Anyone use Cool n Quiet?

[ManBearPig]

I remember when it came out alot of people didnt like it...but how is it now?

why wouldnt i use it? any problems or anything? i wouldnt want it to not speed up by accident when i really need it. thanks

 

[MoobyTheGoldenCalf]

I've used it for the last 2 years without any problems. Works great for me.

 

[thebigdude]

I always liked it. Helped to keep temps down.

 

[ManBearPig]

benefits would be less speed = less heat = longer life + lower amount of energy used....right?

 

[ciproxr]

Originally posted by: Heen05
benefits would be less speed = less heat = longer life + lower amount of energy used....right?

yes, its also the only effective way to enlarge your penis.

 

[itachi]

as long as you got the most recent sp and you're running at least win xp (or linux).. you should be straight.

freq throttling is enabled/disabled depending on the active power profile under windows.. of the default profiles, 'always on' and 'home/office desktop' disables the feature.. everything else should enable it.

also.. if you use wave editing applications, then unless you want the current playing position to be a mystery.. choose a profile that disables the throttling.

 

[archcommus]

I installed the driver and enabled Minimal Power Management mode but the CPU never seemed to get downclocked, I didn't get it.

 

[Appledrop]

mm, i tried cnq just now, all that happens is my cpu voltage rises to 1.65, while speeds stay same

 

[ManBearPig]

^ Those are the things i was afraid of.

 

[imported_FishTaco]

I prefer Rightmark CPU clock utility over AMD's CnQ software.

http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmclock.shtml

Here's a nice write up by ST:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=1841142

 

[ManBearPig]

anyone else?

 

[itachi]

Originally posted by: archcommus
I installed the driver and enabled Minimal Power Management mode but the CPU never seemed to get downclocked, I didn't get it.

what service pack are you runnning? you need win xp sp2 or win 2k3 sp1..

 

[letdown427]

I've got 2kpro SP4, i've used it since i've had my CPU, works great, no problems at all. Although the latest AMD drivers didn't seem to make it work, I had to use an older one from a motherboard driver CD to get the menu up in the Power options form (on 2k you get a seperate tab for AMD CnQ instead of having to select a certain power saving profile)

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: itachi

Originally posted by: archcommus
I installed the driver and enabled Minimal Power Management mode but the CPU never seemed to get downclocked, I didn't get it.

what service pack are you runnning? you need win xp sp2 or win 2k3 sp1..

Yep, XP SP2. Any suggestions? The driver's still installed so I can always try it again. Yes I rebooted after doing it.

 

[imported_FishTaco]

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: itachi

Originally posted by: archcommus
I installed the driver and enabled Minimal Power Management mode but the CPU never seemed to get downclocked, I didn't get it.

what service pack are you runnning? you need win xp sp2 or win 2k3 sp1..

Yep, XP SP2. Any suggestions? The driver's still installed so I can always try it again. Yes I rebooted after doing it.

I never really liked AMD's CnQ driver. Even after getting it to work, it never really downclocked the processor that much. I prefer rmclock instead of AMD's driver, it lets you set up your own p-states so you can downclock as much as you want. I've a AMD64 with a stock clock rate of 2.2GHz@1.5V, with rmclock I underclock it to 1GHz@1.1V. The lower speed makes a big difference in fan noise and most of the time my CPU isn't being strained anyway. When I do need more power, rmclock automatically raises the speed and voltage just like the AMD CnQ driver.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: FishTaco

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: itachi

Originally posted by: archcommus
I installed the driver and enabled Minimal Power Management mode but the CPU never seemed to get downclocked, I didn't get it.

what service pack are you runnning? you need win xp sp2 or win 2k3 sp1..

Yep, XP SP2. Any suggestions? The driver's still installed so I can always try it again. Yes I rebooted after doing it.

