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    Dv6-6190us Hyperthreading ?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by hotstocks, Oct 8, 2011.

  1. hotstocks

    hotstocks Notebook Consultant

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    Hey Gurus,
    My cpu gets to 92 degrees when I am gaming, sometimes it even crashes.
    This is mainly due to hyperthreading (hyperheating!). My desktop runs at 4.7ghz without hyperthreading and 60 degrees, hyperthreading adds about 10 degrees and does not improve performance at all, how do I disable hyperthreading on my laptop? Hyperthreading just causes overheating and throttling of the cpu, it is not any faster, and usually slower in games and everyday applications. There are about 3 business programs that hyperthreading actually helps a little, but for the average user it is a load of cr@p. My cpu has 4 cores, it can pretend it has 8 (with hyperthreading), hell why not pretend it has 128 cores. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T, it is just re-arranging thread priorities for a program that uses 8 or more threads (which I just stated there are about 3 of those in existence). Why does intel or HP insist on hyperheating my laptop? Why is it not easily turned off in the hp software or bios? I would assume the bios, but not there?
    Any ideas?
     
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  2. fcw0

    fcw0 Notebook Geek

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    the only solution: buy AMD
     
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  3. HTWingNut

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    Usually you can disable in the BIOS, not sure if there's that option in the HP though. I know it is in many desktop motherboards.
     
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    xAcid9 Notebook Deity

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    @hotstocks
    run CoolSense and set it to Coolest mode. that will disable TurboBoost which help to lower your max temps. please don't compare laptop temp with desktop temp. :p
     
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    I don't want Coolsense. I want my processor running its 4 cores at maximum speed, not throttled down. I don't want hyperthreading artificially heating my processor up. I am not comparing laptop vs desktop cooling solutions, I am just saying that my desktop processor runs 10 degrees hotter with useless hyperthreading on, so I disabled it in the bios. I can't on the HP 6190 ?
     
    hotstocks, Oct 8, 2011
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