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    GT650M / 660M Clevos and intel turbo boost

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by JohannesH, Feb 7, 2013.

  1. JohannesH

    JohannesH Newbie

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    So, I'm considering ordering a Clevo with either the GT 650M or GTX 660M (ie. W370ET, W170ER, W350ETQ, W150ERQ). Probably from mysn.eu.

    But I'm having doubts because of the complaints of how the CPUs turbo boost won't work together with the dedicated GPUs according to reviews. Apparently this can be still circumvented somehow, but I'd like to know how convenient this is once set up, would I have to worry about it potentially malfunctioning semi-regularly? Additionally I'd be running a Linux distro on it (probably Mint), so that changes it up too.
    And if it causes heating trouble to do so, should I take steps to alleviate that - for example choose a cooler CPU or a specific chassis out of these?

    Other comments about the differences between these models' chassises are very welcome too.

    Thanks!
     
    JohannesH, Feb 7, 2013
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  2. sirana

    sirana Notebook Deity

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    You can always use ThrottleStop to force all multiplier to Turbo Boost values. On your own risk of course. But if you watch your temps it should be a non-issue. Not sure if there is a ThrottleStop for Linux though :)
     
    sirana, Feb 7, 2013
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  3. b0b1man

    b0b1man Notebook Deity

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    If I was not lazy, I could link some screens of my turbo boosts....

    [​IMG] [​IMG]

    1.) CPU SINGLE CORE TURBO 2.) DUAL CORE CPU TURBO + GPU TURBO
    I was using ThrottleStop to unlock the CPU turbo while the GPU was under load.
    Laptop is in my sig.
     
    b0b1man, Feb 8, 2013
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  4. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    Turbo Boost generally works just fine - it's the switchable graphics (more so Enduro) that have been giving people problems, and even then, more recent drivers have really helped in alleviating the issues.

    As far as Linux goes, there is the bumblebee project, which recently put out a stable release after a long BETA period. Linux does not support Optimus natively, but the BB project remedies that (or attempts to, anyway). :)
     
    Prostar Computer, Feb 8, 2013
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