Increasing CPU process speed?

[gman901]

I was hoping someone who owns a MacBook or Air could tell me how I can tweak my settings to get the processing speed at all times in Windows XP? I know that the normal speed throttles down, but I thought there is a way to force it to max out? If there is not a built in setting, is there some application that can do it? Also, on the Mac side is there a setting or application that can do the same thing? Much appreciated!

 

[jackiecanev2]

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The mac side should speed-step automatically; why would you want to kick it into high gear all the time if its unnecessary?

As for the windows side, you will need some 3rd party overclocking software. Even though you won't be overclocking, it will give you manual control over your processor speed.

 

[LtRammstein]

I don't recommend overclocking the MBA in Windows. It severely deteriorates the battery and what performance enhancement you'll get won't be a whole lot.

 

[Stridder44]

I was hoping someone who owns a MacBook or Air could tell me how I can tweak my settings to get the processing speed at all times in Windows XP? I know that the normal speed throttles down, but I thought there is a way to force it to max out? If there is not a built in setting, is there some application that can do it? Also, on the Mac side is there a setting or application that can do the same thing? Much appreciated!

What do you mean throttles down? The CPU is going to run at full speed. Are you talking about overclocking? Because that's very dangerous to do in a laptop.

 

[Gav Mack]

Changing your power options setting in control panel to 'Always On' keeps the CPU at full clock speed instead of speedstep scaling.

 

[gman901]

Changing your power options setting in control panel to 'Always On' keeps the CPU at full clock speed instead of speedstep scaling.

Thanks, Gav Mack! That is what I wanted to know! I don't plan on keeping it throttled at full speed in Windows while in battery mode, but it would be nice to have the ability to get the full 2.13 processor speed that Apple advertises with the new MBA versus the 1.6 speed I am getting every time it drops in speed.

 

[ayeying]

I don't recommend overclocking the MBA in Windows. It severely deteriorates the battery and what performance enhancement you'll get won't be a whole lot.

I do here. Get great performance boost and battery life isn't that much down either.

What do you mean throttles down? The CPU is going to run at full speed. Are you talking about overclocking? Because that's very dangerous to do in a laptop.

Dangerous if the temps rise above the recommended limit. Otherwise it's safe for the most part

Thanks, Gav Mack! That is what I wanted to know! I don't plan on keeping it throttled at full speed in Windows while in battery mode, but it would be nice to have the ability to get the full 2.13 processor speed that Apple advertises with the new MBA versus the 1.6 speed I am getting every time it drops in speed.

Use CoolBook in OSX to manually control the throttling