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    silent mode of m860tu

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by kevindd992002, Feb 1, 2009.

  1. kevindd992002

    kevindd992002 Notebook Virtuoso

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    what does the silent mode of the m860tu do? just slows down the fan so as to reduce noise? nothing else? no downclocking of performance or something?
     
    kevindd992002, Feb 1, 2009
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  2. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    The CPU is also downclocked. According to CPU-Z, my T9800 goes from 2925Mhz to 1596Mhz when I press the button. The GPU remains at stock speeds.
     
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    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

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    more or less turns them off, i cant tell.
     
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    Kills the fan. Downclock the CPU to ~1.5GHz. Normally, the CPU downclocks when idle at ~1.5GHz but goes up during load (to 2.5GHz in my case). The silent mode keeps the CPU at 1.5GHz, even during load (just made a quick test with wPrime). So internet browsing and word processing is not affected but gaming performance is.
     
    livesoft, Feb 1, 2009
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