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    Intel Turbo Boost and Games

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by michealscott, Jul 19, 2018.

  1. michealscott

    michealscott Notebook Geek

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    Does Turbo boost have any noticeable impact on FPS in games, even CPU heavy ones? Disabling turbo makes my notebook drop from 85 to 75 deg. C and I want it as cool as possible with out performance loss, I don't do any CPU heavy tasks like encoding or rendering on a 1 inch thick notebook because that would fry it so I'm only concerned with gaming performance and a smooth 60 fps.
     
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  2. yrekabakery

    yrekabakery Notebook Virtuoso

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    Depends on the game and settings/resolution you're playing at. For 60 FPS though you should be fine, you'll be GPU-limited most of the time anyway.
     
    yrekabakery, Jul 19, 2018
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    Mastermind5200 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Depends largely on the games you play and what CPU you have. For something that is already highly clocked, say a 4930mx, turbo is beneficial but not necessarily needed. For something like a 8250u, you need the turbo for full performance
     
    Mastermind5200, Jul 20, 2018
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