[Q] setcpu - overclock - saving battery use - Perf / battery life? Good app?

nook-color

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I'm getting used to my NC - and tweaking performance to get the best bang for the buck with this thing.

I'm running CM7 - and Dhalinger's, OC kernal clocked @ 1100mhz max - On Demand with very good performance. I started with Conservative - but web browsing is much better with On Demand setting.

Performance < particularly on Web > is much better than standard 800 mhz setting. But the device gets much warmer with Overclock around speaker -- and -- the battery drop is quite a bit faster with the overclock. Is this something I should concern myself with - re: the life of the device. I know with PC's you use aftermarket coolers for overclock - not so sure about Android devices and heat.

Is there a way to tweak the CPU overclock settings using a standalone app - like SETCPU to maintain better performance - while allowing your device to keep it's battery life maximized as much as possible.

Right now, I'm limited to Amazon App store - so not looking at Dhalinger's ( sorry if I got spelling wrong ) app from Android Market. But Would consider SETCPU if it's something that will help out.

The things that I use that seem to work the processor the most - seems to be EZpdf - with scaling / web use / and any games I've played. Kindle not so much. I don't do much video watching right now.

Is SETCPU worth a buy - and what should I expect from it.

Thanks
 

IFLATLINEI

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I'm pretty sure your supposed to set overclock within the CM7 settings menu. SETCPU should not be used. As far as browsing goes try Opera mobile. Much faster than any of the others I've tried.
 

luciferii

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yeah the other poster was right, donot use secpu with cm7 just goto settings, cyanogenmod settings, performance then set it from there