Quote Originally Posted by TESKATLIPOKA View Post
Manicdan but that's just max turbo, doesn't mean there won't be a lower turbo.
I would like to see how max turbo works on 3 module BD, half of it is 1.5
Why should they use solo modules in situations were SB uses only HT? They should use them in situations where SB uses cores that means 1-4 threads.
It's from OBR but on an official hardware site he works for, just translate it. It's up to you if you believe it or not, but this is reasonable if BD is aimed against SB 4 core+HT.
http://pctuning.tyden.cz/index.php?o...id=1&Itemid=57
it has to do with how much TPD can be removed from inactive threads. if a module is still drawing power then the chip cannot turbo nearly as much.
thats why they have 2 turbos, one for when less than half of the module are active (max turbo boost, according to the slide), and one for when more than half are active (all core boost)
the amount of power needed to run a second thread on a module is probably very low (im thinking like 20-40% more power)