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16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 OK, but not fantastic. Sep 21, 2007
By Henry R. Long
This product is for the person who is trying to squeeze every last bit of performance they can out of their computer running vista.
This product functions adequately. However, it did not produce a significant systems performance boost. But, I already had 2 Gigs of memory, a 7200 RPM hard drive, and 2.2 GHz cpu. The results may be more pronounced if you have less ram and a slower hard drive.
However, the software uses up some of your RAM and must load into memory after Windows has loaded before it can be utilized by the system, so is unlikely to offer drastic system enhancement for any computer.
The specs don't tell you that this 1 Gig module is actually made up of 2 separate 512 Megabyte chips. Each one operates independently of the other. One chip works with windows ready boot to help speed up boot time. The other works with ready drive to help minimize accessing the page file on the hard drive. The Intel configuration program only allows you the option of selecting whether or not each 512 meg chip is active. You cannot designate the entire 1 gig for one purpose.
This type of memory wears out faster than a hard drive or standard memory, but lasts longer than the standard USB flash drive. Hopefully, as this type of technology advances, future versions will be able to drastically reduce boot time.
You will want to go to Intel's website and download the latest installation program for this hardware.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Worth it? Maybe. Dec 02, 2007
By Jon Solo
For about the price of a nice dinner by yourself, you can obtain this card. Caching is nothing new to computers and the idea of having a separate 1gb cache seems like a great idea. To use this item you have to have a computer equipped with the Turbo Cache card slot. I have an Inspiron 1720 and this is found right next to my WIFI card slot. The advantage of having that is that you do not have to occupy a USB port or SD card slot to benefit from the caching. I also imagine that this slot is hard wired to the computer using a whole separate buss making it faster.
But question is does it do what it promises. It does to some degree. I do see a small decrease in boot times. Also the programs that I use daily do load and perform much faster. I cannot say that I am saving battery power because of less disk access, but that is really a hard call since I recharge my laptop every night.
Ultimately, this is a feel good item for the most part. If you have an empty slot in your laptop, fill it. If you are looking for a massive performance boost, it would be better to consider upgrading the 5400 rpm hard drive to a 7200 rpm drive. Or if you are still floating in the 1gb RAM or less club, consider going to 2gb in Vista. Those are the real icing on the cake. This is just the little flower decoration that makes it look a little more appetizing.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Helpful May 14, 2008
By Alemaker
"Alemaker"
The Intel Turbo Memory chip did help in opening programs that I use often. The most noticeable difference is that, before I installed this chip, Microsoft Office 2007 opened slower. With the addition of this chip, it opens quicker. It definetly helps loading programs faster. Price is extremely reasonable also.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 System does not boot up faster Feb 15, 2008
By Hirakawa
This product does not make your system boot up faster but it will help you to speed up a little bit during your system recover from hibernate.
The only best thing about this product is that it reduce the need to access the HDD significantly (Maybe able to expand HDD life span and save some power?).
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
No Real Difference... Nov 17, 2007
By Tracy T. Newton
Installed in my ThinkPad mostly to complete the specs with the hope of some improvement in performance but I had read prior to purchase that the difference is barely negligible. Anyways the price was good and I didn't have it so I got it. It fills that space. Maybe Intel will update the drivers to allow real performance.
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