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by syockit
Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:46 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Is it possible to fold without watt increase?
Replies: 8
Views: 2228

Re: Is it possible to fold without watt increase?

entraidelec wrote:Idle is idle, consommation is lessen. The maximal TDP is not the idle wattage, and the fixed clock doesn't prevent idle mode.
Okay, now I got it. Thank you for the explanation!
by syockit
Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:09 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Is it possible to fold without watt increase?
Replies: 8
Views: 2228

Re: Is it possible to fold without watt increase?

So far, from the few CPU I have owned, the PII Xeon and PIII Xeon were the only one to behave like "processor scaling disabled". This is probably due to the chips note equipped with SpeedStep. Other than that, old BIOS which fail to recognize SpeedStep capability on newer processors also ...
by syockit
Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:11 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Is it possible to fold without watt increase?
Replies: 8
Views: 2228

Is it possible to fold without watt increase?

Consider a computer with processor-scaling feature disabled. It should run with 100% clockspeed by default. But I don't really understand about stuffs like HLT instructions, whether they really save power or not on such setup. So I want to know: If a computer doesn't have SpeedStep or Cool'and'Quiet...