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    Questions on Undervolting and using Power4Gear

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Azinfellow, Dec 15, 2005.

  1. Azinfellow

    Azinfellow Notebook Consultant

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    Asus user should know that Power4Gear is the main management for their laptop which is a good software to reduce power usage from your cpu and video/brightness levels. I used it mainly for auto dimming my screen on battery setting. However, when combining with NHC/or CHC, at max battery setting (with undervolting).....I get the usually 800mhz because my chip is M-760 when P4G is at Max Battery 50% CPU usage. But I can also get 512mhz if I lower that CPU usage even more at 25%.
    My question is.....is that setting too low if I am under volting already by .2V, this 25% CPU gives it a multipler of 4x instead of 8x....Or will this put my CPU under extreme risk of not having enough power? My best stats guess is if I leave it at 25% CPU it will probably give me 4hr 30mins battery with wifi on and browsing/word processing.

    Looking at the details under NHC reads: 4x .764v~ 500mhz to 525mhz (depends on usage of internet/messenger/word processing)
     
    Azinfellow, Dec 15, 2005
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