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    CPU Question

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by bngreenchev, Jul 10, 2008.

  1. bngreenchev

    bngreenchev Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a Intel T8100 @ 2.1ghz, and i'm using RightMark CPU Clock utility to monitor everything but i noticed that sometimes it will show my cpu running at 2.3ghz is this some form of overclocking from AW and why can't it run that way all the time.
     
    bngreenchev, Jul 10, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Its called IDA (Intel Dynamic Acceleration). It uses 1 core while the other core idles causing you to end up with those clockspeeds
     
    flipfire, Jul 10, 2008
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