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10/21/10 at 4:41pm
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I understand it is controlled automatically but I am a little perturbed. I was running WoW on ultra settings with roughly 30 fps but was only using about 30% of the cpu. I definitely was not expecting to take such a hit. What am I to do when I want to see more performance?

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post #2 of 4
10/21/10 at 5:11pm
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I understand it is controlled automatically but I am a little perturbed. I was running WoW on ultra settings with roughly 30 fps but was only using about 30% of the cpu. I definitely was not expecting to take such a hit. What am I to do when I want to see more performance?

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I would love to see my comp using just 30% processing power for everything

Try opening up many apps and see if it spikes up? Set the power scheme at high performance?

cheers ...
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post #3 of 4
10/21/10 at 5:29pm
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I understand it is controlled automatically but I am a little perturbed. I was running WoW on ultra settings with roughly 30 fps but was only using about 30% of the cpu. I definitely was not expecting to take such a hit. What am I to do when I want to see more performance?

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8GB Ram
80GB SSD
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Your logic is flawed. Turbo Boost controls the frequency of each CPU core, not the percentage of the total CPU power applications are using. Intel has a Turbo Boost detection application that will tell you what the CPU clock speed is. If you run that, you'll see how Turbo Boost is working on your computer.

edit: and what is this "hit" you're talking about?
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post #4 of 4
10/28/10 at 3:22pm
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It is, obviously I'm not the most well read of computer enthusiests. Thanks for pointing out the app though. As far as the hit, I meant performance, or fps.
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