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From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote:

> There are parts of that article that don't ring true to me, not that I
> know anything about latest Xeons and how they handle Turbo mode.


TurboBoost is applicable to more than just Xeons.


> I do
> know that FreeBSD never, so far, runs different cores at any different
> frequencies,
>

FreeBSD has supported TurboBoost for years.  I don't know what you've done
to disable a generally useful feature, but I suggest re-enabling it on your
systems if you want better single core performance.

Adam