Quote:Yeah, I think the full turbo boost occurs if all but one core is disabled. The next best turbo boost happens when all but two cores are disabled, at least that's generally what I've heard.
Not totally true. Turbo boost 2.0 (sandy bridge/ivy bridge) has a maximum clock rate that it can reach regardless of the number of active cores so long as their is enough TDP headroom available. However the more cores are active the less TDP headroom tends to be available so it does tend to influence things.
Quote:Definitely stick with getting a dedicated GPU as an upgrade.
Agreed.
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-Mark Antony