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Any chance this MX440 has a 128 bit bus width?

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Reply 20 of 23, by AngryByDefault

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Sphere478 wrote on 2023-08-22, 13:43:

At OP Well, look up the data sheet for the ram chips.

Yeah, but pics in most of the ads I see are not clear enough to read the chip's markings. Then again, maybe I can't count mem's pad from those either.. I'll check that out...

>> If total bus width of all chips is less than 128 then 128-bit isn’t possible.
>> But if it is 128 or larger, it is possible that ram is double stacked as 64-bit.

Hence the bottom issue still is whether or not the double-stacking can be confirmed with just an image of the card...

But I guess the answer is probably no.

Reply 21 of 23, by Sphere478

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AngryByDefault wrote on 2023-08-22, 14:58:
Yeah, but pics in most of the ads I see are not clear enough to read the chip's markings. Then again, maybe I can't count mem's […]
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Sphere478 wrote on 2023-08-22, 13:43:

At OP Well, look up the data sheet for the ram chips.

Yeah, but pics in most of the ads I see are not clear enough to read the chip's markings. Then again, maybe I can't count mem's pad from those either.. I'll check that out...

>> If total bus width of all chips is less than 128 then 128-bit isn’t possible.
>> But if it is 128 or larger, it is possible that ram is double stacked as 64-bit.

Hence the bottom issue still is whether or not the double-stacking can be confirmed with just an image of the card...

But I guess the answer is probably no.

A investigation of traces and the bus width of the chips can help you make a educated guess. To be sure, you could dump the bios and open it in rabit or maybe check gpu-z

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Reply 22 of 23, by Ydee

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Safe bet could be LQFB memory chips (rectangular chips with contacts on 4 sides), I didn't come across any 64bit version with these memory chips.

Reply 23 of 23, by Thermalwrong

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BGA is a good chance it's 128-bit as well. This one has 4 chips, 2 on the front and 2 on the back and it's 128-bit: