Is there anyway to keep the Processor Running at Max?

[bbrosemer]

When the computer is plugged in does anyone know is there is a way to keep your MBP running at full speed?

 

[jdechko]

There should be a power setting on the control panel for Maximum. Other than that I don't know.

I don't think you'd always want it to run at Max speed. It would eat up a lot of electricity for one. It would also keep the fans running at full speed all the time, and may build up too much heat and eventually cause damage. Part of the energy savings is that if you're just browsing the web, looking at pics, etc, the CPU doesn't need to be on full blast.

 

[bbrosemer]

There should be a power setting on the control panel for Maximum. Other than that I don't know.

I don't think you'd always want it to run at Max speed. It would eat up a lot of electricity for one. It would also keep the fans running at full speed all the time, and may build up too much heat and eventually cause damage. Part of the energy savings is that if you're just browsing the web, looking at pics, etc, the CPU doesn't need to be on full blast.

I know all of that but there is a noticable difference if you just run one instances of dev>/yes/null or whatever it is and then open an app with the processor running at 2.17 it tears through opening anything unlike when I am doing nothing it takes itunes a bounce to open where as when i got dev running it open automatically.

 

[reh]

...but there is a noticable difference if you just run one instances of dev>/yes/null or whatever it is and then open an app with the processor running at 2.17 it tears through opening anything...

Well, there's your answer then.

 

[bbrosemer]

Well, there's your answer then.

However then I am using up 1/2 of my CPU resources.

 

[reh]

However then I am using up 1/2 of my CPU resources.

Run two instances of it, although I don't agree with this whole line of reasoning.

 

[bbrosemer]

No No I want it to run at the max frequency not use all of the resources.....

 

[dextertangocci]

If you have a core duo, type or copy this into two terminal windows:

yes > /dev/null

Hope that helps

 

[dextertangocci]

^^^^^^Did you try it?

 

[bbrosemer]

Yes i know that works, I just want to know if there is a way to keep the processor running at 2.16 without that say when I open any app I want 2.16 especially when I am plugged in.