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AMD PowerNow!
I just got my dv2000z today; I love it! Very stylish and super quiet.
I was just wondering if I need the AMD PowerNow driver. It mentioned it was for Linux and, pardon my ignorance, I'm not sure if this would apply to me.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Re: AMD PowerNow!
PowerNow/Cool n Quiet is included in the standard AMD Windows driver. No need for any extra drivers unless you plan on running older OS(Win 98, ME or Linux...).
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Re: AMD PowerNow!
I just got my dv2000z today; I love it! Very stylish and super quiet.
Congrats!
HP did a fantastic job on these laptops. They are amazingly quiet, and I haven't noticed any heat issue. Don't think I've even heard the fan ever come on, it's either VERY quiet, or simply doesn't come on very often.
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Re: AMD PowerNow!
Can someone that has researched it more than me and/or has a better understanding of PowerNow Technology explain exactly what it does. I kind of have an idea but I have never really known!
Thanks
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Re: AMD PowerNow!
Can someone that has researched it more than me and/or has a better understanding of PowerNow Technology explain exactly what it does. I kind of have an idea but I have never really known!
Thanks
PowerNow Technology is equivalent to Intel's Speedstep Technology where the processor lowers its clock speed automatically when the demand on the processor is low. By running at a lower clock speed, the processor helps save battery life and keeps the notebook cooler overall by releasing less heat. The beauty of PowerNow is that the processor also automatically raises its clock speed when the workload goes up so that it does not require any user input.
Hope this helps.
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Re: AMD PowerNow!
PowerNow Technology is equivalent to Intel's Speedstep Technology where the processor lowers its clock speed automatically when the demand on the processor is low. By running at a lower clock speed, the processor helps save battery life and keeps the notebook cooler overall by releasing less heat. The beauty of PowerNow is that the processor also automatically raises its clock speed when the workload goes up so that it does not require any user input.
Hope this helps.
Ohh so thats what dynamic switching is on the Notebook Hardware Control, for some reason I just thought all computers had Dynamic Switching processers. Thanks for the description.
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Re: AMD PowerNow!
No problem. I forgot to mention one more thing and that is you need to set your power options (Start-->Control Panel-->Performance and Maintenance-->Power Options) to laptop/portable for PowerNow to work; otherwise, you'll be running at full clock speed with the other power options.
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Re: AMD PowerNow!
PowerNow does a good job but using RMClock or NHC to manually manage the throttling of the processor yields better results. I always undervolt my AMD CPUs.
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Re: AMD PowerNow!
No problem. I forgot to mention one more thing and that is you need to set your power options (Start-->Control Panel-->Performance and Maintenance-->Power Options) to laptop/portable for PowerNow to work; otherwise, you'll be running at full clock speed with the other power options.
So you you edit the settings even if it is set to Laptop/Portable it will not work???
When I run notebook hardware control it still says that the processer is dynamic so I am assuming that my processer isnt running at full throttle all the time.
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Re: AMD PowerNow!
PowerNow does a good job but using RMClock or NHC to manually manage the throttling of the processor yields better results. I always undervolt my AMD CPUs.
-What program do you reccomend to undervolt?
-What are the specs you use when undervolting your amds?
Thanks
+I am profficient on a computer, but I really dont want to screw up volt settings, thanks for your help.