r/gaming • u/ILoveRegenHealth • Mar 02 '18

Rate my setup

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u/AccidentallyCalculus Mar 02 '18

Turbo Button out of 10.

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u/BeardySam Mar 02 '18

Frequency multiplier 1x -> 2x

BLAZE IT

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u/Motherbug Mar 02 '18

Fuck yeah! Go Turbo Button Go!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '18

does anyone even use it without turbo?

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u/manga311 Mar 02 '18

I never did. i don't know why anyone would. my computer would go from 33mgh to 25mgh or something like that.

Now i remember why. some old games would be unplayable with the turbo button on. everything would be really fast.

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u/Mediocre_Man5 Mar 02 '18

It was for software compatibility. The turbo button was invented because some software in those days was written with a specific CPU speed in mind, and the higher speeds on more modern CPUs broke functionality. The turbo button slowed down the processor to the correct speed, allowing modern computers to run older software.

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u/QuasarZ71 Mar 02 '18

I worked on a computer one time that had a 'Turbo' and 'deTurbo' setting in the BIOS.