Sustaining "Turbo Boost" on i5-2520 in Windows 8
I purchased an x220 last August and recently took advantage of the Microsoft offer for Windows 8 that if you purchased it within a certain range of period you can buy the upgrade for $14.99.
Everything seems to be working fine so far with a huge learning curve. But I missed the "turbo boost" enable/disable button that came in lenovo's power management.
In my windows 7, I was able to go into power management, turn up the slider to more performance oriented and click the "Turbo Boost" to enable it when I play games. But now, it is missing, and the turbo boost meter I downloaded seems to throttle up and down which cause fps decreases in the game itself.
I understand that Windows 8 applications and drivers are still in the works from reading this forum. And that only the power management driver is available for window 8 and not the application. However, is there some way to switch the turbo boost to max everytime I play games?
Check BIOS settings first.
Also make sure 'Max Processor State' is set to '100%' in your active power plan.
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View Solution.Hi,
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