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    CPU Turbo boost.

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by deceptron, Jul 15, 2011.

  1. deceptron

    deceptron Notebook Guru

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    Hi there,

    After reading The Revelator's post. I went to BIOS to check if intel speedstep is enabled. It is enabled but i also found something that i don't understand.

    Is my CPU under turbo boost ? Because in store they said it is not but i can boost it upto 3.2 or something.

    Here is what i saw in BIOS advanced settings

    CPU Speed : 1.73Ghz
    memory Frequency : 1333Mhz
    Memory Channel Mode : Dual
    CPU Performance Mod : Turbo

    Turbo mode : Enabled
    Select Clock Mode : [AUTO]
    DDR3 Voltage : [1.5 V]


    Makes any sense ? :(
     
    deceptron, Jul 15, 2011
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  2. Simplified

    Simplified The Most Awesome

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    Your turbo boost is enabled which means that it will boost 1/2/3 cores when needed.
     
    Simplified, Jul 15, 2011
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  3. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    What you are reading is correct. The base clock is 1.73Ghz. It will boost to higher clocks when it needs up to 3.2Ghz on one core.
     
    widezu69, Jul 15, 2011
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  4. JohnnyFlash

    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

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    Up to the point where it hits the max power usage of 45w, then it'll throttle back to stay under the TDP.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Jul 15, 2011
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  5. James D

    James D Notebook Prophet

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    Just use turbo boost monitor. I suggest to use ver. 1 instead of 2.0

    Turbo boost does not need any drivers and works from the beginning. I guess only BIOS can stop it but mine (not alienware) can't turn off even hyper-threading.
     
    James D, Jul 15, 2011
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