Help with Power4Gear and Rightmark cpu clock util

I can't seem to figure out how to use these two programs. For once, I think Power4Gear offers too much control or doesn't explaine it well.
All I want is a mode, which keeps the CPU (and possibly the GPU) running at 100%. And throttles the CPU. Like any centrino duo does.

With P4G It has sliders for Max/min cpu speed. Doesn't make any sense. I change the settings and doesn't seem to do what the setting says. Like 0% doesn't make the CPU stop running fast (not that I would want it to stop per say...) And it shows 4 modes (Hi perf,etc,battery,etc.) yet it has processor control for max performance/average battery/max battery. But it seems to be not set to any of the 4 modes??

Then theres the CPU rightmark. not sure how to use it. theres a core clock and throttle clock. Whats the difference? When I move those processor control sliders, it varies the core clock, yet sometimes it varies the trottle?

I kinda miss how simple HCS(whatever it was called) was in WInXP. There was 100% CPU speed, auto throttle, and minimum mode.

As long as the centrino is working correctly, it can be set to auto throttle, and games should always run at full speed with no hiccups. Having a min would just be good if I was word processing and wanted just a bit more battery life.

 

1. Forget about Power4Gear. The only use I can see for it is controlling brightness.

Use RMClock http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmclock.shtml . Here is how.

Do not worry about throttling it's not so useful and I have noticed it can worsen performance.

Go to Profiles, click Defaults. Then select from the Voltage dropdowns to the right:
- the lowermost dropdown: the voltage that you want for maximum multiplier.
- the uppermost dropdown: the voltage for minimum multiplier. Usually (for Core Duos and later) this will be capped from below from hardware so there's not much you can do.

The program will then interpolate voltages for the rest of the multipliers.

Then choose: on AC power, Performance on Demand
on battery, Power Saving

and configure those modes as follows:

Select from the tree to the left Power Saving, and under Battery select Use P-state transitions (PST) and just select the first index (the lowest multiplier).

Select from the tree to the left Performance on Demand, and under AC Power select Use P-state transitions (PST) and select several indices (multipliers, FIDs) starting with the lowest up to the highest. For instance, I have
FIDs from 6 to 11 and am using 6, 8, and 11.

Then click Apply.

Your CPU will now speedstep while on AC power, and be capped at its lowest speed on battery.

For the GPU, use the GPU driver config page (right click desktop, properties, advanced, settings, GPU): select Power Saving for battery, and Max Performance for AC Power (if you're gaming) and Balanced for AC Power (if you don't game).

Hope this answers your questions.

 

ok thanks, I'll uninstall the power4gear stuff and see if that helps.

 

Didn't do your settings yet, but removed the P4G. is it "normal" to see in rightmark
In balanced mode: the cpu trottle bouncing every second or so from 1.2-2.4Ghz? THe cpu clock stays at 1.2 tho. in power saver mode: core is locked at 1.6(not 1.2) and throttle is NOT bouncing anymore but is at 780mhz
in full power: core is at 1.2 (no cpu activity at the moment) and throttle is at max 2.4Ghz

(I'm guessing thats why you said to ignore the throttle.)

 

I did the right click on desktop but theres no menu for properties. Not sure if this helps,but i'm in vista.

 

And lastly, does it help to add the checkmarks in enhanced pwoer state settings C1E and C3E?

 

The power states didn't really do much for me so I just checked them all. I am unsure if the B1 is the same as the A1 for the power/performance throttling on battery thing, if so then uncheck the thermal monitors.

 

Yup. I have that problem. I'm kinda ticked about that. I didnt find out about this untill yesterday. I just did a test. I was at 76% battery and it was plugged in. In 3dmark06, my CPU score went from 1994 to 1152. Then I removed the thermal monitors and my CPU went to 2001. Damnit.

Anyways, by turning this off will it harm anything? Also, in order to make sure the thermal monitors are off, I do need to run rightmark at every startup,right?

 

yes you do have to have it on, just click run at start up

 

I'm not altering the default settings for the power saving states.

I do not know how the GPU properties page is accessed in WinVista but it shouldn't be difficult to figure out.

By the way make sure that you are actually using RM Clock at the address given by me in the previous message. CPU RightMark is a different product.