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    T510 and Core i7/1067 vs. 1333 Mhz memory

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dropro, Jan 19, 2010.

  1. dropro

    dropro Notebook Geek

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    I have read conflicting things, in some places statements that the "controller" for the T510 with Core i7 operates at 1067 Mhz and so it is literally incapable of any benefit from the 1333 Mhz memory, and other places statements that it may give 5-15% performance boost for certain types of operations. Can anyone help me to understand? Thanks.
     
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  2. hceuterpe

    hceuterpe Notebook Evangelist

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    The only thing you will gain from ANY processor running in the T510 is if you overclock the memory controller. Last time I checked, you can't really do that easily with Thinkpads?

    Arrandale chips are NOT bottlenecked at all by the 1067Mhz RAM. I'm actually surprised Lenovo bothers shipping the higher speed sticks. They probably likely are having supply issues with higher capacity similar speed sticks...
     
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