I never really liked AMD's CnQ driver. Even after getting it to work, it never really downclocked the processor that much. I prefer rmclock instead of AMD's driver, it lets you set up your own p-states so you can downclock as much as you want. I've a AMD64 with a stock clock rate of 2.2GHz@1.5V, with rmclock I underclock it to 1GHz@1.1V. The lower speed makes a big difference in fan noise and most of the time my CPU isn't being strained anyway. When I do need more power, rmclock automatically raises the speed and voltage just like the AMD CnQ driver.

Eh, just yet another app to have loaded at startup, though. I have enough as it is.

 

[imported_FishTaco]

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: FishTaco

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: itachi

Originally posted by: archcommus
I installed the driver and enabled Minimal Power Management mode but the CPU never seemed to get downclocked, I didn't get it.

what service pack are you runnning? you need win xp sp2 or win 2k3 sp1..

Yep, XP SP2. Any suggestions? The driver's still installed so I can always try it again. Yes I rebooted after doing it.

I never really liked AMD's CnQ driver. Even after getting it to work, it never really downclocked the processor that much. I prefer rmclock instead of AMD's driver, it lets you set up your own p-states so you can downclock as much as you want. I've a AMD64 with a stock clock rate of 2.2GHz@1.5V, with rmclock I underclock it to 1GHz@1.1V. The lower speed makes a big difference in fan noise and most of the time my CPU isn't being strained anyway. When I do need more power, rmclock automatically raises the speed and voltage just like the AMD CnQ driver.

Eh, just yet another app to have loaded at startup, though. I have enough as it is.

And the AMD driver doesn't have to be loaded or use system resources?

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: FishTaco

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: FishTaco

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: itachi

Originally posted by: archcommus
I installed the driver and enabled Minimal Power Management mode but the CPU never seemed to get downclocked, I didn't get it.

what service pack are you runnning? you need win xp sp2 or win 2k3 sp1..

Yep, XP SP2. Any suggestions? The driver's still installed so I can always try it again. Yes I rebooted after doing it.

I never really liked AMD's CnQ driver. Even after getting it to work, it never really downclocked the processor that much. I prefer rmclock instead of AMD's driver, it lets you set up your own p-states so you can downclock as much as you want. I've a AMD64 with a stock clock rate of 2.2GHz@1.5V, with rmclock I underclock it to 1GHz@1.1V. The lower speed makes a big difference in fan noise and most of the time my CPU isn't being strained anyway. When I do need more power, rmclock automatically raises the speed and voltage just like the AMD CnQ driver.

Eh, just yet another app to have loaded at startup, though. I have enough as it is.

And the AMD driver doesn't have to be loaded or use system resources?

It's a driver! Sure it's loaded but that's not something I'm seeing in Task Manager or anywhere else.

 

[ManBearPig]

so...rmclock is better than CnQ?

 

[imported_FishTaco]

Originally posted by: Heen05
so...rmclock is better than CnQ?

I think so, but as archcommus pointed out, it's another program that needs to be loaded and use system resources. Rmclock on my machine takes up ~3.5MB of RAM. For me that's an acceptable tradeoff for what the program provides, but everyone is different so you'll need to decide for yourself whether you think it's worth the system resources just to downclock your CPU.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: FishTaco

Originally posted by: Heen05
so...rmclock is better than CnQ?

I think so, but as archcommus pointed out, it's another program that needs to be loaded and use system resources. Rmclock on my machine takes up ~3.5MB of RAM. For me that's an acceptable tradeoff for what the program provides, but everyone is different so you'll need to decide for yourself whether you think it's worth the system resources just to downclock your CPU.

Are you able to disable any tray icons?

 

[ManBearPig]

3.5-5 mb is nothing

 

[ManBearPig]

well...ive decided to try it...but i cant even figure out where to download cool n quiet to see if it works before trying another one. the cool n quiet site sucks big time. anyone have any ideas? thanks

 

[imported_FishTaco]

AMD's CnQ is a function in their processor driver which you can download from amd.com in the "utilities and drivers" section.

 

[ManBearPig]

uh...which one of these would it be?

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Tec...alResources/0,,30_182_871_9706,00.html