(03-26-2012, 05:34 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: It doesn't. You can look up the documentation for turbo boost on intels website and it does not mention any time limits anywhere.
I thought so, thanks for confirming that. I looked around everywhere, but I only found one mention of a time limit on some other forum.
(03-26-2012, 05:44 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: It isn't a time limit, it just gets too hot and draws too much power to sustain that speed, so brings it back down after a while, even if the same amount of work is being asked of it. That's why it's only a part time thing, not an overclock, and intel will sell something as a 3GHz with turbo boost to 3.3GHz processor, not a 3.3GHz processor. I can't exactly cite my sources, but what I wrote was a poorly worded mash up of things in other threads.
Yeah, Turbo Boost isn't meant to run at the maximum all the time. Still, I doubt the i7-2670QM would scale back its Turbo Boost all the way to the stock 2GHz to keep everything in check. I imagine it could maintain some level of Turbo Boost for a while.
DefenderX, since you have the same CPU, how long can you play Dolphin and notice that Turbo Boost is still working? EDIT: nvm, you ninja'd the answer!
