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    Intel Turbo Memory + 5400rpm > 7200rpm?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Tailic, May 29, 2007.

  1. Tailic

    Tailic Notebook Deity

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    Since the T61 has been out a while, has anyone had the chance to mess around with the Intel Turbo Memory? I remember reading that Intel was saying it would help boot up times for 5400 rpm hard drives to 7200 rpm status. Not to mention performance, hibernation and power savings.

    Theres very little info on the net about it, other then the Anandtech preview that even the reviewer said it was bios/software problems. So, if Intel was right it should make it where 5400 rpm hard drives are the best price to performance ratio, not to mention storage.

    Intel Turbo memory was one of the big benefits of the new "Santa Rosa" chipset that a lot of us were waiting for. So I'm surprised that there isn't to much talk about it. If theres any links to any sites I'm sure it'll help because most of my tech sites (Anandtech, Xbit, Hard OCP) that I trust haven't made much more then a peep other then announcing the new chipset.
     
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    Solidgun Notebook Consultant

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    I don't believe Intel has perfected this process yet. I had lunch with someone in Vista development team at work and they explained to me that they were still working on using these memory available on next gen HDDs, but Windows team could not move on to use them as they were unaware of what Intel driver is going to be like.
    I am sure we will hear more about the improvement once the improved driver is released.
     
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  3. Tholek

    Tholek Notebook Consultant

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    Seeing as I went with 1GB of RAM and a 5400rpm drive, I wonder if this would improve performance.
     
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    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes I think it will. Vista Readyboost with a 1GB RAM and a 1GB usb stick has already shown a nice speed in loading times. I think the Turbo Memory should be faster then a usb stick and give a even bigger bost. Nothing like 2GB or Ram but still nice to have.
     
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    i think "turbo memory" is pretty much internal readyboost (read: memory connected via usb), perhaps supported in the BIOS (as apposed to only by the OS). I'll research it when i get home. :)
     
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    Doesn't it seem that the turbo memory is rather..small?
    Most computers out now offer only 512-1GB...
    Only 1GB to cache stuff seems a bit limited IMO...I mean, even your normal paging file is at least 2.5+..if not a lot more..esp with 4GB of RAM these days.
     
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    Tailic, May 30, 2007
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