WizardStan
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oooh boy, I'm flipping the puck hereEvilDragon said:Also, if you buy a 400W PC Power Supply, that doesn't mean it always eats 400W.
It just says it can provide a MAXIMUM of 400W.
It wouldn't make sense if it would always eat up 400W.
And it's the same here: It can do at least 600 MHz, probably more. But it doesn't mean it necessarily always have to run at that speed.
BTW: If you buy a car that can do an advertised speed of 200km/h, do you ALWAYS intend to drive full speed?![]()
The 400W rated PC power supply may not use the full 400W all the time, but if it needs it, it is there. Same with your 200km/h car: if you're on a straight stretch and you hit the gas, you can make it go full out.
You're advertising a CPU as being able to hit 600Mhz, a CPU that can clock itself up or down as needed just like a car, but you're artificially limiting it. The comparison would be a car advertised as being able to go 200km/h, but no matter how long you hold the gas pedal down, it can not exceed 150km/h unless you flip a switch built into the dash board. It can still go 200km/h under the right conditions, it's just that you have to flip the switch first. On the one hand, having that limit prevents you from going faster than 150km/h if you suddenly need it, unless you've hit the switch. On the other hand, having the switch on activates a special turbo boost which uses up a little bit more gas, even when running at normally slow speeds.
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