Turbo Mode switch is NOT working.

[oltp]

Needs some benchmarking, but feels faster after visiting this http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=39099&highlight=

[risidoro]

How did u enable it in your compact??? I created the registry key HKLM-Software-HTC-Power and the dword value ProcessorPageFlag as requested, but my Power screen still doesn't show any Processor page!!!

Maybe i'd have to copy power.exe and powerstateon.exe in my \windows folder?

PLS help.

Bye

[oltp]

I ran the power.exe that's included in the zipfile. The original Magician power.exe doesn't contain the power tab. As it runs perfectly from every location I stored it under \Storage\Power\Power.exe. Don't want to overwrite the original power.exe.

Regards, M

[Dandie]

Did you try it with a benchmark, like SPB Benchmark?

[oltp]

Not yet, first have to download it...

[Artosoft]

I ran the power.exe that's included in the zipfile. The original Magician power.exe doesn't contain the power tab. As it runs perfectly from every location I stored it under \Storage\Power\Power.exe. Don't want to overwrite the original power.exe.

Regards, M
Which file(s) should I put on \windows\ if I want to replace power.exe?
As long as no harm, I will keep the mods power.exe

Thx.

Regards,
Arto.

[rustoss]

No, it seems to be not working on oures PXA 272 , may be for PXA270 is good,, like XGuru 1.00 also not working on magician!

[SkizZO]

Maybe it's an impression, but i see my ppc faster!

[oltp]

No, it seems to be not working on oures PXA 272 , may be for PXA270 is good,, like XGuru 1.00 also not working on magician!
I got a PXA272 & it seems to be working. Signed up for SPB Benchmark yesterday, still no sign of download instructions :-( something must have gone wrong.

[duke911]

I gave it a shot.. did not notice any improvments at all... :?

[Artosoft]

1 day already....

Feel no speed improvement on O2 XDA II mini. Even I try to create small iteration program to count up to 10000, Turbo mode give me longer time ==> slow down.

Too bad, at the end of today I will remove it :cry:.

Regards,
Arto.

[oltp]

So that's maybe why it feels smoother. Scrolling etc looks nicer with it. Hope to benchmark today, if slower the thread title will be cganged as well...

Regards, M

[stevedebi]

Seems to run the programs a bit faster. However I don't have time to benchmark it...

[oltp]

Downloading the benchmark at the moment....

[rustoss]

TCPMP has test . I`ve checked it out, no difference

[oltp]

Done two SPB benchmarks yesterday evening & damn a magician is slow ;-). It took 3 hours for two tests which claim to be a 30min test each. Must say I did it on my fully loaded magician to see what's the everyday real life gain/loss.
Today's program include three tests I think: without increased cache, without increased glyph's & plain WM2003SE after a hard reset. If the performance gain of my chances is significant I'll add a last test: plain WM2003SE with all my speed add-ons.

See you, M

[ebliss]

Done two SPB benchmarks yesterday evening & damn a magician is slow ;-). It took 3 hours for two tests which claim to be a 30min test each. Must say I did it on my fully loaded magician to see what's the everyday real life gain/loss.
Today's program include three tests I think: without increased cache, without increased glyph's & plain WM2003SE after a hard reset. If the performance gain of my chances is significant I'll add a last test: plain WM2003SE with all my speed add-ons.

See you, M

How? Any improvement seen?

[thormdac]

I agree,

seems to work for me. Am seeing the windows wait symbols plenty less and operations feel smoother.

Thanx a mil for the installer. cab

[oltp]

Haven't fully analyzed the benchmark result, but first impression is that in some areas there are minor improvements. Others show a degradation.

Maybe I'll post tge first analysis today so you can decide for yourself, must say that the benchmark was run on my fully installed device. Haven't found the time last week to do it on a plain device.

Regards, M

[mc_oliver]

Okay, finally figured out how to run this app in my mini. After which I see a very slight improvement in speed during launching of an application.

It's most noticeable when I run Skype with other stuff already loaded in memory. Also, I'm seeing less of the "hour glass" icon...hmmm. More testing.

[sharagath]

i'm doing a SPB Benchmark richt now, i wil post the results tomorrow.

[oltp]

My short results:
Standard cache no turbo = 100
Increased cache no turbo < 100
Increased cache with turbo > 100

So it's doing something, but it ain't much. & some elements off the benchmark decrease, while others increase.

I continue to use it.

M

[Talon]

i feel speedup... but how make "turbo mode" is default? after each soft reset - it stay on "normal mode"...

