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    Shared DDR

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by lumberbunny, Apr 13, 2006.

  1. lumberbunny

    lumberbunny Notebook Evangelist

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    What is meant by "shared" DDR?

    I understand what it means when talking about a GPU, but when the memory is advertised as Dual Channel "Shared" DDR2, what does that mean? Does it just mean that both DIMMs are occupied? A lot of Inspirons have this and I've seen it a few other places, too.

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    lumberbunny, Apr 13, 2006
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    it means that config has an integrated gpu
     
    drumfu, Apr 13, 2006
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    Yeah, the shared usually refers to the fact that the GPU uses some of the main RAM & the dual channel should also indicate that both the slots are occupied(2 equal sized memory modules make up dual channel RAM)
     
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    For example, my dell 1150 has Intel Extreme Graphics 2. It can use 1 MB - 64 MB of my system's memory to use as graphics.

    JC
     
    NetBrakr, Apr 14, 2006
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