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    Is Lenovo cheating?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jingdjeun, Oct 10, 2007.

  1. jingdjeun

    jingdjeun Newbie

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    I recently purchased an Lenovo T61 laptop. The official specification says the memory is of 667MHz, but when I tested with CPU-Z, got frequency=332.2MHz for the memory (I have one stick of 1G memory in one of the two slots.)

    Is Lenovo cheating?
     
    jingdjeun, Oct 10, 2007
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  2. jojoinnit

    jojoinnit Notebook Consultant

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    I'm getting sick of answering this question. Its DDR2 ram. That means it runs at 2x the frequency. Do the math.

    And next time, do a search.
     
    jojoinnit, Oct 10, 2007
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    Gilliann Notebook Consultant

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    Gilliann, Oct 10, 2007
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    jojoinnit Notebook Consultant

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    Not at all. Maybe I could have worded it better.
    Belive me, I know how this stuff works.
     
    jojoinnit, Oct 10, 2007
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  5. mobigeek

    mobigeek Notebook Enthusiast

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    667MHZ= Front Side Bus
    333MHZ= Actual Frequency
    DDR= Double Data Rate
    2 x Actual Frequency= Front Side Bus

    Just like Intel Processors Quad Pump Technology 4 x Actual Frequency= Front Side Bus
     
    mobigeek, Oct 10, 2007
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    Gilliann Notebook Consultant

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    I think it was just funny wording. It sounded like you ment that because it was ddr"2" you multiplied it by 2 to get your actually speed. ;)
     
    Gilliann, Oct 10, 2007
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    mobigeek Notebook Enthusiast

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    No, DDR1 and DDR2 are the same in terms of FSB(Front Side Bus) Calculation.
     
    mobigeek, Oct 10, 2007
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