Disabling AMD Cool & Quiet

[ArpanatTom]

I am using a 1090T with a Gigabyte 880GM-USB3, while cool & quiet is turned on through the bios a random frame-rate drop happens in several games(like Mafia II, Driver San Francisco etc but not in crysis 3, far cry 3...), so I turned it off in BIOS and the CPU clock remains @ 3.21GHz at all time, even if the cpu is in idle mode, my question is, Is it safe for the cpu in term of lifespan? or always running at this clock will affect the cpu life or performance.... Please help and thanks in advance.

 

[luckiest charm]

Yeah it would reduce its life as CPU is always running at its maxed out performance without needs.
You should set it on auto so CPU would use its max only when it is required.

 

[ArpanatTom]

Yeah it would reduce its life as CPU is always running at its maxed out performance without needs.
You should set it on auto so CPU would use its max only when it is required.

Thanks for the reply, but as I said before enabling cool & quiet makes random frame rate drop in several games, any solution to that??

 

[luckiest charm]

Yeah .. First of all .. That should not happen.

Secondly, when you are playing games, disable AMD C&C and when you are not, re enable it. That should make a significant improvement in its life.

 

[lazyboy947]

as long as the cpu isnt under full load 24/7 or running hot then turning off cool n quiet will not shorten its life span to the point turning it off maybe a bad idea. With it disabled it runs all cores at the full clock speed but does not stress the cpu while doing so unless u put the cpu under load of course

cool n quiet was more of a power saving feature so when ur web browsing or something that will not use all cores and their default speed its more efficient power wise. my 1055t with CnQ disabled runs as a 133watt cpu with OC, and with it enabled at idle is like 88watts.

 

[ArpanatTom]

Yeah .. First of all .. That should not happen.

Secondly, when you are playing games, disable AMD C&C and when you are not, re enable it. That should make a significant improvement in its life.

thanks

 

[ArpanatTom]

Problem Solved!!!! all of the problems were there because of the Heat sink, I got a lot of blue screen error and I looked into the heat sink, there was too much dust and covered the surface, that's why air could not reach the cpu.... I cleaned the Heat Sink and the CPU is running like butter.

 

[Kraig Karasti]

I am using a 1090T with a Gigabyte 880GM-USB3, while cool & quiet is turned on through the bios a random frame-rate drop happens in several games(like Mafia II, Driver San Francisco etc but not in crysis 3, far cry 3...), so I turned it off in BIOS and the CPU clock remains @ 3.21GHz at all time, even if the cpu is in idle mode, my question is, Is it safe for the cpu in term of lifespan? or always running at this clock will affect the cpu life or performance.... Please help and thanks in advance.

It won't hurt the CPU lifespan, it's rated at 3.2GHz I'm guessing, so that's what it's designed to run at. Before Cool and Quiet, that's how they all ran! If you're running a really aggressive OC, then *maybe*, after years.