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    Quick dumb question...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ravenmorpheus, Jun 8, 2008.

  1. ravenmorpheus

    ravenmorpheus Notebook Deity

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    Hi

    Vista has a power option to set it to high performance, is there a similar option in XP?

    I've had a look in the power options but can't really see anything that might be it...

    Thanks in advance for any help/advice :)
     
  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    "Always On" is the equivalent for having your CPU run at it's highest multiplier
     
  3. Bchen06

    Bchen06 Notebook Consultant

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    Lol, that wasn't a dumb question. You would need to install Dell quickset to get "max Performance," which if you ask me, doesn't really improve performance much. But it's still handy to have quickset installed since it displays keyboard commands (ie volume, brightness, etc)
     
  4. ravenmorpheus

    ravenmorpheus Notebook Deity

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    Slight problem there then seeing as I'm using an Acer :D

    Thank you Brainstew, much appreciated :)
     
  5. KarenA

    KarenA Notebook Evangelist

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    I think there is a program which does this. I think it is called Notebook Control? I might be wrong though. :(
     
  6. jisaac

    jisaac Notebook Deity

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    I think you mean notebook hardware control lol
     
  7. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    RMClock can make the cpu run at max multipliers too, check out the undevolting guide .