last time I checked (before the '66 fps' update) it happened both on windows and on linux. The biggest effect I experienced was when running with speedstep AND turbo boost enabled: it made the frequency jump from 1.something GHz to 2.8 GHz on a i7-920 cpu. Servers were running at 72 ticks instead of 66. Since then i always disabled speedstep and ensured that turbo boost was playing nice on any new box i had.
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:09 AM, Saul Rennison <[email protected]>wrote: > That's wrong. > > Srcds reported CPU speed is *not* used for timing, I'm pretty sure it's > sole purpose is for benchmarking. It definitely has *no* effect on > gameplay. > > On Wednesday, November 16, 2011, Claudio Beretta < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > keep it monitored for a few minutes when the box runs at low CPU load and > > at high load: > > if you see cores frequencies that keep changing, you will probably want > to > > disable it. > > Also you should keep in mind that SRCDS runs a benchmark of the CPU the > > first time it starts: if it starts when the box is free (turbo at 3.8) it > > will use that benchmarked speed even when the box is busy (turbo > disabled) > > making the gameserver run slower. > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:48 PM, PAL-18 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Would Intel's Turbo Boost negatively affect server performance? > >> > >> P.S. Intel Turbo Boost is a built-in feature of certain processors that > >> dynamically overclocks the base frequency of the processor (eg. going > from > >> 3.50Ghz to 3.80Ghz) during periods of high load. > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Intel_Turbo_Boost< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Boost> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > -- > > > Kind regards, > *Saul Rennison* > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
