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    Turbo??

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by buzzfgo, Dec 3, 2010.

  1. buzzfgo

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    I7 q740 never goes above 1.73GHz

    Any ideas?
     
    buzzfgo, Dec 3, 2010
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    That is what its set at when you buy it. you need to overclock it :D
     
    DboogieC, Dec 3, 2010
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    buzzfgo, Dec 3, 2010
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    I love that widget, it's the same thing I use.
     
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    Its not going to go much over 1.73Ghz without overclocking
     
    DboogieC, Dec 3, 2010
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    2.93 is pretty good.. :) no OC
     
    buzzfgo, Dec 3, 2010
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    haha yes it is.
     
    DboogieC, Dec 3, 2010
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    You sure about it being a 6 core? I thought the q indicated quad?
     
    rippeer, Dec 3, 2010
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    Im sorry, i stand corrected. BUT it has 4 physical cores and your OS reads 8 cores because of the hyperthreading.

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    Hyper-threading defined:
    Hyper-threading is an Intel-proprietary technology used to improve parallelization of computations (doing multiple tasks at once) performed on PC microprocessors.
     
    DboogieC, Dec 3, 2010
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    That is correct.
     
    buzzfgo, Dec 3, 2010
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