Re: dynamic-hz

[Stefan Seyfried]

Con Kolivas wrote:

> Just being devils advocate here...
> 
> I had variable Hz in my tree for a while and found there was one 
> solitary purpose to setting Hz to 100; to silence cheap capacitors.

power savings? Having the cpu wake up 1000 times per second if the
machine is idle cannot be better than only waking it up 100 times.

Yes, i am always on the quest for the 5 extra minutes on battery :-)

Stefan

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