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Does AMD Cool n Quiet Slow Down Your System?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202623212 views
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I discovered today that having AMD Cool n Quiet enabled in my BIOS appears to be slowing down my Windows XP SP2 system by about 29% on memory & CPU intensive workloads. I was wondering if (a) anyone else had encountered this, (b) anyone can offer an explanation, (c) there are any negatives I need t…

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After some fairly extensive testing I have concluded that CnQ definitely does significantly negatively impact the performance of my system. With CnQ enabled, I consistently get between 1.8/3 and 2.2/3 of the performance against when it is disabled. …

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