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    Question about "turbo boost"

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by indianyogi, Apr 28, 2010.

  1. indianyogi

    indianyogi Newbie

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    In i5 processor, what is the meaning of Turbo boost, and under what circumstances it is needed. Can anyone give some example, some conditions which may require turbo boost??
     
    indianyogi, Apr 28, 2010
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    lackofcheese Notebook Virtuoso

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    Turbo Boost is an automatic overclocking feature in Intel's Nehalem (Core i) CPUs. Whenever the CPU is under load (i.e. when the performance is actually needed) it will increase the clock speed of the CPU by increasing the multiplier by a limited number of steps, as long as power/current/temperature limits allow it.

    One of the most important aspects of the new CPUs is that they are able to switch off cores that are not in use. This gives the cores that are in use more power to work with, and so many Core i CPUs can boost by significantly higher amounts when using less of their cores.
     
    lackofcheese, Apr 28, 2010
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    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    Padmé, Apr 30, 2010
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