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    Turbo Memory...umm...what is it really?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by msf12555, Mar 21, 2008.

  1. msf12555

    msf12555 Notebook Evangelist

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    The notebook I just bought came with 1GB of Turbo Memory. What is that exactly? Does it kind of act like HD cache? That would help improve the speed (however negligible) of a 5400 rpm HD would it not? Or am I way off? Thanks in advnace.
     
    msf12555, Mar 21, 2008
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    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    its for ready boost and ready drive for vista from intel
     
    dondadah88, Mar 21, 2008
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  3. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Turbo memory is basically flash memory that is meant to be used as a cache. It was designed by Intel however it does not show substantial increases in benchmarks or real-world use as the whole system still waits on the hard drive for data.
     
    Bog, Mar 21, 2008
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    may I add in many systems it will cause a decrese of performance
     
    X2P, Mar 21, 2008
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    right now there is only 1gb of turbo memory
     
    dondadah88, Mar 21, 2008
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    Its pointless if you have 2GB of ram or more. Cause basically. It goes from your HDD to either your RAM or Turbo Memory. It cant jump over the HDD to (HDD OR TURBO). So therefore basically its pointless. Unless your lacking alot of RAM.
     
    Jaycee8980, Mar 21, 2008
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    yeah, pretty much. But as said it doesn't help with proformance.


    Decrease? Really? I didn't knows that

    -Intel makes it sound so good and includes convincing videos, but in real tests it isn't hellpful at all.
     
    ahl395, Mar 22, 2008
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