3 to 4GB Ram upgrade or 1GB Intel Turbo Memory for 1530

Hey all,

for about the same price I can fit either a 1Gb Intel Turbo memory module or upgrade from 3GB to 4GB of RAM in my M1530.

I'll be running 32bit Vista as 64bit seems to dislike some games and XP couldn't use the Turbo Memory.

So... best bang for buck?

 

With 32 bit it is NO question, go for the turbo memory

 

Yup, 3GB is just as good as 4GB on 32bit os.

 

1 extra gb of physical ram is always gonna be better than 1 extra gb of turbo memory. But like others said, if you're only using a 32bit OS, then it would be a waste to spend that money on getting to 4gb because it won't even be used. So then that extra money is better spent on the turbo memory because at least it can be put to use.

 

From what I have read, the Turbo Memory seems like a gimmick. Your money may be better spent on a higher res screen or wireless or bluetooth options.

 

Agreed with havoc. You need another option on your poll: save the money (and/or donate it to me )

 

Can anyone please explain me what the heck is turbo memory??? Where does it get installed, etc?

i have absolutely no idea about it....

greetings

 

The following can be found in this article

Turbo Memory
Fresh to the Centrino checklist is ‘Turbo Memory' -- Intel's enticing name for the Vista-friendly (and possibly Mac OS X-ready) flash-enhanced hard disk technology formerly known as Robson.

Turbo Memory uses a slab of NAND flash memory as a 'smart storage' buffer between system RAM and the hard drive.

The flash chip is used to store system boot files as well as the most often-used data files, which can be written and retrieved at several magnitudes faster than any mechanical hard disk -- especially when the drive itself has to spin up to speed before disk access can take place.

Turbo Memory differs from the hybrid hard drives promoted by Samsung and Seagate in that the flash memory resides on the motherboard and relies on Santa Rosa's Intel Mobile 965 Express chipset (better known by its codename of Crestline) to act as traffic cop and coordinate the flow of data over the PCI Express bus. Hybrid hard drives mount the flash memory directly in the hard disk assembly and use OS or OEM drivers to shuffle the data.

In both cases the benefits extend from faster start up, shutdown, standby and resume times to enhanced application performance and, for notebooks, extended battery life.

 

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

http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/turbomemory/index.htm

Google is your friend my friend.

 

I already own the notebook and in NZ, you don't have as many options as in the US so it already has the finger print reader, bluetooth etc. Basically, we get the full feature optioned models here and we only get choices re display, amount of ram, cpu and hdd.

Neither upgrade would cost more then $75 NZ dollars (US$60) so it isn't expensive

 

I just got a intel turbo memory 1 GB....
If you want i can test the difference
The only thing that i need is how to test that thing ?
Which program should i use ?