I don't know where that 20% figure comes from but that's beyond wishful thinking. The problem with focusing on performance-per-watt and energy efficiency is that for the most part, desktop users don't care about that. They want performance. The fact that a CPU comes in at almost the same performance of its predecessor with a reduced TDP makes the processor less than compelling.I wonder if this warrants all new testing.
Would have been nice if they had just launched them with this setting.
Still, you could probably preview what performance will be like by just enabling PBO.
In some rare cases, you might see a big performance increase, but the 20% that was bandied about by many (I think Der8auer was responsible for this) is probably false. We are likely talking between 0 and 2% improvement in most cases.
I really want both. I want power efficient and maximum performance per watt when I’m just running distributed computing. But when I’m gaming, I want full performance regardless of power. AMD has been close, but I have to reboot to switch between eco mode and full over drive. If I could just flip a switch, it would be perfectI don't know where that 20% figure comes from but that's beyond wishful thinking. The problem with focusing on performance-per-watt and energy efficiency is that for the most part, desktop users don't care about that. They want performance. The fact that a CPU comes in at almost the same performance of its predecessor with a reduced TDP makes the processor less than compelling.