Turbo boost

[Armidale_Cheiron]

Hey all,

I’ve got a second computer, a desktop, being paid off and due to be picked up in a month. Most of the system specs I at least have a basic understanding of, but there is one thing that gets me.

For the Desktop Specifications it has:
CPU Detail: 2.66GHz, 8MB Cache (up to 3.2GHz with turbo boost)

What does Turbo Boost mean? Is it an extra kick the system gives to your processor to bring it up to 3.2GHz when you need that extra processor speed? Or is it something else?

Any help with this question would be great.

• Armidale_Cheiron

[danielsangeo]

Probably a quick toggle for overclocking the CPU.

Either that, or this:

[JayJay]

First link on Google:

https://www.intel.com/technology/turboboost/

[szparrow]

@danielsangeo

Probably a quick toggle for overclocking the CPU.

Either that, or this:

I friggin loved this show when it aired on polish tv back when I was a kid. So many memories…

Oh, and on topic:

@Wiki

Turbo Boost allows dynamically increasing CPU clock-speed on demand.[1] Turbo Boost activates when the operating system requests the highest performance state of the processor.