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    2820QM stops at 2.3 Ghz?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Special_K, Aug 23, 2011.

  1. Special_K

    Special_K Notebook Guru

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    I have a fairly new ( 2 weeks old ) M17x R3, Is there a way to enable turbo mode or something because my 2820QM is stopping at 2.3 Ghz even under full load. Am I missing something, i though it was suppose to go up to 3.4 Ghz? Help!
     
    Special_K, Aug 23, 2011
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  2. helmeston

    helmeston Notebook Consultant

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    I think ( but i'm not so sure) that the turbo is used when in an application that doesn't support multicore so you can get better performance with a single core on turbo.
     
    helmeston, Aug 25, 2011
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    livid Notebook Consultant

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    Are you sure that Turbo is enabled in your BIOS? On the M17x, Turbo Boost will kick up the 2820QM up to 3.3 GHz.
     
    livid, Aug 25, 2011
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    Did you disable it with an SSD registry tweak?
     
    ValkerieFire, Aug 25, 2011
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