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    Bios's performance mode?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by YPH, Nov 5, 2012.

  1. YPH

    YPH Notebook Enthusiast

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    I went into the bios today to check what version I am running and saw that under the "performance" tab, it says turbo boost disabled. I would think that means the cpu wasn't running on turbo before? I am using a 920xm.

    Now that I enabled it, how do I check if it's really working, as in turbo boost ghz? Thanks!
     
    YPH, Nov 5, 2012
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    ssj92 Neutron Star

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    Use a program like CPU-Z to see what the clock speed is at. You will need to stress the cpu with something.(I use intel burn test)

    Should be 2.26Ghz for 3/4 cores, 3.06Ghz for 2 cores and 3.20Ghz for 1 core fully stressed.

    If you end up using intel burn test, the "standard" setting should be fine to see if turbo is working or not.

    EDIT:

    here's a picture of what i'm talking about:

    Click here!
     
    ssj92, Nov 6, 2012
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  3. YPH

    YPH Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks! I'll check it out later the day with your methods
     
    YPH, Nov 6, 2012
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