Does the T510 & T410 support Turbo Memory?

I think that's what it's called. You know, where you use a SD card or USB drive as extra cache RAM? Does the T510/T410 support it?

If it does, has anyone tried it? I've got a regular HDD not an SSD. I can pick up a 16GB Class 6 SDHC card on sale today for $40 Canadian (approx $42 or so USD) and I'm thinking I might do it if it would help my system.

Thoughts? Thanks!

 

I think you're thinking about two different things:
Turbo memory is a special flash memory module installed inside the laptop that's anywhere from 1GB to 4GB. It can be used to cache boot files and program files, theoretically improving the loading time because it can be read fsater than the HDD.
Readyboost is a feature in Vista and Win7 where you can plug in a USB drive or a memory card that is of sufficient speed, which the OS uses as an alternative to the page file on the HDD.

Both technologies, however, won't provide you with many benefits. ReadyBoost is pretty much useless if you have more than ~1GB of RAM. Turbo memory provides very minimal benefits that are outweighed by the cost - the money would be better spent saving up for an SSD.

I think you're talking about ReadyBoost in your case: but with 8GB of memory, it won't boost your performance noticeably (although the 16GB SDHC would be useful in the event that you get an SSD that has a relatively small storage capacity - I'm using one to store my music collection).

 

I think you mean "ReadyBoost". I believe every copy of Vista and W7 support it. I used to use my 4 GB SD card for readyboost on my C90S. I didn't notice any performance differences.

Intel actually makes something called Turbo Memory. From everything I've heard, it does absolutely nothing.

Haha, looks like midnightsun beat me to it.

 

Thanks for the clarification, guys. Yeah I was indeed mixing up the two. It was the ReadyBoost I actually meant to inquire about. Sounds like it would be a waste for $40. I'll buy myself a couple of blu-rays instead. Cheers!

 

Did you notice how Intel quietly shoved the Turbo memory under the rug? Yet, all of a sudden all this talk and rave reviews of SSD by Intel? That's because Turbo memory is worthless, yet SSD isn't.