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Setting Max C-State in Windows 10
I'm running some latency sensitive applications on Windows and am seeing some slight spikes at times.
Looking at the Windows performance monitor, I see the processors spending a majority of their time ...
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Coreinfo - difference between the PREFETCHW and 3DNOW
After reading the about 3DNOW instruction set extension, I found that prefetchw is one of 3DNOW's instructions.
I wanted to know if my CPU supports the instruction PREFETCHW, I ran coreinfo and got ...
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Dell XPS 9570 BIOS downgrade issue (i7-8750H)
I'm trying to perform a BIOS downgrade from 1.16.2 back to 1.15.0, but keep getting the error:
ME Firmware EndUpdate Failed Error 0x000001F3
The downgrade is initiated from Windows without error ...
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Full-Screen apps black after sleep/hibernate windows 10
I just built a new computer with a 2080 Super on an i7.
Everything works great, but full-screen apps like overwatch will go to black screens after the computer has been in sleep or hibernate. If I ...
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i7-8550U Inside HP Envy wont boost past 3Ghz
I have a HP envy 17 1ae1xx. It has a i7-8550U CPU inside. In Linux I use Intel Graphics even if the power cord is plugged in. It has a MX150 that I can turn on when I need it.
I have both Linux and ...
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Controlling when Intel TurboBoost kicks in
With an Intel i7-8650U, is it possible to limit when TurboBoost speeds up the CPU?
I run some virtual soundcard software which requires frequent usage of the CPU. This causes TurboBoost to kick-in, ...
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Setting max CPU clock rate while in Turboboost
I have a Lenovo T480 with an Intel i7-8650U, which has the notorious problem of dropping itself down to 400 MHz whenever it feels like it, due to power limits. For example, even opening an ...
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Install Intel motherboard drivers or just leave those from Windows Update?
Do you install Intel motherboard drivers?
Or just skip it and leave those from Windows Update?
Are there any benefits?
F.i. here's a ss of drivers WU installed on my new-ish laptop (6th gen i7)
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Macro running slower in a faster computer
I have a new desktop and an old laptop. I run a Visio macro in both. It takes 30 seconds to run in the laptop, but 3 minutes and 3 seconds to run in the desktop. The desktop has 12 GB in RAM, and the ...
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Intel AMT bug ? ( When client enable the “Allow the device to wake the computer” )
There are two methods can wake up the client device from S3/S4 by server side device: ( client and server in same LAN )
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Use the "Wake on LAN" which is enabling the option "Allow the device to wake ...
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Windows 10 CU - i7 3770K always on max frequency
I've an issue in windows 10 creators update. My CPU 3770K runs always on max frequency 3.9ghz in idle with low CPU percentage of usage. With windows 7, the CPU freq. swing between 1.6ghz (idle) and 3....
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Without using Intel's tools, how can you determine the version of Intel Management Engine (ME) firmware installed? [duplicate]
I know that Intel has a tool that will tell you what ME firmware version you are on, but I need to be able to determine from files, registry entries, or services which firmware version of ME a windows ...
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Heat and its relationship to Frequency in overclocking
I have a i7-4770k - In order to Overclock it from 3.5-3.9(boost) to 4.5 I have to raise the Voltage to 1.387Vcore. This is not an issue with heat as my water-cooling keeps the CPU at 70c under P95 ...
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What is the Intel Core i7 onboard graphics maximum supported resolution?
I went from an external Nvidia card to the i7 graphics and was shocked that the driver maxed out at 1680x1050 pixels. I have a 27" monitor whose native resolution is 2560x1440.
Can the onboard ...
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Core i7 c1e and speedstepping - BSOD on shutdown
I'm having an interesting problem with my recent Core i7 Digital Audio workstation build that I am curious to see if others have encountered. First, here are the specs on the machine.
ASUS P6TD ...
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