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Tim S · 7th Jun 2007, 17:20

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/06...for_desktops/1

COMPUTEX 2007: We catch sight of Intel's Turbo Memory modules for desktop motherboards in the wild, yet they won't be available to buy.

Ramble · 7th Jun 2007, 17:23

I dunno. With larger memory sizes getting common (4GB anyone?), hybrid drives and readyboost it seems a bit pointless for desktops.

I'd probably buy one though, or pay more money for it to be included in the motherboard.

Paradigm Shifter · 7th Jun 2007, 18:32

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Originally Posted by The News Article

There is yet more hidden technology inside Intel's 3-series chipsets, it seems...

Yes. It also makes me wonder what stuff they might have put in there that has more sinister possibilities...

...but hey, maybe I'm just being paranoid.

mclean007 · 7th Jun 2007, 18:52

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Originally Posted by Paradigm Shifter

Yes. It also makes me wonder... ***THIS TEXT IS CENSORED BY THE X38 BIOS FILTERING AGENT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON - ATTEMPT TO VIEW PROPAGANDA AGAINST THE RIGHTEOUS EMPIRE OF INTEL. YOUR ACTIVITIES ARE NOW UNDER ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE. THIS EROSION OF YOUR CIVIL LIBERTIES FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION*** ...paranoid.

^^ how your post appears on a machine powered by a 3 series Intel board.

DXR_13KE · 7th Jun 2007, 19:36

easter eggs are cool as long as they are good for you.

Bindibadgi · 7th Jun 2007, 19:53

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Originally Posted by mclean007

^^ how your post appears on a machine powered by a 3 series Intel board.

I actually have a photo of that text appearing on a stand.

The_Beast · 7th Jun 2007, 20:17

I don't think anyone will care in a year

Spaceraver · 7th Jun 2007, 21:58

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Originally Posted by Bindibadgi

I actually have a photo of that text appearing on a stand.

Remember, just because they arnet visible doesnt mean they're not after YOU

./^\.Ace./^\. · 7th Jun 2007, 21:59

I agree, I wouldn't use it

if I needed more memory like that then i would get a board that holds more RAM

crash32953295@msn. · 7th Jun 2007, 22:05

Well it would mean there is a use for that slot

leexgx · 8th Jun 2007, 02:19

Readyboost as long as you have more then 2gb thay shown no inprovement as superfetch wold of all ready loaded it up into the system ram cache

useing an USB stick in my pc to use readyboost slows my games down makes them stutter more but i am guessing thats the USB interface doing that on an PCI-E interface it supports 256MB Each way

if buying an vista pc does not matter what specs it has as long it has 2gb of ram (dual core cpu should be min tho)

if playing games on Vista get at least 3gb ram {so get an 4gb Kit 2x2GB, even if your useing vista 32 bit (it only see 3.2gb out of the 4gb but thats not an problem) or thinking of getting vista 64 later on} or the games will suffer on High detail levels {BF2142 for e.g. {need to get my other 2x1gb replaced pc does not post with them in}

i find games run not that well on vista any way vista looks nice superfetch works as intended DX10 hmm only Company of heros (1.7v) has DX10 support (looks very cool tho)

./^\.Ace./^\. · 9th Jun 2007, 21:04

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Originally Posted by crash32953295@msn.

Well it would mean there is a use for that slot

Well if you get the new Asus PCIe sound card then you could put it there insted

If you really need fast memory access then you could use the iRAM thing, that could work almost the same as Intel's Turbo Memory thing

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