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    i7 slowdown

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by tony487, Jan 20, 2010.

  1. tony487

    tony487 Notebook Consultant

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    So, I was looking at the new Sony F series. But I found a thread about the performance hit when on battery. It seems to be pretty significant and BIOS set. My understanding is that the manufacturers lockdown the multiplier when on battery.

    From my reading, this seems to be the quad core i7s. Dual core i7s and other i-series (i5s for example) are not mentioned.

    Here is the link to the Sony thread (and a link to an HP Envy thread is in the Sony posting as well)

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=452126


    Any other information?

    Thanks
     
    tony487, Jan 20, 2010
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