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    Xps M1530 Ddr3?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jpfalet, Jun 20, 2008.

  1. jpfalet

    jpfalet Notebook Guru

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    Ok...I just bought my Dell XPS M1530 (diidnt receive it yet)....

    First, before buying, I asked if the RAM came in DDR2 or DDR3...Most people said DDR3...but when I arrived at the Dell kiosk they said DDR3 was only available for destops until the present time...so I ordered it, and even on the confirmation it said DDR2...Why?

    So...tell me...how did u guys get DDR3?

    ty

    :)
     
    jpfalet, Jun 20, 2008
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    bottoj Notebook Guru

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    The graphics card is DDR3, the RAM itself is DDR2.
     
    bottoj, Jun 20, 2008
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  3. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    The graphics card is GDDR3, the ram is DDR2. DDR3 is not used in laptops yet. Will change with the montevina release in July/august.
     
    fabarati, Jun 20, 2008
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  4. jpfalet

    jpfalet Notebook Guru

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    oooooohhhhh!!!!! Now I get it!!!!

    TY VERY MUCH GUYS!!!!!

    :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
     
    jpfalet, Jun 20, 2008
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  5. DFI Fan

    DFI Fan Notebook Evangelist

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    DDR3 RAM is not really that much of an improvement over DDR2 RAM anyway. It has much higher latencies and costs much more then DDR2 memory. It does run a a higher clockspeed then DDR2 typically runs at. However, the advantage of DDR3 is not really worth the price yet.

    And yes the GPU features GDDR3 memory. I think you confused the system memory with the video memory.
     
    DFI Fan, Jun 20, 2008
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    DDR3 will be an improvement over DDR2 as DDR2 was to DDR1, but it will take time for the prices to come down since it's not mainstream yet. GDDR3 is totally different than DDR3 btw.
     
    sgogeta4, Jun 21, 2008
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    andresf02, Jul 14, 2008
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  8. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Can you stop bringin up old threads, posting the same thing, over and over again? We know it's more expensive, and with no real performance benifits today. That's also what we've been telling people.
     
    fabarati, Jul 14, 2008
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