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MNWaverunner
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 Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:48 am Post subject: Intel Core i3 M370 Turbo Boost Questions ? |
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I am having a small problem determinging if a Toshiba driver installation is appropriate for the motherboard/chipset that I am currently using. I went to their download section and it stated : "Intel Turbo Boost Technology Driver Version 1.2.0.1002 needed to be downloaded and installed" for my Toshiba Laptop Satellite C655-S501. I am somewhat confused because the current chipset on my motherboard is an "i3" and I understand the i3 does not come with Turbo Boost? My motherboard is the "Toshiba portable PC base board version" according to Belarc profile. I have tried Toshiba community forums and no answer. I suspect the driver is more of a "marketing ploy" rather than a performance enhancement. Is anyone familiar with the i3 and this driver upgrade? Thanks...
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:56 am Post subject: |
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There is one i3 mobile processor that does.
http://ark.intel.com/products/54646/Intel-Core-i3-2340UE-Processor-3M-Cache-1_30-GHz
I can't find the model on the toshiba support page but I would imagine they are just covering their bases and adding software support for a series of processors.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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The C655-S5061:
http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/C650/C655-S5061/
has an i3-2370M which has no Turbo Boost technology. That is about as close as I can get to this question, many typing errors...
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MNWaverunner
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:39 am Post subject: Intel i3 Turbo Boost questons |
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| Thanks for the replies. Junkie you are right on that particular i3 illustrated. At lest I know where to start asking. Imay just intall driver anyway and if things don't work well jus tgo back to an ealrier restore point? MN Mike |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:55 am Post subject: Re: Intel i3 Turbo Boost questons |
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| MNWaverunner wrote: | | Thanks for the replies. Junkie you are right on that particular i3 illustrated. At lest I know where to start asking. Imay just intall driver anyway and if things don't work well jus tgo back to an ealrier restore point? MN Mike |
I'd only install it if you have an unknown device in device manager. Otherwise your just adding junk to the system. Its not going to do a whole hell of a lot but I don't see a reason for it.
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