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Hey guys,
I kinda need your help/advise,
I've got a Maximus Extreme IV with a 2600k OC @ 4.8ghz and everything running ok, the thing that's bugging me is that in windows the CPU Maximum Frequency reads 115% with the "High Performance" power plan enable, but when I change it to "Power Saving" the frequency goes up to 130%.
Now, I'm no expert, but was that not suppose to be the opposite? I mean, Power Saver plan should lower the CPU frequency or I'm I wrong?
Please advise,
Marco
I kinda need your help/advise,
I've got a Maximus Extreme IV with a 2600k OC @ 4.8ghz and everything running ok, the thing that's bugging me is that in windows the CPU Maximum Frequency reads 115% with the "High Performance" power plan enable, but when I change it to "Power Saving" the frequency goes up to 130%.
Now, I'm no expert, but was that not suppose to be the opposite? I mean, Power Saver plan should lower the CPU frequency or I'm I wrong?
Please advise,
Marco
If you want CPU OC, then keep the settings at "High performance". If you want power saving with an OC'd CPU, try to found the balance between the lowest voltages and system stability...
Zka17 wrote:
If you want CPU OC, then keep the settings at "High performance". If you want power saving with an OC'd CPU, try to found the balance between the lowest voltages and system stability...
Appreciate the reply m8, don't want to "sound" rude or anything but that's not what I asked..
I know that the "High Performance" is the way to go if you want to take maximum advantage of your components power.
Sorry, Kulmera, you're right... At the first I've got it as which one should you use? Now I see that you're bothered only by the difference in percentages...
So, let me try again... 🙂
When you have the "High Performance" setting, your CPU is allowed to run at higher frequencies than when you have the "Power Saving" setting. So, the 100% for the "High Performance" will be higher than the 100% for the "Power Saving". Your OC means only 15% plus at "High Performance", but having the lower 100% frequency, the same OC will be 30%... Do you know what I mean?
So, let me try again... 🙂
When you have the "High Performance" setting, your CPU is allowed to run at higher frequencies than when you have the "Power Saving" setting. So, the 100% for the "High Performance" will be higher than the 100% for the "Power Saving". Your OC means only 15% plus at "High Performance", but having the lower 100% frequency, the same OC will be 30%... Do you know what I mean?
Zka17 wrote:
Sorry, Kulmera, you're right... At the first I've got it as which one should you use? Now I see that you're bothered only by the difference in percentages...
So, let me try again... 🙂
When you have the "High Performance" setting, your CPU is allowed to run at higher frequencies than when you have the "Power Saving" setting. So, the 100% for the "High Performance" will be higher than the 100% for the "Power Saving". Your OC means only 15% plus at "High Performance", but having the lower 100% frequency, the same OC will be 30%... Do you know what I mean?
No problem Zka17, I was just worried that I "sounded" rude, wasn't my intention... 🙂
Yeah I know what you mean, but in "Max Performance" mode, the % should be higher then on "Power Saving" mode, correct?
In my system:
"High Performance" mode gives me 115% max CPu frequency.
and in
"Power Saving" mode gives me 130% max CPU frequency...
This does not make any sense, should be the opposite, correct?
Kuimera wrote:
No problem Zka17, I was just worried that I "sounded" rude, wasn't my intention... 🙂
Yeah I know what you mean, but in "Max Performance" mode, the % should be higher then on "Power Saving" mode, correct?
In my system:
"High Performance" mode gives me 115% max CPu frequency.
and in
"Power Saving" mode gives me 130% max CPU frequency...
This does not make any sense, should be the opposite, correct?
Absolutely no problem, mate! It was my fault... 🙂
OK, let me try to explain again...
Let's take a CPU with stock settings - say the frequency is "X". When you use "Max Performance", all this "X" will be enabled. At "Power Saving" mode you will have only "X-something" as the system won't let to use the max to save power. Now, at both settings at a time "X" and "X-something" will be considered 100%. IF you OC the CPU, you will have "X + Y" (Y is the difference from the OC to the stock) for "Max Performance" and "X-something + Y" for "Power Saving".
Now if X = 100%, Y is that +15% (at "Max Performance"). But at your "Power Saving" mode "X-something" is the 100%! So, overall the Y can represent higher percentage (30% in this case) - Y is NOT reduced, because your final frequency will be the same at each case...
Arne Saknussemm wrote:
Have you tried setting plan defaults?
Maybe you have a lateral thinking version of windows that calculates that your OC is 115% of its high power plan and 130% of its performance one 😛
thanks for the reply Arne,
Yeah I just did what you said, still the same. I've attach two pics for ya guys to see what I'm talking about:
Zka17 wrote:
Absolutely no problem, mate! It was my fault... 🙂
OK, let me try to explain again...
Let's take a CPU with stock settings - say the frequency is "X". When you use "Max Performance", all this "X" will be enabled. At "Power Saving" mode you will have only "X-something" as the system won't let to use the max to save power. Now, at both settings at a time "X" and "X-something" will be considered 100%. IF you OC the CPU, you will have "X + Y" (Y is the difference from the OC to the stock) for "Max Performance" and "X-something + Y" for "Power Saving".
Now if X = 100%, Y is that +15% (at "Max Performance"). But at your "Power Saving" mode "X-something" is the 100%! So, overall the Y can represent higher percentage (30% in this case) - Y is NOT reduced, because your final frequency will be the same at each case...
I understand your formula.
BUT I still think that "Max Performance" should have more CPU frequency % then the "Power Saving" one... That's why I think it's strange to begin with... 🙂
Kuimera wrote:
I understand your formula.
BUT I still think that "Max Performance" should have more CPU frequency % then the "Power Saving" one... That's why I think it's strange to begin with... 🙂
OK, for the last time... I promise! 🙂
What I'm trying to explain is that your readings are correct... what you have to understand is that the CPU power state is higher in the "Max Performance" mode than in the "Power Saving" one. So, your starting points are different - but the end, because of the OC is the same. So, it needs lower percentage to reach the end state (OC) difference at "Max Performance" than at "Power Saving"...
