Computer turbo button

LewisStuart · 4 May 2008 at 16:29

I missed the turbo button era

I jumped straight in at 1200MHz :cool:

SexyGreyFox · 4 May 2008 at 16:45

Meridian said:
My understanding of the issue (and I'm old enough to have lived through when those machines were new) is that it was about compatibility of certain software. Default was Turbo on, but where older programs struggled you could turn the speed down by releasing the Turbo button.

Me too.
Certain programs wouldn't work unless you slowed them down.

BigglesPiP · 4 May 2008 at 16:49

Cew27 said:
doesnt speedstep reduce performance and 3dmark 06 scores?

by about half a point.

Duke · 4 May 2008 at 16:52

^

It should be on full load so would be 3.6GHz all the time.

Aod · 4 May 2008 at 16:52

Cew27 said:
doesnt speedstep reduce performance and 3dmark 06 scores?

you obviously don't know how it works, but in short, no.

Cew27 · 4 May 2008 at 17:44

i understand that is slows the processor speed when doing less stressful things and speeds it up to the user set value in the bios when under load but i was told it wasn't good