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    Core Tuning

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by kylerg, Aug 28, 2006.

  1. kylerg

    kylerg Notebook Consultant

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    From the front page I found a reference to this Sager thead: here, that mentionds tuning for better performance.

    Does Dell tune for having multi/duo cores or not? Does this only pertain to factory models, or would it have to be done to fresh installs too?

    If it is a hotfix, shouldn't it fix itself?

    :confused:
     
    kylerg, Aug 28, 2006
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  2. E1505Guy

    E1505Guy Notebook Consultant

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    I was wondering the same thing. I'm gonna check when I get home.
     
    E1505Guy, Aug 28, 2006
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  3. thetick97

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    I checked my e1505 and it wasn't tuned. The directions were easy and clear. Can't say I've noticed much of a difference though.
     
    thetick97, Aug 28, 2006
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    Well I tuned it... now what? My computer was only missing the command in the boot.ini folder - so should I be expecting any extra performance or not?
     
    loesjoel, Aug 29, 2006
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  5. snowbrdkid

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    ya the first part was already done on my e1505, i just added a word to the boot.ini folder
     
    snowbrdkid, Aug 29, 2006
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  6. streather

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    i've done it what kind of performance increase can we expect?
     
    streather, Aug 29, 2006
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  7. snowbrdkid

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    not much, if any, cuz i think dell already had it done
     
    snowbrdkid, Aug 29, 2006
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  8. xAMDvsIntelx

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    I just did it - I haven't really noticed anything sigificant either, excpet now I get 1 sec. faster on my Super Pi calculation to 2M (1min 15sec to 1min 14sec).
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Aug 29, 2006
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  9. dudesdudets

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    This tweak has been around for a while(The first time I saw it was a month after Athlon X2 was released). I believe it is only necessary for Dual/multi core AMD processors. Not needed for Intel CPUs and AMD Multi CPUs(And of course single CPUs).
     
    dudesdudets, Aug 29, 2006
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