Have you called HP yet?
Have you done the tests I outlined in post #74?
You seemed to have side stepped the issue of whether the ZV5000 series supports dual channel memory architecture completely now.... and since that is what we are discussing, it seems odd to me that you would get hung up on the graphics.
Having said that, I will answer your question... but please make sure you phone HP and ask them if the ZV5000 series supports dual channel memory architecture.
Actually it was you who implied that ZV5000s can come with separate graphics cards... I said
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Originally Posted by OMGmissinglink
Given that you are intelligent and that you are competent to discuss ATI chipsets that are paired with mobility GPUs I thought that you probably knew of a ZV5000 series model with a separate 9600 card.
A quick search of zv5000 motherboards turns up a fair few configurations. I wasn't about to check them all and since I have dealt with laptops which have separate graphics cards, your assertion that a model in the ZV5000 had a 9600 seemed entirely reasonable.
The onboard or offboard state of the GPU had no relevance to whether the various ZV5000 motherboards has dual channel memory architecture, I simply changed my general statement to include on or offboard graphics.
I didn't want to get into graphics options, I wanted to stay with the subject - dual channel memory controllers and whether any of the motherboards available in the HP ZV5000 series were capable of supporting dual channel memory architecture.
According to my research - the answer is NO. The ZV5000 series, regardless of whether it is an AMD or Intel based model will not support dual channel memory because HP made the motherboards without the necessary components/interfaces.
Please, just phone HP if you don't believe me.