AMD overclocking software? Intel equivalent?

[amdforever2]

I read recently this anandtech article about AMD software that allows overclocking if the entire notebook is AMD/ATI.

Is there an equivalent Intel program or a third party program that accomplishes the same thing with Intel hardware?

Also, can the AMD software (or any other software) disable all the power saving crap?

I don't need cores turned on and off and their speed changed 78 times per second or whatever, as the notebook will be plugged in 90% of the time.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

You mean overdrive, right? No there is no other equivalent. If you want to disable power saving, use Window's power settings.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: amdforever2
I read recently this anandtech article about AMD software that allows overclocking if the entire notebook is AMD/ATI.

Is there an equivalent Intel program or a third party program that accomplishes the same thing with Intel hardware?

Also, can the AMD software (or any other software) disable all the power saving crap?

I don't need cores turned on and off and their speed changed 78 times per second or whatever, as the notebook will be plugged in 90% of the time.

There is no point running the notebook at full tilt all time. I'd say that dynamic frequency switching has no effect on notebook performance. And running full speed all the time leads to more heat output which can damage components in the long run or just make the notebook to hot to use comfortably.

 

[amdforever2]

In the Phenom II review, I thought I read that AMD's method of having 1 core run half speed and another run full speed caused issues with the way vista routes work through cores, whereas the Phenom II and Intel's method have all cores run at same speed and this works better because of the way vista handles work being routed among multiple cores. Am I mistaken or not understanding this correctly?

That was the reason I wanted to disable such a feature. The Turion does that one core 100% 2nd core 75% type nonsense, which I thought, according to the Phenom II review, was bad.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

With notebooks the agressiveness of core ramp up / ramp down does indeed have a heavy effect upon performance. For instance when I'm agressive with RMClock on my Core 2 T7200 notebook processor, there is 20FPS difference in games between the "Performance on Demand" setting and the "Maximum Performance" setting.

The less agressively I set the Performance on Demand Profile, the less difference there is, but obviously the hotter the laptop runs and the less the battery lasts.