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hubercs99   05-13-2009 at 04:21:34 AM

Many new laptops come with 1066MHz FSB but have DDR2 memory with 800MHz. Can the laptop be upgraded to DDR3 memory and will it make a noticable difference?

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GhislainG   05-13-2009 at 04:48:01 AM
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You can't upgrade to DDR3 unless you buy a new laptop. You need benchmarks to measure the difference.

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jsc   05-13-2009 at 03:45:42 PM
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hubercs99 wrote :

Many new laptops come with 1066MHz FSB but have DDR2 memory with 800MHz.


Which laptop are you talking about?

There really isn't something called DDR2-1066 RAM. Meaning there are no JEDEC standards for the stuff. What there is is DDR2-800 RAM that's been tested to run at the higher speed, generally with relaxed timings.

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