(11-29-2012, 04:38 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote:ahhh, i thought the intel equivalent of amds cool and quiet worked similarly, but if it can pretty much shut it down theres no point in disabling it in the first place.Quote:would disabling 1 of the 3570k's cores and increasing the OC due to the reduced heat output improve performance (with lle on a thread)
No. Because it wouldn't help you OC any further. Ivy bridge downclocks and lowers the voltage on cores that are idle or under low load. It may even cause them to enter a sleep state where most of the core is shut off entirely. In other words your CPU pretty much already takes care of this for you. The heat that these cores generate is negligible.
in which case would openmp improve performance on a quad core? on my old 1090t phenom it didnt seem to make a difference but my memory is a bit hazy on this