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    Does Penryn make Turbo Memory more useful?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by crusher063, Mar 5, 2008.

  1. crusher063

    crusher063 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm not sure if anyone knows this, but does Penryn make Turbo Memory any more useful? I've read a lot of meh things about Tubo Memory up until lately and I'm wondering if the difference could be the Penryn processor. Thanks!
     
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    I don't see how a change in processor is going to make a difference with Turbo Memory. So no, a Penryn is not going to make Turbo Memory any more useful than it already is (which is not). Seriously if you want more memory just get yourself 4GB of RAM; it's real cheap stuff these days.
     
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    The only thing that makes Turbo memory work better is taking all but 512MB of your RAM out. That is guaranteed to make Turbo memory work better if that is what you want. But it will make overall system performance much worse. :D
     
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    D3X the robo know it all

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    Perhaps he mean Montevina? In that case it will be Turbo Memorry 2, or Robson2, their might be an improvements made compared to the last generation (Santa Rosa), however personally I think if you have ram beyond 2GB it negates the need for caching.
     
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    dinnerbell Notebook Guru

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    well what about for readydrive? doesn't it make boot-up go faster
     
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    Vista SP1 is supposed to improve the effectiveness of Turbo Memory, is it not?

    Greg
     
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    D3X the robo know it all

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    You mean ReadyBoost?

    Same concept but uses Removable storage as a caching drive. This is slower technology than the TurboMemory and can only aid in situations where you either have low amounts of memory (less than 1mb) or a slow harddrive (4200RPM).
     
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    D3X the robo know it all

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    You will need a ReadyDrive compatible hard disk to take advantage of this technology.

    Even still, Hybrid drives although sounds good on paper, doesn't seem so in real world performance. At least not yet.
    See review here on the Samsung MH80 Hybrid Drive
     
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    no you don't need a hybrid drive. at least not according to this:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Memory

    "supporting....and ReadyDrive (a hard-drive caching solution via hybrid drives),"

    I'm not saying that turbo memory would do everything a hybrid one is supposed to, but at least the one feature of readydrive that speeds up booting from off, standby and hibernate.
     
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    No, I mean the most recent Penryn release. I've read that Tubo memory can speed up HDD related tasks, but for the most part performance is not altered much. I've ordered a JFL-92 with 2GB RAM, and I'll be adding 2GB when it arrives, so I'm really just trying to figure out whether it's worth getting the turbo memory or not.

    From the sound of it, with 4GB RAM I probably won't need it.
     
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    you probably wont need it for ReadyBoost functions, but look at what I just said about ReadyDrive. Turbomemory should really boost the speed of starting up the computer from being shut down, or in standby or hibernation

    and it seems like a cheap upgrade anyway. only $35 on sager notebooks at least
     
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    You're right dinnerbell. After reading a couple more threads I've decided to go ahead and get the turbomemory and use it for ReadyDrive only. I may end up getting a 4GB SD card and use readyboost to speed it up even more. If it doesn't work, then I'll have a nice SD card for my camera...
     
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