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I have the 6700HQ in an XPS-15, it never seems to throttle - for example earlier today when I built firefox with -j8 it just pegged all cores and never let up.
by JetSetWilly 11y ago
I have the 6700HQ in an XPS-15, it never seems to throttle - for example earlier today when I built firefox with -j8 it just pegged all cores and never let up.
I can be a tad noisy in this situation as you would expect, but from what I have seen - and reviews back me up - it doesn't throttle.
- Ruud-v-A 11y agoSame here. Even the fan noise is quite acceptable in comparison with my old HP pavilion. The XPS sounds like a light breeze, whereas the HP sounded like a vacuum cleaner.
- MichaelGG 11y agoYou mean that in addition to showing all cores fully used, the frequency didn't drop below base?
- JetSetWilly 11y agoYes exactly.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoThanks! Exactly what I was wondering.
- alexbel 11y agoAccording to this review http://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-XPS-15-2016-9550-InfinityEdge-Notebook-Review.156354.0.html http://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-XPS-15-2016-9550-InfinityE... it has a serious heat problem.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoWow, that is one thorough review. But it looks like it confirms that throttling only occurs on battery power, never on AC power.
- alexbel 11y agoIt does throttle on AC power. Look at the "temperature" paragraph