Am 26.02.2011 21:27, schrieb Stephen:

>> It doesn't - to the contrary, the cooling in my PC is apparently so good
>> that the CPU keeps overclocking itself even with POV-Ray blazing away.
>
> I've not seen my i7 laptop go into turbo

It may be disabled by the BIOS or chipset or whatever; after all, 
typically Laptops go for low energy consumption, whereas turbo is going 
for maxed performance.

>> Apparently the i7's temperature sensors measure the temperature at
>> totally different places than its predecessors. I heard that earlier
>> Intel CPU's measure the temperature of (or near) the heatsink, while the
>> i7 measures the core temperature.
>
> Any idea what the max working temperature is?

Not really. I think back then I found some information indicating that 
around 90 degrees Celsius is a "healthy" upper value, but I can't give a 
guarantee for that information.

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