Re: cpufreq doesn't seem to work in Intel Q9300

[Matthew Garrett]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 05:02:06PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> This statement is only true for HPC environments and when you measure 
> Watts per work done.
> 
> But if you have some desktop or server with a load that is determined by 
> when it gets used, then p4-clockmod can actually save energy when the 
> computer is not under high load or even idle.
> 
> Or do I miss anything?

On modern hardware, the C states will win you more than downclocking the 
processor would.

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