Indestructable Posted April 29, 2006 CID Share Posted April 29, 2006 i have it in my Pentium D, what it does is (in order to save power ) is it bumps the core cpu speed down to 2.79 GHz, and when it is under any sort of heavy(er) load, it will bump it back up to 3.0 GHz...lol...which i want it to always be at, duh.... just found the setting to switch the speed managment feature off in bios a few minutes ago, and lemme tell you, i can see and feel the difference of having this baby always run @ 3.0GHz even when i don't need it!! lol.... anyway, if anyone else has this feature in their computer, turn it off... you'll be glad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted April 29, 2006 CID Share Posted April 29, 2006 it was off by default in my BIOS but i found another cool setting, i can change the chassie front LED color VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted April 29, 2006 CID Share Posted April 29, 2006 That's SpeedStep for Intel, Cool'n'Quiet for AMD. Usually the first setting to turn off when overclocking, although some keep it on for the power saving features. Good if you don't have the money to run at full speed all the time, aka made for students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted April 29, 2006 CID Share Posted April 29, 2006 wow what a dumb feature... " hi, i wanna slow down my processor when under heavy load.." O_x....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted April 29, 2006 CID Share Posted April 29, 2006 that is very stupid. WOW 1700 Posts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted April 29, 2006 CID Share Posted April 29, 2006 If you're using a laptop, slowing down the speed could save battery power. If it's a desktop I really see no point in having that feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted April 29, 2006 CID Share Posted April 29, 2006 wow what a dumb feature... " hi, i wanna slow down my processor when under heavy load.." It's only when the processor is under no or just light load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted April 29, 2006 CID Share Posted April 29, 2006 It's only when the processor is under no or just light load. oh.. whoops . deffinatly read that one wrong lol... oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted April 29, 2006 CID Share Posted April 29, 2006 there is a reason for it.. most cases, ones bought from manufactures, dont really care about proper cooling.. SFM are the worst!! So what Intel did is create a system that would reduce the heat inside the case so that you dont toast your computer.. But yeah.. you can see the performance difference. HInce why you can get a Prescott P4 from dell in the SMF.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted April 30, 2006 Author CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 what do you mean SMF? and SFM? there certainley is a big performance differencial lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted April 30, 2006 CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 It sounds like if you want to run your comp at full throttle, that you might be purchasing a new intel sooner than you thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted April 30, 2006 Author CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 lol...or an amd hahaah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted April 30, 2006 CID Share Posted April 30, 2006 When i bought my dell laptop i noticed my 1.6 P M clocks down when in the battery. ive seen it get down to 900mhz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted May 7, 2006 Author CID Share Posted May 7, 2006 well, i suppose that's actually a good thing, so that it doesn't waste the battery as it gets lower and lower, but try goin into bios and seeing if there is a setting to turn that off, there might be.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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