OT? anyone used AMD PowerNow for desktop?

OT? anyone used AMD PowerNow for desktop?

i have two AMD server mobos and in the bios
they both have an option for PowerNow
(which i presently have turned off)

would i see any benefit from turning it on?

all ears and TIA

bill

willbill wrote:
> OT? anyone used AMD PowerNow for desktop?

> i have two AMD server mobos and in the bios
> they both have an option for PowerNow
> (which i presently have turned off)

> would i see any benefit from turning it on?

> all ears and TIA


Well, of course. PowerNow is what is known as Cool'N'Quiet on AMD
desktops. Same technology. You'll find the machine runs quieter and cooler.

Yousuf Khan

--
There is no failure, only delayed success

Yousuf Khan wrote:

> willbill wrote:
>
>> OT? anyone used AMD PowerNow for desktop?
>
>
>> i have two AMD server mobos and in the bios
>> they both have an option for PowerNow
>> (which i presently have turned off)
>
>
>> would i see any benefit from turning it on?
>
>
>> all ears and TIA
>
>
>
> Well, of course. PowerNow is what is known as Cool'N'Quiet on AMD
> desktops. Same technology. You'll find the machine runs quieter and cooler.

thank you yousuf! i'll try it on both

one at a time.

on a side note, my 2CPU mobo (a pair of AMD
Opteron 250's) has bios with an option for MPS
(Multi Processor something or other) 1.1 or 1.4
(presently set to 1.1)

a google on it didn't get me much

any clue of benefit/risk of going to 1.4?

bill

willbill wrote:
> on a side note, my 2CPU mobo (a pair of AMD
> Opteron 250's) has bios with an option for MPS
> (Multi Processor something or other) 1.1 or 1.4
> (presently set to 1.1)

> a google on it didn't get me much

> any clue of benefit/risk of going to 1.4?


Never heard of it until now. Try and see if you see a difference. You
can always go back (hopefully).

Yousuf Khan


--
There is no failure, only delayed success