As the memory is much faster than physical hard disks, storing temporary data on a fast in-memory disk achieves a higher performance. SoftPerfect RAM Disk is a high-performance RAM disk application that lets you have a disk on your computer stored entirely in its memory. Obs: 1)Gavotte's RRAMDISK.SYS is a WDM device that only exists after Win XP has fully initialized.Ģ) RRAMDISK.SYS v.5_200811130 was used for this test.RAM Disk for Windows and macOS Increase computer performance and SSD lifespan Gavotte's RRAMDISK 1.5GiB (Win XP SP3) FAT-32 Now, to provide a comparison with another very reliable software ramdisk (this one works only under the Win NT family OSes) here are some more results: RLoew's RAMDSK32 1.5GiB (Win 98 SE) FAT-16 Obs: The GB i-RAM is a SATA-I device, so its theoretic maximum allowable data transfer is 150.0 MB/s. I've been doing some tests with RLoew's non-XMS RAMDSK32. , v3.28: - bugfix: HimemX checks for a 80386 cpu *before* using 32bit opcodes, so there is a true chance that this driver will not crash on a 80286. v3.33: HimemX don't freeze on 386 CPUs now. HimemX v3.34 - 06-05-2013 - The Ultimate DOS XMS memory manager derived from FreeDOS Himem.Īuthors: Japheth, Tom Ehlert, Till Gerken Original Ramdisk Franck Uberto Ramdisk v1.9i - 8-12-1998 - XMSDSK.EXE and EMSDSK.EXEįranck Uberto's Ramdisk v1.9i - 8-12-1998 - fu_rd19i.zip - XMSDSK.EXE and EMSDSK.EXEĬenatek (Shareware), pretty hard to find nowadays: Any benchmark programs you would like to see used go ahead and list.Ģ005 Freeware Jason Hood SHSUFDRV v1.02, SHSURDRV v1.11 - SHSUFDRV:

Free or Commercial Ramdrives are acceptable. You can explain why you like or dislike it and any special parameters or features you use. (386 and 486 might be tested later)Īnyone is welcome to add their recommended programs to this topic. I will be testing them for compatibility, stability, and speed on the P4, Z77, and Z170. I'm looking for a list of DOS Ramdrives and Windows 3.1/3.11/95/98/ME Ramdrives for a Performance Comparison test.

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