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6630M Teardown?

FrancoisC

FrancoisC

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Hi all!

Has anybody who has a mini with a 6630M made a "teardown" yet?

I've seen the iFixit one with the Intel HD3000, but I'm curious to see the difference in logic board/motherboard between the 2.
 
It must be almost the same, but the HD3000 is integrated with the CPU, the 6630M is not. And on the i3/HD3000 board, there's no space for an additional chip, so there must be some difference.

Anyway, I'm just curious, when I get my tools I'll probably check on mine.
 
FrancoisC said:
It must be almost the same, but the HD3000 is integrated with the CPU, the 6630M is not. And on the i3/HD3000 board, there's no space for an additional chip, so there must be some difference.

Anyway, I'm just curious, when I get my tools I'll probably check on mine.
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It's soldered to the mainboard not the CPU, the though did cross my mind to upgrade the GPU but it wont be possible.
 
ezekielrage_99 said:
It's soldered to the mainboard not the CPU, the though did cross my mind to upgrade the GPU but it wont be possible.
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Actually, for Sandy Bridge processors, the Intel graphics chips are on-die with the processor, not a separate chip nor integrated in to the Northbridge any longer. You could say they are "on-cpu", though technically they're still separate from the CPU. I think Ivy Bridge integrates graphics more in to the CPU itself.

Here are some pics from TechRepublic of the ATi chipset:

http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/...52&tag=thumbnail-view-selector;get-photo-roto
 
FrancoisC said:
I'll say it again, with a link this time, Intel's HD3000 GPU is "soldered" within the processor

I know the 6630M is not upgradeable, but obviously there are 2 different logic board for the new mini.

In fact, even the i5 and i7 version have the HD3000, but it's not activated
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What chipset does the Mac Mini use?

As on PC with the Intel Z68 chipset and a good motherboard you can use Lucid Virtu for simultaneous Integrated/Discrete GPU on Sandy Bridge platforms...
 
I think it (non Radeon one at least) has a HM65 chipset, but I couldn't find anything about using it with Quick Sync and a discrete GPU.

And I think Virtu is for pre-Z68 systems.
 
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