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    Turn off Turbo Cache??

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by TXcharger07, Oct 16, 2007.

  1. TXcharger07

    TXcharger07 Notebook Consultant

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    is there a way to turn it off or disable it? cause as much as i want 1.2 gb of video memory... i dont want it at expense of my game performance you know?
     
    TXcharger07, Oct 16, 2007
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    actually thinking about it... not sure if it is turbo cache but i would still like it to just use the onboard 512mb instead of taking so much ram
     
    TXcharger07, Oct 16, 2007
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    From my experience turbo cache will not use the ram if it doesn't need it so don't worry and you can't disable it.
     
    Q8PHANTOM, Oct 17, 2007
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    I heard its OS intergrated and cant be turned off on Vista, I think you CAN on XP but not sure.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Oct 17, 2007
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    well that sucks... yall know what im talking bout right?

    i forgot where i saw it, but vicious can when i find can you check on yours and let me know if it shows the same usage of the system RAM?
     
    TXcharger07, Oct 17, 2007
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    yeah. not a problem.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Oct 17, 2007
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