Speedstep/PowerNow! for Desktops

[Retro2001]

Hi. Are there any currently shipping (and available) AMD or Intel CPU / Mobo combinations that support something akin to speedstep technology for a desktop?

Peace,
will

 

[Swanny]

I don't think there are. Why do you need it? Plus even if there were, those apps are designed to go to full power when plugged in (as a desktop would be). That makes it pretty pointless.

Except for overclocking.....

 

[nemo160]

not that i know of
intel's version at least in some of its older versions merely stepped down the speed while operating on battery power..useless in a desktop situation
amd's version was more dynamic..changing clock speed depending on load..but still not really useful in a desktop..your bound to lose some performance while its switching back and forth between speeds
why do you want this in a desktop system?
if you want to reduce overall power consumption just set your acpi sleep settings more agressively...have your comp go to suspend quicker

 

[Retro2001]

Speedstep is fairly customizable and does three things:

1)Dynamicaly Adjusts Clockspeed according to demand
2)Dynamicaly Adjusts vCore according to Clockspeed
3)Drops processor into a deep sleep when idle (very low vCore)

It is also something you can turn off. It would let me get away with minimal cooling most of the time, if I needed performance I could disable speedstep and turn on an extra fan. Most of the time I could get away with a 500mhz processor and not be able to tell the difference, but when I'm encoding/transcoding video, gaming, or doing graphics work the extra processor speed makes a big difference. Hence the relivence of the question 😉

Peace,
will

 

[mechBgon]

There will be soon, but the operating system software has to be cooperative too. Read here for more information: XBit Labs article.