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    RivaTuner says my Vostro 1500 has DDR3 8600gt

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by redpointist, Aug 13, 2007.

  1. redpointist

    redpointist Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got my vostro and have been getting it set up. I installed RivaTuner and its telling me my 8600gt is DDR3. This excites me, but I have a feeling its not accurate...

    It says on the main tab...

    "128-bit G84 (A2,32sp) with 256mb ddr3"



    Heres what it says exactly in the 'graphics subsystem diagnostic report'.

    $ffffffffff Display adapter information
    $ffffffffff ----------------------------------------------------------------
    $0000000000 Description : NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
    $0000000001 Vendor ID : 10de (NVIDIA)
    $0000000002 Device ID : 0407
    $0000000003 Location : bus 1, device 0, function 0
    $0000000004 Bus type : PCIE
    $000000000f PCIE link width : 16x supported, 16x selected
    $0000000009 Base address 0 : fd000000 (memory range)
    $000000000a Base address 1 : e0000000 (memory range)
    $000000000b Base address 2 : none
    $000000000c Base address 3 : fa000000 (memory range)
    $000000000d Base address 4 : none
    $000000000e Base address 5 : 0000ef00 (I/O range)
    $ffffffffff ----------------------------------------------------------------
    $ffffffffff NVIDIA specific display adapter information
    $ffffffffff ----------------------------------------------------------------
    $0100000000 Graphics core : G84 revision A2 (32sp)
    $0100000001 Hardwired ID : 0407 (ROM strapped to 0407)
    $0100000002 Memory bus : 128-bit
    $0100000003 Memory type : DDR3 (RAM configuration 00)
    $0100000004 Memory amount : 262144KB
    $0100000100 Core clock domain 0 : 182.250MHz
    $0100000101 Core clock domain 1 : 364.500MHz
    $0100000006 Memory clock : 3.480MHz (6.960MHz effective)
    $0100000007 Reference clock : 27.000MHz

    Everything seems right, except I though that Dell was using DDR2 in the 8600gt
    Tell me what this means, I'm confused :confused:
     
    redpointist, Aug 13, 2007
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  2. Zoltang

    Zoltang Notebook Consultant

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    Rivatuner is wrong and it is actually DDR2, this has been discused in many other threads as well.
     
    Zoltang, Aug 13, 2007
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  3. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Rivatuner is not officially for mobile cards.

    So its recent DDR3/DDR2 readings can not be trusted.
     
    Gophn, Aug 13, 2007
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  4. redpointist

    redpointist Notebook Enthusiast

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    lol dang, figured
     
    redpointist, Aug 13, 2007
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