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    Powermizer -> M11xR2

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Revoluxon, Jan 25, 2011.

  1. Revoluxon

    Revoluxon Notebook Geek

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    I've been lurking around and I found this thing called "Powermizer" but I cant understand what it really does...

    I have a M11xR2 (OC 166MHz) and using ThrottleStop... should I disable powermizer?, will it make my CPU/GPU work better?
     
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    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Revoluxon Notebook Geek

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    Thanks for the info about Powermizer.

    About the question, it wasn't related to throttlestop, I was giving some info about my notebook which includes throttlestop, but what i really want to know is if it's good to disable powermizer on the M11xR2.

    Does anybody see any noticeable increase in performance when you disable it?, or is it better to keep it enabled?
     
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    utrillalm Notebook Enthusiast

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    Powermizer is like the speedstep for the cpu, when you are running on battery mode, it will down the power of the gpu so you will have more battery life, it regulates the power of your gpu =)
     
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    Yeah it sounds good but I see alot of people complaining about how broken this feature is, some of them say you must disable Powermizer because it reduces the performance while gaming.
     
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    you can disable it when you are gaming and enable again when you finish or when you are running on battery and using the nvidia card.
     
    utrillalm, Jan 25, 2011
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