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    i7-2630qm

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Xellon, Jan 15, 2011.

  1. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    according to this, the max turbo on this is suppose to be 2.6 on quad mode which is insane O.O

    But I was watching this video where the cores were pushed to 100% but the clock frequency never reached 2.6, rather, it started at 2.3-2.4, then dropped to a constant 2.1. why was that?

    here is the video YouTube - Sandy Bridge i7-2630qm + Turbo Boost + throttling w/ Prime 95
     
    Xellon, Jan 15, 2011
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  2. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    It is STILL good lol, comapred to what we have atm :)
     
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  3. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    a difference of 1.73ghz to 2.2ghz is a nice jump indeed, but if it can reach 2.6, I may think about selling this thing sooner then I expected xD
     
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  4. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    the turbo boost is dependable on the cooling, if the dv7 had a better cooling it would be stable at higher clocks
     
    Karamazovmm, Jan 15, 2011
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  5. CrappyAlloy

    CrappyAlloy Notebook Evangelist

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    Agreed

    I was watching that going "90C!!!" lol my G73 has never gone above 69 :cool:

    Does kinda make me feel like an idiot though for paying the extra amount I did on my 840 :swoon:

    OH WHY DID INTEL have to change the socket aha
     
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  6. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    Yea, I forgot in include temp in the factor, guess I'm spoiled by my asus :p

    and that was an HP? lol

    So 2.6ghz really might be achievable on a Sager or asus notebook especially with ic diamond or something. Can't wait to see benchmarks on a sager (or even an asus once a better vid card is out for it).
     
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  7. LaptopNut

    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

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    I will have on of those soon or what ever the base CPU is and it will be in a 17'' Sager. I will probably use MX3 but I am sure the cooling will allow it to reach higher clocks.
     
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    Kr3am3r Newbie

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    Umm hello i have a Dell XPS 15 with i7-2630QM 2.00GHz but on the Intel Turbo Boost Monitor it never goes over 2.7 GHz. Is it because i have only two cores? i checked online and aparently this kind of processor has 4 cores, but at device manager it shows me 8 different cores. I dont know how to check how many i really have, if you could please help me i would be gratefull.
     
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  9. CrappyAlloy

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    The "QM" in the name (i7-2630QM) stands for "quad-mobile", so yes you have 4 physical cores. Windows might (and in task manager it does) show 8 because each of the four cores are hyperthreaded, an Intel tech to increase effieceny in multitasking and apps that use more then 4 threads, essentially each core can handle 2 tasks more effectively, though from what I have read its only about a 15-30% performance increase in such applications, its obviously not like have an 8 core processor.

    You may be stuck at 2.7 for a few reasons, the load on the CPU simply isnt enough, turbo boost is running in dual core mode (though thats just a guess as I am not sure what the dual core turbo boost is for your cpu), or you are throttling.
     
    CrappyAlloy, Aug 31, 2011
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