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Old 29-08-2005, 10:24 AM   #9 (permalink)
Ringwraith
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Originally Posted by deathvirus_me
a friend of mine actually lost more than a 1000 3dmark with Cool'n'Quiet enabled ....
shudnt go for benchmarks...real world gaming will not suffer bcoz of cool n quiet....
a cnq enabled cpu is capable of switching voltages like 40 times per second...a benchmark (such as a one which measures cpu -mem-cache throughput) if running on a lower clock will obviously give a lower score!
however the point here is completely different...u are extending the life of ur cpu as well as getting less noise levels, which is a better deal than ..say a few seconds more of load time!
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