
To deal with the extra power, you'll notice the fan kicks in to life and stays on for the duration you run Turbo Boost. When you're running on batteries it runs at the same clock speed but puts performance ahead of battery life, so screen brightness is typically higher. Naturally, this only works when you're plugged in. We weren't expecting this to play a part in The Wind but it has been included and pushes the N270 up to 1.9GHz. This tool uses the company's own Turbo Drive Engine Technology to physically overclock the CPU. However, if short bursts of power are what you need, MSI has a trick in its armoury no one else seems to offer at this stage: Turbo Boost. After all, Intel would be crazy to try and move market share to a sector of the market where there is less money to be made. That may be an issue if you're looking to use this laptop as your sole machine but that's not its intended use. So, in real terms you won't see much performance gain over the current Celeron M chips being used in the Asus Eee PC. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.The use of the ageing Intel 945GSE chipset should help keep development costs to a minimum for manufacturers but it does mean the Front Side Bus is limited to a maximum of 533MHz. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer. 300 mm (H) X 240 mm (W) X 65 mm (D) (without stand) It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available.ĭo not forget to check with our site as often as possible in order to stay updated on the latest drivers, software and games. 1 hard disk drive bay (3-5" hidden type SATA cable) 1 optical disk drive bay (5-25" external type SATA cable) Supports storage and data transfers up to 3 Gb/s 2 SATAII ports by Intel ICH7, support two SATA devices 1 mini-PCI express slot (for WiFi card or TV tuner card) Supports Gigabit Ethernet Controller for PCI Express Applications by Realtek RTL8111C Intel Atom processor 1-6 GHz on-board Chipset
