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Intel Turbo Memory

post #1 of 3
6/20/09 at 10:35pm
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Hi, I'm new to the forums, so apologies if this is in the wrong section.

I'm looking at nice laptops to buy for college and I stumbled upon powernotebooks.com. I picked out a nice Sager NP2098 and started customizing it. For one of the options, I notice I can add up to 4GB of Intel Turbo Memory for an extra 80 bucks. My question is: will it be useful? I did some digging around, but what I've read so far seems outdated. Can someone give me a rundown of what it does and if I should get it?

The specs I plan to have are 2.8Ghz processor and 4GB of DD3 RAM, if that makes a difference.

Thanks in advance.
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post #2 of 3
6/21/09 at 12:52am
it essentially acts as backup RAM so Vista can load commonly used programs in it, and it's really not worth it with the amount of RAM you're getting. It's only useful if you don't have much RAM in the notebook, and you've got plenty.
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post #3 of 3
6/21/09 at 1:16am
You don't need it, it does not do what you would want it too. It is a clever idea that lost significance when RAM prices dumped. In theory it might be of benefit on a system starved of RAM. But they don't even sell RAM starved systems anywhere. I bought a budget notebook over two years ago and it came with 2GB RAM. Cost under $800. My current has 4GB.

It just has never become what it was designed to be.

Some have performance decrease issues.

Don't buy money can be better spent.
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