Would Readyboost help my Skyrim gameplay?

[Argento28]

I have an old machine core2quad, 4g ram ddr2, hdd 160 GB, gf 9500 gt and usb 2.0 conections. Will readyboost with a 4 gb usb stick make any diference at loading the textures? i´m using 1024 textures by the way. sorry for my english :)

[rpsgc]

Apparently, yes.

 

https://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1261588-use-readyboost-for-faster-loading-times/

 

 

YMMV though.

[Farlo]

I'm wondering how much of an impact this would have on newer PCs (8+GB of RAM and a decent HDD). Any idea?

[frihyland]

Most newer Harddrives already include a Nand cache, if you don't have one it will be a significant improvement to speed up disk access (so loading the game, and interior/exterior transitions, etc).  Just plug in an empty usb drive, right click on it in explorer, select properties, go to readyboost tab and set up.