Hong Kong 16th October, 2007 - TurboCache™ is Inno3D®’s answer to those who demand performance for value without compromise. The innovative TurboCache Technology is a method of allowing more framebuffer memory on selected graphics cards by using both video and system memory by taking advantage of the high bandwidth courtesy of the PCI-Express bus - supercharging performance and providing larger total graphics memory. The difference between TurboCache™ enabled GPU’s and integrated graphics is that video cards have a small amount of VRAM whereas integrated graphics rely solely on system memory.
Nvidia pioneered TurboCache™ as a means to provide better performance for budget or integrated solutions, while still reducing cost compared to higher-end graphics cards. The latest to get the TurboCache™ treatment is the GeForce 8 series including the Inno3D® GeForce™ 8400GS 256/512MB and 8500GT. It comes with NVIDIA's first unified shader DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 / OpenGL 2.1 architecture. However, one issue that TurboCache™ causes is complete incompatibility with several graphics software, by taking that program's required memory. For example, Second Life uses VRAM and RAM as well, VRAM for nearby meshes, and RAM for earlier discovered meshes. TurboCache™ causes Second Life to run at approximately 3 frames per second, and eventually crash either only Second Life, or the entire operating system.
Through its unique ability to render directly to system memory, TurboCache fundamentally redefines the price/performance of desktop and notebook PC graphics solutions
  • Patented hardware and software technologies that render directly to system memory
  • A TurboCache™ Manager (TCM), which dynamically allocates memory for maximum system performance
  • Intelligent software algorithms that maximize application performance
  • Bidirectional PCI Express® bandwidth, in conjunction with TurboCache™ architecture, which improves graphics price/performance
Inno3D® GeForce™ 8400GS 256/512MB and 8500GT TurboCache™ fully compliant with GeForce8 award-winning technology and Microsoft® DirectX® 10, Shader Model 4.0, which enhances gaming performance with the hottest motion pictures. Together with True 128-bit floating point high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting to provide twice the precision of prior generations for incredibly realistic lighting effects—now with support for anti-aliasing.
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