected. Once the program has built the cache it will use it instead of your system memory for programs and will show system memory as inactive.
The eBoostr program opens up through a control panel that is easy to use and shows any devices that it can use as well as which ones are active. You can see how much the program is using of each device known as cache ratio and see how much of the drive it is currently using for its page file.
eBoostr is a simple to use performance booster for older computers running Windows XP that need more memory without having to install memory sticks. Just load the program and spend a few minutes getting it up and running after plugging in a USB flash drive, external hard drive or memory card and your ready for better computing.
I used eBoostr with a USB flash drive, an external hard drive and an SDcard memory card with good results that are simple to work with. I highly recommend eBoostr if you need a little more performance for that older computer without having to add memory sticks.