[oltp]

Working on it...

[sharagath]

I did the banchmark by SPB benchmark, but i cant read the results properly.

- <benchmark-results>
- <info>
<platform-name>PM10A</platform-name>
<device-name>1</device-name>
<start-date>02.06.2006</start-date>
</info>
- <main-tests>
<fs-largefilewrite>817.000000</fs-largefilewrite>
<fs-largefileread>45.000000</fs-largefileread>
<fs-largefilecopy>828.100000</fs-largefilecopy>
<fs-manyfileswrite>1172.700000</fs-manyfileswrite>
<fs-manyfilesread>126.600000</fs-manyfilesread>
<fs-manyfilescopy>1695.000000</fs-manyfilescopy>
<fs-dirlisting>123.100000</fs-dirlisting>
<fs-db>780.900000</fs-db>
<grf-ddb>7.385000</grf-ddb>
<grf-dib>46.320000</grf-dib>
<grf-gapi>5.990000</grf-gapi>
<builtin-pw>7675.500000</builtin-pw>
<builtin-pie-html>3354.500000</builtin-pie-html>
<builtin-pie-jpeg>1162.900000</builtin-pie-jpeg>
<builtin-fe>5028.500000</builtin-fe>
<misc-zip>4917.500000</misc-zip>
<misc-jpeg>456.800000</misc-jpeg>
<misc-arkaball>9.257000</misc-arkaball>
<misc-mflops>4792.200000</misc-mflops>
<misc-mops>1138.600000</misc-mops>
<misc-mwips>9894.200000</misc-mwips>
<misc-memcpy>13.232000</misc-memcpy>
</main-tests>
</benchmark-results>


tis is what i get :shock:

[oltp]

Well that's obvious isn't it LOL.

Just run the benchmark twice, with & without turbo & compare the values. Make a copy of the result file in between ;-)

Compared your results with my best:
38,44 <builtin-fe>
128,07 <builtin-pie-html>
74,07 <builtin-pie-jpeg>
103,02 <builtin-pw>
98,65 <fs-db>
1,24 <fs-dirlisting>
5,31 <fs-largefilecopy>
1,83 <fs-largefileread>
6,68 <fs-largefilewrite>
2,75 <fs-manyfilescopy>
2,14 <fs-manyfilesread>
2,04 <fs-manyfileswrite>
98,27 <grf-ddb>
99,63 <grf-dib>
100,00 <grf-gapi>
99,24 <misc-arkaball>
17,62 <misc-jpeg>
102,11 <misc-memcpy>
101,17 <misc-mflops>
102,72 <misc-mops>
101,80 <misc-mwips>
43,55 <misc-zip>
60,47 Average

Yours is 60% of mine if I'm correct

M

[sharagath]

maby because of 50% accu and full of shit.

i will try it later when i cleand up

[oltp]

Mine was on AC-current & full off shit ;-)

[Timewarp]

I ran the power.exe that's included in the zipfile. The original Magician power.exe doesn't contain the power tab. As it runs perfectly from every location I stored it under \Storage\Power\Power.exe. Don't want to overwrite the original power.exe.

Regards, M

Is that all you did? Or did you do the registry changes too? (HKEY_Local_Machine\ SOFTWARE\HTC\Power)

I don't see any difference between that power.exe and Power in my "Control Panel". :?

[oltp]

Yes I did change the registry too, to get the new page.

M

[Talon]

anybody know how make "turbo mode" is default?

[oltp]

Ok guys (& girls?),

Sorry for the confusion, but this must be a placebo effect. Analyzed my results & SPB Benchmark reports a little improvement 0.0718532% so very very insignificant.

Also with cpuid you can see that the standard mode is turbo & standard mode isn't even changing anything to the cpu, bus etc. settings.

Regards, M

[puls3]

Guys this turbo mode... may it be that it's only changing que throttling ammount given to the cpu, making a snappier feeling? i think this is not noticeable on benchmarks because the processor runs @ the same speed but throttles up faster... maybe an application running time benchmark would be the best... just my 2 cents :wink:

[oltp]

I was thinking along that line too, it explains perfect why everyone's feeling the improvement. Now I read the last posts (of today) here http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=231182 I not to sure there's anything but frequency switching.

Regards, M

[puls3]

I guess that's the point in turbo mode. If the frequency is stepped faster, there is a feeling that the pda is faster overall, and it is indeed, but the max frequency is just the same, u just get there faster. Wonder why this option doesn't appear in the default magician power menu...