Turbo Boost for hp envy 14 beats SB

I just bought the new hp 14 envy beats with a i7 2720. I saw ont he hp website that this i7 could go over 3.0 with turbo boost.

I tried downloading turbo boost from the intel website, but it gives an error when trying to install saying my processor is not compatible with turbo boost...

Are you guys running turbo boost? does it boost you i7 or is it just to monitor? And why can't i download it?

 

I'm not sure what you downloaded, but no software is required for TurboBoost to work. See specs here: Intel® Core? i7-2720QM Processor (6M Cache, 2.20 GHz)

Intel's "Turbo Boost" is part marketing and part re- branded and redesigned "speed step" technology. Essentially, your processor as a "standard" operating speed and a maximum speed. The standard speed of your processor is 2.2 GHz. At this clock speed, each core will run up to 2 threads, for a total of 8 "virtual" cores/CPUs. If workload demands it (such as playing a game or doing heavy calculations, video editing or compiling code), your processor will speed up to a maximum of 3.3 GHz as needed. It will then slow back down. Think of Turbo Boost as a sort of "Overdrive" for the processor, whereby it can, for a short burst, provide some extra speed. This functionality is built-into the processor and does its "thing" automatically without the assistance of any software.

Of course, this extra speed comes at a price. The processor will likely not be able to maintain this speed for long (due to thermal limitations, the CPU temperature will eventually mandate a slow down) and in this mode, the CPU will shutdown some cores/threads as needed. Essentially, in the calm, standard clock speed the CPU can successfully coordinate 2 threads for each core, but at the maximum clock speed it cannot.

Anyway, hope that helps a little...