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    Intel Turbo Memory 4GB

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jmpak, Dec 14, 2008.

  1. jmpak

    jmpak Notebook Enthusiast

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    Was looking at the x200 and the option for 4gb turbo memory is available...
    What do you guys think about this? Is it a worth while upgrade?
    How does it compare to the 2gb turbo memory?

    Is turbo memory essentially a small ssd that caches things that startup? SO with an x200 with a ssd turbo memory would be useless?

    Also what kind of effect does turbo memory have on battery life?
     
    jmpak, Dec 14, 2008
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  2. Clutch

    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    There is an epic debate about if Turbo mem is even usefull. So if you have some extra cash lieing around you could go for it but I dont know how good the drivers are yet. Personally I just dont want to worry about the hassle of setting it up and another set of drivers to worry about.
     
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    i dont think it increases speed that much and there will soon be better technology
     
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    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    I’m with Drummer on this. While it might be a nice to have, Intel has found out that the caching doesn’t work very well—so they’ve included software to “pin” applications/files to the “turbo” memory. While this will improve the speed at which these applications/files are accessed, I, personally, don’t care to manually manage yet another piece of software in order to improve access/load times of select items.
     
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    jmpak Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ah... I see. Thanks.
     
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    How much is the upgrade?
     
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    Can someone please post prices? If its a few dollars more get the turbo. However if it costs double or something then skip it.
     
    Rob777, Dec 14, 2008
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    jmpak Notebook Enthusiast

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    It was 42 for 2gb and 84 for 4gb.
     
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    jonlumpkin NBR Transmogrifier

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    Buy 4GB RAM instead. If you want Turbo Memory performance just buy an SDHC card and use Readyboost.
     
    jonlumpkin, Dec 14, 2008
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    jmpak Notebook Enthusiast

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    Great thanks everyone for all their input!!!
     
    jmpak, Dec 15, 2008
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    i have the 2gb turbo memory... and probably would've bought the 4gb turbo memory if it existed.... i honestly don't know if it'll help.. but heck why not... theoretically it should help...
     
    AznRacerNSX, Dec 15, 2008
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    I would rather spend the money on RAM and a SDHC card (for ReadyBoost) than Turbo memory. When SSD becomes the norm, Turbo Memory will be useless.
     
    pacmandelight, Dec 16, 2008
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