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Re: [PLUG] CPU Frequency scaling in PE750?
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> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:28:19 -0400
> From: Matthew Rosewarne <mrosewarne@inoutbox.com>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] CPU Frequency scaling in PE750?
On Sunday 31 August 2008, JP Vossen wrote:
>> Any other suggestions for keeping power use and heat down using
these >> PE750s?
>
> This is a "Prescott" core, which had such bad thermal & power
> characteristics that it finally convinced Intel to throw the Pentium 4
> design in the bin*. Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot you can do
> about it, since only the mobile versions had frequency scaling.
Figures. Thanks for confirming.
> If you're desperate, you might be able to underclock the chip by
> manually lowering the FSB speed in the BIOS, but the performance
> penalty will be significant.
Not that desperate.
> * This was probably the third best place to put the Pentium 4
> "NetBurst" architecture, with the second and first being Yucca
> Mountain and the 8th circle of Hell, respectively.
But wait, if you store them in Yucca Mountain, won't they get all nuked
and contaminated? Oh, wait... ;-) And wouldn't the 9th circle be
better? At least they'd stay cool.......
Thanks again,
JP
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