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Disabling Cores Mac Pro - Effect on Power Consumption
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Not good.
You will practically disable the entire processors ability to go into power saving modes.
As a result, it will probably use more power when used for general computing.
You may see a difference if you max out the cores the entire time.
You will practically disable the entire processors ability to go into power saving modes.
As a result, it will probably use more power when used for general computing.
You may see a difference if you max out the cores the entire time.
processes will take longer, resulting in the chip getting hotter, meaning the fans work harder, meaning it will use more power.
just a guess
just a guess
I think you have to install the CHUD tools from the developers section of the DVD.
Yeah from what I have been told this type of disabling cores does not help power usage at all.
Intel SpeedStep already comes with the iMac, Mac mini Macbooks. Now the thing is, I don't know if OS X takes advantage of it. I've seen results where turning off cores on laptops leads to greater heat and power consumption.
You're not going to save any power or generate any less heat unless you unsocket a processor.
You're not going to save any power or generate any less heat unless you unsocket a processor.
Why worry about system power consumption? Are you just trying to do your part to help eliminate global warming?
Yeah, for real. Not like its gonna lower your power bill much! Now, turning off your monitors, THAT would save on your power bill! Think you can work with no monitors?
Yeah, for real. Not like its gonna lower your power bill much! Now, turning off your monitors, THAT would save on your power bill! Think you can work with no monitors?
Actually, LCD screens only use a fraction of the power a normal CRT monitor does.
The power comsuption on the Mac Pro is relatively low in comparision to other computer/processors. The harder a processor works the higher the temp of the processor and less efficent it is and the higher the fans spin. having more processors doing less work takes less energy.
Who said they are not using a CRT?
No one but to my knowledge Apple does not sell CRT monitors.
No one but to my knowledge Apple does not sell CRT monitors.
Yes. But, only the rich would buy a monitor from Apple.
The only Apple monitors I've owned have been the ones built-into the iMacs.
I'm not about to pay $600 or $1200 when I can get a comparable monitor for $200 or $400 somewhere else. Sure, it may not look like a Mac monitor, but all I care about is how things displayed on the monitor look.