[CentOS] Questions on cpu frequency scaling AMD vs. Intel
Kai Schaetzl
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Mon Aug 4 20:31:19 UTC 2008
S.Tindall wrote on Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:08:03 -0400:
> http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUFilter.aspx
Thanks, nice tool!
> Checking the cpuinfo on systems using a 4850e (G2) and a 4600+ EE
> (F2) both give "cpu family: 15", so they have included the Gs in
> the excluded group, too.
Yeah. There's apparently no way to distinguish by stepping, so they used
the family. It's a shame that most people will not know it and thus not
get the benefits of frequency scaling.
Kai
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