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+## Updated settings
+
+- The default `-dbcache` value has been increased to `1024` MiB from `450` MiB
+  on systems where at least `4096` MiB of RAM is detected.
+  This is a performance increase, but will use more memory.
+  To maintain the previous behaviour, set `-dbcache=450`.