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Originally Posted by ladoga View Post
Have you measured this?

I would expect that overclocking actually increases the battery life in some cases. This is because executing code is faster at higher clock rate, thus the CPU spends more of it's time idling at low frequency.
This isn't so simple and in regard to how processors work this is a misguided logic.

Processor power consumption is closely connected to their clock frequency. An OC chip will consume/require higher ad hoc wattage input hence draining the battery faster (simply said, with aspects for example regarding erratic power management when working outside of factory specs and so on left alone). Google overclocking vs power consumption and perhaps electric current in regard to microprocessors.
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Last edited by DarkSkies; 2012-10-06 at 20:28.