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    2630QM how to get 2.9Ghz Turbo?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by adchesney, Jun 29, 2011.

  1. adchesney

    adchesney Notebook Enthusiast

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    Dear Folks,

    I have just been playing Formula 1 - 2010 and watching the CPU Mhz - it does not go beyond 2000Mhz and yet I understood the 2630QM to "Turbo" upto 2.9Ghz.

    So my question is - how can one "force" the Turbo mode?

    ADC
     
    adchesney, Jun 29, 2011
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  2. gpig

    gpig Notebook Deity

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    There's no way to force turbo mode to run for a particular application.

    Yet even if it was running at 5GHz, you wouldn't necessarily see even a 1% improvement in the game's framerate, since the CPU isn't the bottleneck.
     
    gpig, Jun 29, 2011
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    otacon Notebook Evangelist

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    BobTheSniper Notebook Consultant

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    I also have this question. Your processor not going to Turbo is probably a configuration or throttling problem.

    I have never seen my 2630qm go pass 2.7 ghz (at that point, it reaches 90c)
     
    BobTheSniper, Jun 29, 2011
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    Unless your CPU is bottlenecking the games performance, there's no reason for it to need to be in turbo.

    Unless your GPU is at 100% while gaming, I wouldn't worry about it.
     
    weapon, Jun 30, 2011
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