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Intel Turbo Boost Behavior

fixitchris
Level 7

‎11-13-2011 10:47 AM - last edited on ‎03-05-2024 07:44 PM by Community Admin

I haven't used the Intel Turbo Boost app since I got my G74 laptop in July, but I turned the app on last night and I noticed that when Power4Gear is on Max Power, the Intel Turbo Boost keeps running at a steady 2.5G on the 2.0G CPU. I thought that when the PC is idle the Turbo Boost monitor should display nothing? Is this normal? Process Explorer does really show the the laptop is pretty idle.
G74SX-A1
BIOS: NONE | VGA: 560M @ 311.00 | WIFI: AR9002WB-1NG @ 9.2.0.458 | LAN: Realtek PCIe BGE @ 7.37.1229.2010 | Synaptic: 15.3.43.0 | Audio: Realtek @ 6.0.1.6564
Chipset: 9.3.0.1019 | P4G: 1.1.48 | Wireless Console : 3.0.27
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JRd1st
Level 12

‎11-13-2011 01:28 PM

Not normal. I have mine on Asus High Perf all the time and I just checked TBMonitor. Can't even see the blue bar at idle.

You must have some background stuff happening that you don't know about. Did you uninstall most of the ASUS bloat? I kept only P4G, Wireless Console 3, Life Frame 3, and FastBoot.


Correction: I can just barely see the blue bar at idle.
Read the User's Manual for more info. 😄



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Retired
Not applicable

‎11-13-2011 05:22 PM

Check Task manager in the processes tab and organize it by CPU Uasge to see whats chewing up your CPU and causing it to use turbo boost. I would also run msconfig to get rid of unnecessary start up programs running in the background. Also check your Anti Virus program; I know that Norton starts running a scan after a few minutes of inactivity.

fostert
Level 12
In response to Retired

‎11-13-2011 07:39 PM

Yeah, theres bound to be something hammering away at the CPU with Windoze...could be the damn Searchindexer (turn it off), or anything else third party. I am always amazed at how many processes start themselves at boot in Win: with the ASUS polluteware I saw a full 1.5GB of RAM eaten up just by starting. Solution? rm -rf /windows 😉
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G74SX-CST1-CBIL, i7 2630QM 2GHz
32GB DDR3 RAM @1333MHz
GTX560M 3GB DDR5 (192 bit)
17.3" LED 1920x1080
Sentelic TP, BIOS 203
Debian Linux Wheezy (Testing) Kernel 3.2, NVIDIA 295.40
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gg31hh
Level 7

‎11-13-2011 08:20 PM

Do you need any Asus software to have turbo boost on? I reinstalled my windows so I lost all the Asus progs
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fostert
Level 12
In response to gg31hh

‎11-13-2011 08:23 PM

No, you only need the ACPI implementation under Windows, which is probably in a windows install by default.

What is the CPU doing now that you don't have all those ASUS processes running at startup?
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G74SX-CST1-CBIL, i7 2630QM 2GHz
32GB DDR3 RAM @1333MHz
GTX560M 3GB DDR5 (192 bit)
17.3" LED 1920x1080
Sentelic TP, BIOS 203
Debian Linux Wheezy (Testing) Kernel 3.2, NVIDIA 295.40
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fixitchris
Level 7
In response to fostert

‎11-13-2011 08:31 PM

thanks. I'm removing them one by one. Process Explorer shows CPU at under 1% utilization. The turbo boost actually stops after a while. who knows....
G74SX-A1
BIOS: NONE | VGA: 560M @ 311.00 | WIFI: AR9002WB-1NG @ 9.2.0.458 | LAN: Realtek PCIe BGE @ 7.37.1229.2010 | Synaptic: 15.3.43.0 | Audio: Realtek @ 6.0.1.6564
Chipset: 9.3.0.1019 | P4G: 1.1.48 | Wireless Console : 3.0.27
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gg31hh
Level 7

‎11-13-2011 08:49 PM

I am still unclear, what is Turbo Boost? and How do you know its on? n is this the same as TwinTurbo ? or intel Throttle?

Sorry my english isnt that good.
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dstrakele
Level 14

‎11-13-2011 08:56 PM

Here is Intel's description of Turbo Boost: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/turbo-boost/turbo-boost-technolog...

I'm unsure about the other stuff in your question.
G74SX-A1 - stock hardware - BIOS 202 - 2nd Monitor VISIO VF551XVT
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JRd1st
Level 12

‎11-13-2011 09:14 PM

I used to like RMClock. Awesome and very Responsive.

The icon in the taskbar bugs me with turbo boost monitor. Very unprofessional, imho
Read the User's Manual for more info. 😄



G74SX-A1 BIOS 203
Intel 6230 WiFi/BT
LG E2350 LED LCD Monitor
Intel Series 510 120 GB SSD

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