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    Again regarding DDR2 and DDR3

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Gmora, Jul 16, 2007.

  1. Gmora

    Gmora Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    In the US Dell website, under 1520 Tech Specs, it says NVIDIA® GeForceTM Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2 dedicated graphic memory (the link is http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspnnb_152x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs ).

    Question is: has this information BEEN THE SAME all the time? Or, have they changed it recently?
    I´m aware of the "help me choose" option where it gives you the "Graphics Memory Bandwidth" of 22.4 GB/s, and not 12.8, which contradicts the previous one.

    The question is because Dell is telling me they had the correct information of DDR2 under the first page refered, and has never been changed. If my memory is correct (I could be wrong) that information was recently changed...Or if I'm right, in some countries that has been the case.

    All of the above regardless of the contradiction between both pages.

    I need this info ASP.

    Thanks in advance.
    GMora
     
    Gmora, Jul 16, 2007
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  2. d94

    d94 Notebook Evangelist

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    hmm i wonder if i should call in regarding credit now, for my m1330 before its too late
     
    d94, Jul 16, 2007
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  3. thegsrguy

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    It's GDDR2. It used to read GDDR3 but was later corrected, some people got credits back for the misprint.
     
    thegsrguy, Jul 16, 2007
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  4. Gmora

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    Are you sure about this, that was corrected later?

    That could help a lot.

    GMora
     
    Gmora, Jul 16, 2007
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  5. Gmora

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    Can someone confirm this please? Was the information on Tech specs changed?
     
    Gmora, Jul 16, 2007
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  6. Nedediah

    Nedediah Notebook Consultant

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    You can do a google search and still find cached pages of DDR3 for the 8600M showing up on austrailian, mylasian and singapore dell.com pages. Those may have been changed. I didn't see any on the US site.
     
    Nedediah, Jul 16, 2007
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  7. ChaosKye

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    I think that its always said DDR2 on the US site. It was the bandwidth which was wrong.
     
    ChaosKye, Jul 16, 2007
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  8. Nedediah

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    That was my understanding too.
     
    Nedediah, Jul 16, 2007
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