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    Studio 17's HD3650m slow??!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by p1990, Aug 24, 2008.

  1. p1990

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    p1990, Aug 24, 2008
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    I took the HD3650M option on my Studio 17 as well - and I believe it's using DDR2 memory - I'm betting the Asus laptop comes with the DDR3 version...
     
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    No,the ASUS laptops also use DDR2....but are fitted with T9300 instead of T8300.....but still Dell has underclocked the HD3650m by a massive margin!
     
    p1990, Aug 24, 2008
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    The asus laptops also have more than 256mb of vRAM. That helps performance, although only slightly on cards like the HD3650.
     
    TwilightVampire, Aug 24, 2008
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    If someone would create a NHC (Notebook Hardware Control) (ACPI) file for the Studio 17, we'd could define the GPU clock settings AND control the fans...

    Notebook Hardware Control
     
    Skillz, Aug 25, 2008
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