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    Lenovo G560 hardware configuration!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by wei214ning, Jul 21, 2010.

  1. wei214ning

    wei214ning Newbie

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    Hi everyone,

    My apology to multiple post on this topic!

    I recently see a laptop Lenovo G560 which has equiped with i5 and GL40 chipset. I am very glad anyone could clarify following concerns about this configration:

    1. As I know that i5 has integrated the memory controller and GPU within the cpu, and My concerns are that will the this memory controller bypass the one on the mainboard, in order words, the GL40 chipset will only support memory up to DDR3 800MHZ, if with i5 cpu, will it ignore the memory constraints of the mainboard and support memory say to DDR1033?

    2. and similar to question above, will the GPU inside the i5 bypass the integared cpu on the mainboard? as I know the GPU inside the i5 is 4500HD which is better than the one 4500 on the GL40 chipset.


    3. will the new features (integrated GPU and Memory controller) in the i5 cpu be affected by the old chipset say GL40, and how much performance will it be affected? or think it another way, will these new feature improve the performance of the old Chipset , if yes, how much performance will it achieve?


    Thanks very much for your time.
     
    wei214ning, Jul 21, 2010
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