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AMD PowerNow!™ Technology Overview

In the past, increased processor performance has oftern meant increased power consumption and shorter battery life. AMD PowerNow!™ technology is an innovative solution available on all AMD mobile processor-based notebooks that can effectively increase notebook battery life, while delivering performance on demand, for the ultimate mobile computing experience.
   
The Key Benefits of AMD PowerNow!™ Technology are:
  • Optimizes battery life
  • Provides performance on demand when required by the application
  • Allows the processor to dissipate less heat under normal operating conditions, providing a cooler and quieter-running notebook
  • Operates automatically in the background

PowerNow! Dashboard
For notebooks with AMD PowerNow! technology, the PowerNow! Dashboard is available to download. The PowerNow! Dashboard explains how AMD PowerNow! technology operates with your notebook.

PowerNow! Dashboard includes:
All readouts for voltage, clock speed, and battery savings are done with gauges. To help support TPI, digital readouts are not offered.

Please read the available release notes before installing.


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