[ltp] Recommended maximum frequency

[Tino Keitel]

On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 12:21:55 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On lun, 2008-12-01 at 22:40 +0100, Tino Keitel wrote:
> > I remember to read somewhere that newer Intel chipsets have a feature
> > to boost the frequency somewhat beyond the normal maximum, which
> > consumes more power, but also gains a few percent of performance.
> > Could
> > it be that the 1601000 frequency is provided by this feature? If yes,
> > would it be recommended to limit the maximum to 1600000 if power
> > saving
> > is desired?
> 
> Just set the governor to ondemand and let the system decide.

That's how I do it currently. I just wondered if those few extra Hz are
bought with a much higher power consumption compared to 1600000, so
that it would be a good idea to set the maximum frequency to 1600000.

Maybe I should make some measurements for the CPU temperatures with
1600000 and 1601000.

Regards,
Tino