Over the past year, AMD has entered the memory pool fray with an array of AMD-branded memory modules, to the surprise of many. During this time, we’ve been looking for new ways to both enhance the breadth of our memory offerings, and to keep AMD memory top of mind when it comes to your next memory purchase.

Recently we teamed up with Dataram, a top developer of RAMDisk software, to give systems more flexibility and performance with a RAMDisk. A RAMDisk is a software package that reserves a block of your system memory and turns it into a virtual hard drive that is recognized by Windows® with a drive letter (like C:\). Using this RAMDisk can help free your hard drive from unnecessary temporary files, limit unwanted writing to your SSD, and when used correctly, can dramatically accelerate the loading and processing times of games, demanding software suites and web browsing.

This collaboration has also allowed us to develop a free, no-strings-attached trial of the AMD Radeon™ RAMDisk for you to download. This version allows anyone to create a RAMDisk that can reserve up to 4GB of your RAM, while users with AMD Radeon™ memory will automatically be able to reserve up to 6GB. Finally, enthusiasts have the option of upgrading to the AMD Radeon™ RAMDisk Xtreme, which allows users to create RAMDisks up to 64GB for under $20USD1. When creating a RAMDisk drive with this software, it is important not to use up all your available system memory for your RAMDisk.