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G45 vs. the G35

By looking at Intel's literature, the only differences between the G35 and G45 are:

• adding support for DDR3 up to 1066MHz (previously, there was no DDR3 support)
• changing to the GMA X4500HD IGP module (the G35 used the X3500 module)
• PCIe 2.0
• ICHR10, ICHR10R (before ICHR9, ICHR9R)

Here is a slide of the G35, and the closeup of the G45 diagram follows it:

And here are the slides that Intel sent us on the G45:

As you can clearly see, the G45 is just a refresh of the G35; with the only significant differences being the PCIe 2.0 support and updating the IGP - and frankly, for low/mid range systems like the ones the G45 will be used in, the value provided by DDR3 and PCIe 2.0 support is questionable.