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    Asus Santa Rosa Computers

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by treiner5, May 11, 2007.

  1. rantzzz

    rantzzz Notebook Guru

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    Sorry if this has been asked before but how is the Turbocharge feature activated on the Nvidia 8400M?
     
    rantzzz, May 20, 2007
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  2. FREN

    FREN Hi, I'm a PC. NBR Reviewer

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    It just activates based on your needs. If you're gaming, then it'll draw its maximum load from system RAM. If you're doing word processing it'll just keep its VRAM online and not take any RAM from the system.
     
    FREN, May 20, 2007
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  3. rantzzz

    rantzzz Notebook Guru

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    NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G with built-in 128MB VRAM (DX10 support)
    (TurboCache up to 384MB w/ 1GB RAM and 896MB w/ 2GB RAM)

    So based on that description above, if I have a 2GB platform, I will get 896MB VRAM? :confused:
     
    rantzzz, May 21, 2007
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  4. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yes, though whether or not it'll be in use is another story.
     
    coriolis, May 21, 2007
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  5. mujtaba

    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    But I don't think it can be used, I think ~400MB might be the limit.
    Just another marketing trick. :rolleyes:
    Next time I go to computer market I will be hearing some resellers bragging about laptops with 1GB v-ram *sighs deeply*
     
    mujtaba, May 21, 2007
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  6. AlexOnFyre

    AlexOnFyre Needs to get back to work NBR Reviewer

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    8400M unless it is of the GT variety is 256 Max. every other 8M is 512 max.
     
    AlexOnFyre, May 21, 2007
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