AMD Radeon RAMDisk - Software Versions

Software Versions

AMD Radeon™ RAMDisk current release notes include the latest performance enhancements and bug fixes and is compatible with AMD and Intel platforms.

Version	Release Notes
Radeon™ RAMDisk 4.4	Automatic NTFS formating Automatic assignment of Drive letter Several minor fixes implemented Added support for 12GB and 24GB licenses Updated user's manual Features removed: 1. User will not be able to use FAT16 or FAT32 or unformatted drive as a format option for RAMDISK, through the GUI. NTFS will be default format option through the GUI. 2. User will not have the ability to create a RAMDisk without specifying an image path on harddisk. 3. Save of image file on non-system drives has been made optional. 4. Space reserved for OS increased to 1GB from 600MB.
Radeon™ RAMDisk 4.3.0	New, simplified user interface workflow New "Advanced" view option for access to classic settings workflow Streamlined file save and load settings When an unformatted disk is created RAMDisk opens the Windows Disk Management window and prompts the user to format the disk Process "trim" commands to reduce image file size when data is deleted from an NTFS RAMDisk (Windows 7 and later only) Load in Background is automatically set by default if licensed New option to prevent RAMDisk from starting on boot for testing Save Disk Image Now option added to File menu Periodic auto saving is no longer supported and is replaced by background update (licensed versions only) Updated user's manual Download v4.3 here
Radeon™ RAMDisk 4.2.1	Fixed version check in installer which prevented Radeon™ RAMDisk from installing on Windows 8.1 Preview Several minor fixes implemented
Radeon™ RAMDisk 4.1	Updated GUI improvements .NET Updated installer package – Fewer clicks required to install Improved GUI event logging Improved management of options when setting Load/Save Additional options Revert to last saved changes Read settings from running driver Performance gains on AMD Radeon™ RAMDisk 32GB and 64GB Vastly improved load and save mechanics allowing for background update and background loading of the RAMDisk. Reduces wait times for load and save. Tested using a 17GB RAMDisk with Bioshock Infinite. "Background Update" and "Load in Background" enabled (registered users only)¹ Up to 122x faster save times Up to 85x faster load times Faster PC startup and shutdown while RAMDisk is enabled.² Up to 3x faster startup Up to 20x faster shutdown Improved IO performance on multi-processors and multi-core systems Evenly distributed load among the CPUs. Allows for more system efficiency. Resolved Help -> User Manual selection not being available.

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AMD Radeon™ RAMDisk is designed to work with any AMD or Intel-based platform with at least 512MB RAM and can be created using system RAM not already assigned to the O/S. Although RAMDisk is software, Windows Management treats it as a Hard Disk Drive. There is a chance that the disk may become fragmented much like a hard disk, however, the performance issues are less than if a physical hard disk were to become fragmented. AMD plans to provide AMD Radeon™ RAMDisk support to future generation system memory specifications. AMD Radeon™ RAMDisk requires a minimum of 1GB of system memory for Installation (Minimum 4GB of RAM recommended for RAMDisk creation.) AMD and Radeon are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. used by Dataram Corporation under license. RAMDisk™ is a trademark of Dataram Corporation.

¹Test conducted in AMD Labs using a timer to measure save and load times for Bioshock Infinite using AMD Radeon™ RAMDisk 64GB Version 4.1 versus 4.0. Bioshock Infinite loaded in 2 seconds with "Background Update" enabled and saved in 5 secs with "Load in Background" enabled with Version 4.1 versus loaded in 172 secs and saved in 615 secs with Version 4.0. Specifications: Intel i7 930, Asus P6TD motherboard, 24GB DDR3-1866 AMD Radeon™ Performance Series Memory, 4x Western Digital Caviar Black series hard disks in RAID 10 configuration, Windows 7 RTM 64-bit, AMD Radeon RAMDisk 64GB. RMD-24

²Test conducted in AMD Labs using a timer to measure PC boot and shutdown times when RAMDisk is running using a licensed AMD Radeon™ RAMDisk (32GB/64GB) Version 4.1 versus 4.0. Version 4.1 booted at 81secs and shutdown in 23 secs. Version 4.0 booted in 256 secs and shutdown in 525 secs. "Load in Background" and “Background” was enabled with Version 4.1 . Specifications: Intel i7 930, Asus P6TD motherboard, 24GB DDR3-1866 AMD Radeon™ Performance Series Memory, Windows 8 RTM 64-bit. RMD-25