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    Question about i7

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by nfshp253, Jan 14, 2010.

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    I don't really understand how fast the i7 processors are. The G51Jx I'm looking into has a i7-720qm 1.6GHz to 2.8GHz. I understand that only 1 of the 4 cores are overclock when needed. Does this mean the maximum output speed of the entire processor is 2.8+1.6+1.6+1.6=7.6GHz? If this is so, what about the other 4 virtual cores? Do they give a performance boost. How fast in actual speeds would that probably be?
     
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    So, if only one core is overclocked, it will go up to 2.8GHz. But if all cores are overclocked, the overclocking is less? Right?
     
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    I've read that overclocking the i7-720qm in G51s to 1.7-2.9GHz instead of 1.6-2.8GHz actually gave poorer performances. Is that true?
     
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    Where did you read that?
     
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    Some optimizing thread for the G51J
     
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    They probably know more about it then. Ask one of the G51J users.
     
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