Solve : AMD 'Features' Confusion?

1.	Solve : AMD 'Features' Confusion?
Answer» Is AMD renaming "Cool 'n' Quite" to "Power Now" or is there a difference between the two? At first I got the impression that "Cool 'n' Quite" only reduced clock speed when the CPU was idle where as "Power Now" increased the clock speed of one or more CPU cores (much like Intels version, the name of which currently escapes me).I haven't done any RESEARCH atm but to my recollection PowerNow! was the power management technology that AMD featured on some early MOBILE processors. For example- the k6-2 mobile. The name was supposed to complement the "3d-Now!" name. PowerNow is the old one. Cool and Quiet is what is is called now. Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 21, 2011, 11:24:33 AM I haven't done any research. ... Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 21, 2011, 11:24:33 AM PowerNow is the old one. Cool and Quiet is what is is called now. PowerNow! is used with AMD laptop CPUs. The adaptation for AMD's DESKTOP CPUs is called Cool'n'Quiet. Newer Opterons ("e-stepping" - model 252 and later) also use an adaptation of PowerNow! called Optimized Power Management. ahh, OK, so PowerNow! is older, but it still exists. I wasn't sure if they had simply renamed it or wether they actually introduced a new technology to complement it. Seems like the latter. Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 21, 2011, 01:16:13 PM ahh, OK, so PowerNow! is older, but it still exists. I wasn't sure if they had simply renamed it or wether they actually introduced a new technology to complement it. Seems like the latter. From what I can gather, C'n'Q is a adaptation of Powernow! for desktop and server CPUs. So does "Cool 'n' Quite" also dynamicaly over clock the CPU like intel's "Turbo Boost" Or is it only a power/noise saving feature? [Sorry for late reply, have been in a 2 day minecraft induced coma]Quote from: Accessless on February 22, 2011, 07:52:30 PM So does "Cool 'n' Quite" also dynamicaly over clock the CPU like intel's "Turbo Boost" Or is it only a power/noise saving feature? I that Cool 'n' Quiet is designed more for- well, reducing heat and being quiet, really. Obviously less power=Less heat so it could be conceived that way. Quote [Sorry for late reply, have been in a 2 day minecraft induced coma] I saw my first slime thanks to the 1.3 UPDATE today. Too bad the SMP I usually join needs to be updated...Oh my god update!

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Is AMD renaming "Cool 'n' Quite" to "Power Now" or is there a difference between the two?

At first I got the impression that "Cool 'n' Quite" only reduced clock speed when the CPU was idle where as "Power Now" increased the clock speed of one or more CPU cores (much like Intels version, the name of which currently escapes me).I haven't done any RESEARCH atm but to my recollection PowerNow! was the power management technology that AMD featured on some early MOBILE processors. For example- the k6-2 mobile. The name was supposed to complement the "3d-Now!" name.

PowerNow is the old one. Cool and Quiet is what is is called now.
Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 21, 2011, 11:24:33 AM

I haven't done any research.

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Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 21, 2011, 11:24:33 AM

PowerNow is the old one. Cool and Quiet is what is is called now.

PowerNow! is used with AMD laptop CPUs. The adaptation for AMD's DESKTOP CPUs is called Cool'n'Quiet. Newer Opterons ("e-stepping" - model 252 and later) also use an adaptation of PowerNow! called Optimized Power Management.

ahh, OK, so PowerNow! is older, but it still exists. I wasn't sure if they had simply renamed it or wether they actually introduced a new technology to complement it. Seems like the latter. Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 21, 2011, 01:16:13 PM

ahh, OK, so PowerNow! is older, but it still exists. I wasn't sure if they had simply renamed it or wether they actually introduced a new technology to complement it. Seems like the latter.

From what I can gather, C'n'Q is a adaptation of Powernow! for desktop and server CPUs.

So does "Cool 'n' Quite" also dynamicaly over clock the CPU like intel's "Turbo Boost" Or is it only a power/noise saving feature?

[Sorry for late reply, have been in a 2 day minecraft induced coma]Quote from: Accessless on February 22, 2011, 07:52:30 PM

So does "Cool 'n' Quite" also dynamicaly over clock the CPU like intel's "Turbo Boost" Or is it only a power/noise saving feature?

I that Cool 'n' Quiet is designed more for- well, reducing heat and being quiet, really. Obviously less power=Less heat so it could be conceived that way.

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[Sorry for late reply, have been in a 2 day minecraft induced coma]

I saw my first slime thanks to the 1.3 UPDATE today. Too bad the SMP I usually join needs to be updated...Oh my god update!

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