gabriel Asked: 2012-04-29 12:32:44 +0800 CST2012-04-29 12:32:44 +0800 CST 2012-04-29 12:32:44 +0800 CST Am I using all the power of my PC in Ubuntu? How can I find this out? 772 My computer has a CPU with 4 cores and 4GB RAM. What I want is to find out, if I am using all the available power that my PC offers to me? How can I do this? power-management cpu 1 Answers Voted Best Answer JJJ 2012-04-29T13:45:28+08:002012-04-29T13:45:28+08:00 Well, I do believe - actually - you're using not just your PC at its full potential, you're also wasting it! You've 4Gb of RAM, so 32 or 64 bits is the same. That's ok, you're correctly using all the available RAM. You have 4 cores. Ubuntu is surely using them correctly, because it IS made to use everything at the maximum. The problem is (or at least may be), you don't want to use all the powerhorses all the time! Electricity costs. If you do care about this point, install cpufrequtils and this http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/cpu-frequency-scaling-indicator-fixed.html. Otherwise, you're good to go!
Well, I do believe - actually - you're using not just your PC at its full potential, you're also wasting it!
The problem is (or at least may be), you don't want to use all the powerhorses all the time! Electricity costs.
If you do care about this point, install cpufrequtils and this http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/cpu-frequency-scaling-indicator-fixed.html.
Otherwise, you're good to go!