From 4ae9a10ada95ab8c1ab01472948d348d9538f3bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Toth <andrewstoth@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:44:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] doc: add release notes for dbcache bump

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+## Updated settings
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+- 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`.