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    DDR2 800 ram ?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Baconfat, Aug 8, 2007.

  1. Baconfat

    Baconfat Notebook Guru

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    I'm going to get a laptop with a T7300 cpu. All the configurations come with PC667 ram. I'm going to get 1GB and buy more on my own. Should I sell the PC667 and buy PC800 ram? Will there be a performance increase?
     
    Baconfat, Aug 8, 2007
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  2. R4000

    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    No, it will downclock to 667 speed anyway. The current mobile C2D's do not support DDR2-800 ram speeds..........
     
    R4000, Aug 8, 2007
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    667 mhz for sure... 800 mhz just costs more and will downclock to 667mhz anyway. Santa Rosa only supports up to 667mhz DDR2.
     
    wave, Aug 8, 2007
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  4. Baconfat

    Baconfat Notebook Guru

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    Ok thx guys. The PC800's for sale, are they for a future platform?
    Or does AMD support that?
     
    Baconfat, Aug 8, 2007
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    even if its not downclocked, theres no real performance difference between a 667 and 800
     
    hlcc, Aug 8, 2007
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  6. StormEffect

    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    DDR2-800 ram speeds in laptops will never be used. The performance increase isn't worth the jump. Intel will switch over to DDR3 memory within a year or so, at which point laptops will probably hop over DDR2-800 to a roughly equivalent DDR3-1330 or something near there using less power.
     
    StormEffect, Aug 8, 2007
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  7. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Well, amd will switch later (they alway do), so they might take advantage of them.
     
    fabarati, Aug 8, 2007
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  8. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yes, the current 65nm TX2's do support DDR2 800 memory but overall compatiblity depends on the BIOS support as well.
     
    miner, Aug 9, 2007
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    you need a desktop replacement with a desktop processor and motehrboard to be able to run the ddr2 800, example, the aviator ex7 by hypersonic
     
    narsnail, Aug 9, 2007
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  10. Wu Jen

    Wu Jen Some old nobody

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    Exactly, the only 2 notebooks that come to mind are the C90 and the D901C.
     
    Wu Jen, Aug 9, 2007
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  11. narsnail

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    no, the c90 would not work, its got a really messed up mother board / BIOS and only reads up to 667, from what ive read anyways
     
    narsnail, Aug 9, 2007
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