04 February, 2008

CPU throttling

Well, again it is not specific for the model but if you are looking for whatever reason to slowdown your computer - here is one option: winThrottle.

Personally, I was looking for alternative solution to reduce the noise from the fans on the laptop, in other words to make the CPU cooler. From my experience with version 005, the result was that throttling did not allow the computer to heat significantly. So, in long run terms (leaving the computer for long time on idle) with the tool or without the tool - it didn't matter. Similar were the results under Ubuntu Linux with the tools provided by the distribution.

Anyway, the tool is still useful if you want to slow down your PC to play some old or flash games.

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