Re: CPU throttling??

Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Mon, 03 Feb 2003 14:24:09 -0500


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On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:14:56 CST, Matt Reppert said:

> Yes. I have a powerpc laptop that runs at 700 MHz. If I throttle the CPU cloc
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> speed down to 400 MHz and change nothing else the battery has noticeably long
er
> life; since it's running slower, it takes less power when it's active (not
> halted).

I knew that. The question I asked was whether halted at 700Mhz takes more
power than halted at 400Mhz...

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