Dell Admits Inspiron 8400m GS Is DDR3!!!

http://www.dell.com/content/product...nb_1420?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~tab=bundlestab
(Click Tech Specs Tab)

I guess it only makes sense because users were overclocking to 700 mhz in another thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=153822&highlight=overclocking+crazy

But, Dell STILL hasn't got things right!
The overclocking was done in that forum on the Vostro 1400.
Yet Dell still says the Vostro 1400 has a DDR2 version of the 8400m gs:
http://www.dell.com/content/product...nb_1400?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~tab=bundlestab
(Click Tech Specs Tab)

Any thoughts? Is Dell just ignorant of their own product or do you honestly think they receive two different verisons of the 8400m GS? From a production point of view, seems like a dumb move. 2 different products = twice the headache with operations and production management.

 

Interesting the Vostros have DDR2!!!

 

Hah, this is all bull.

 

bull? yeah. On Dell's part. I referenced everything...

 

If all 8400M GS are GDDR3 (mine does), then it is Dell's mistake. Otherwise, it may suggest some batches using cheaper GDDR2 memory. No one would complain if you are getting better memory.

 

I agree it is bull

 

I thought all 8400GS's are GDDR3, or rather almost all of nVidia's new 8x00 series mobile GPU's are GDDR3(with an exception).

 

In the same forum for overclocking that I refrenced above, anyone with a 15.4" laptop couldnt overclock beyond 500mhz. So perhaps since the laptop is a different size, the 8400m gs for this is a DDR2 verison while the 8400m gs for the 14.1" and 13" laptops is GDDR3? Bah, who cares really as long as it doesn't stutter in my gaming like my latotop does now (which I guess is more cpu ram based).

sOnIc

 

Oh yeah forgot to mention. In the 100pg threads, somewhere about halfway through, people mention that riva tuner and other proggy's dont correctly read DDR on laptop grafx cards. Since riva tuner was reading GDDR3 for the 8400m gs, ppl assumed that this was an incorrect reading. It was never implicitly stated that riva tuner readed DDR2 vram as GDDR3. So perhaps this isn't a mistake and riva tuner is actually reading the vram correctly..

Just some thoughts to ponder, nothing important

sOnIc

 

No, Riva Tuner is reading the video memory wrong. It can't differentiate what is DDR2 and what' GDDR3.

 

I though Unwinder fixed that in his latest version, 2.05? Or am I wrong?

 

Nope, I double checked with the 2.05 version just now and it still reads my 8600m GT 512mb DDR2 as DRR3.

 

funny that Dell coinsidently advertises the 8400m gs as actually being DDR3, so perhaps riva is reading it wrong but still reporting GDDR3 accurately?
sOniC