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    Go G7600 - is it turbocache?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by rosenkrantz, Feb 9, 2007.

  1. rosenkrantz

    rosenkrantz Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am thinking of buying this NB F3JV-AK001P - the spec in the table below the retailers blurb (which comes from the australian asus site) says the card is a "NVDIA GeForce Go G7600 External 256MB VRAM".

    What is External VRAM? Do they mean dedicated? More worryingly they don't say anything about turbocache... is the G7600 a crippled version the the normal Go 7600?

    Anyone have this card? Why is buying a laptop so difficult :confused:
     
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    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    External must mean dedicated, what else would it mean with 256M next to it. Ive never heard of a crippled version of the go7600.
     
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    I've got a 7600, all dedicated memory :)

    and as far as i know the 7600 is already the crippled version of the 7600GT, go to nvidia.com and have a read....

    insane
     
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    The Go 7600 in that particular model has 256mb dedicated for the GPU, so don't worry about that.

    As for turbocache, from my understanding it doesn't have it, but this does not mean it will hurt your gaming protential at all. All graphics cards will have to 'take' system ram to process all the graphics.
     
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    Thanks guys - order placed - upgraded to 2GB RAM and 100GB 7200 HDD - with Vista Ultimate OEM and Dicota Mission BacPac (Ruby Red)

    How is buying a lappy is like banging your head against a wall? - it's great when you stop ;)

    Thanks for all the advice.
     
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