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    Turbocache .. Help..!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by thinkagain, Mar 19, 2008.

  1. thinkagain

    thinkagain Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guyz .. I have lenovo y500 with geforce go 7400.. It has turbocache tech.. Can anyone tell me how to switch off this turbocache ..I think its of no use and it just eats up my ram.. How to turn it off?
     
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    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Turbocache only borrows RAM when it needs it (ex. during gaming), so when you're doing general tasks it's not going to use any extra RAM.
     
    SmoothTofu, Mar 19, 2008
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    thinkagain Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yep i play games ..Bt it doesnt have any effect on gaming i think ..I want to provide more ram to games ..Im using vista ..Is there any way to turn it off?
     
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    kuncheesh Notebook Evangelist

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    i dont think theres any method of disabling turbocache. it is a hardware firmwared method and you may have to write some new firmware if you really have to do that. nvidia had published this in their faq list a short time ago. but now its removed (have they found out some new method of controlling this ???)
    however none have i came across so far
     
    kuncheesh, Mar 19, 2008
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    wobble987 Notebook Virtuoso

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    why do you want to turn it off? turning it off actually harms performance during gaming.
     
    wobble987, Mar 19, 2008
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    I want to turn it off bcoz i dnt think its of any use while playing games ..My card is 128mb n it shows 387mb ..Jus taking my ram ..I want to disable it frm sharing system ram..
     
    thinkagain, Mar 19, 2008
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