[ltp] Recommended maximum frequency

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Tue, 02 Dec 2008, Tino Keitel wrote:
> 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.

Also, you can get information of such details in the processor datasheet.
Intel has all of them online, and /proc/cpuinfo should be able to give you
enough information to identify the procesor in your thinkpad.

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