On 02/11/10 11:24, Jeffrey Baker wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Auke Kok<[email protected]> wrote: >> On 02/10/10 16:26, Jeffrey Baker wrote: >>> >>> "Turbo Mode" seems to be some overheated rhetoric considering that P0 >>> on the Core 2 Duo is only .05% faster than P1. Why does this state >>> even exist? >>> >>> Newly revealed in Powertop 1.12 >> >> boo hoo >> >> I just downloaded Intel's whitepaper[1] (first hit on google) on turbo mode >> and read this in it: >> [snip] >> there is your answer. >> [1]http://www.intel.com/technology/turboboost/ > > Thanks again for the further clarification. My question arose because > this is a Core2, and the link you provide specifically says that Turbo > Boost is a feature of Nehalem. I never did find anything in the Core2 > datasheets regarding Turbo.
cpu architecture doesn't really matter, the problem (reporting) exists on any variable CPU frequency platform. > In fact on this page, there are no Core2 products listed with Turbo Boost: > http://ark.intel.com/MySearch.aspx?TBT=true indeed. yet you have a CPU that has it :) It wouldn't surprise me if they gave that a slightly different name, hence it not showing up in the table you linked. Auke _______________________________________________ Power mailing list [email protected] http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power
