question about software

ghanja568 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-25-2006, 02:33 AM

does anyone have any experience with XCPUScalar 2007 (NEW - WM5 support) 3.00. was wondering if you can provide me with some pros and cons.....thanks.

**Malatesta** · #2 (**permalink**) 11-25-2006, 02:44 AM

It works and is nice for heavy apps.

To be honest I haven't done a side by side in battery life, though I doubt it will save battery life.

That's b/c our processors already auto-scale, so this doesn't gain you anything.

You can run it at the 400-ish mhz setting with no problems and can hit 500-ish, though you may lock up at that one.

It's nice software, the developer is a good guy. Other than that, haven't had much need for it since the system seems so zippy already. Not very interested is using more battery life though.

ghanja568 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-25-2006, 03:13 AM

for your reply. i just stumbled upon it and was kinda curious.

akijikan · #4 (**permalink**) 11-25-2006, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malatesta

You can run it at the 400-ish mhz setting with no problems and can hit 500-ish, though you may lock up at that one.

So you can overclock with this? You run 400 with out doing any damage?

**Malatesta** · #5 (**permalink**) 11-25-2006, 12:23 PM

yeah, it's fine.

it's very hard to damage a processor by over-clocking on a ppc.

**wowthatisrandom** · #6 (**permalink**) 11-25-2006, 02:05 PM

funny i was just about to ask this about this prog too, im installin it on the wx see what happens

**cmajewsk** · #7 (**permalink**) 11-25-2006, 09:52 PM

I dowloaded the trial. I am using a 700w and running it at 520MHz and it's running really smooth. I have a lot of items on my Today screen and that trasitional refresh from another app, to the Today screen was lightning fast. Also, the busy 4-color wheel doesn't stay on my screen for more than a second or two - whereas before xcpu scalar would always come up for typically 5 seconds or more. I may purchase it...