i7 Turbo GT is a unique tool that gives you a look at what each thread of your CPU is doing. I wrote it for testing purposes and just tossed it in the download in case someone needed to do some testing or found it interesting.
Development of i7 Turbo GT ended but the code morphed into a new project called ThrottleStop which is popular in the laptop community. ThrottleStop is still being developed and has 101 more features compared to i7 Turbo GT.
ThrottleStop 8.00 beta 7
https://www.sendspace.com/file/i84h7g
It includes CPU voltage control on the 4th, 5th and 6th Gen Core i CPUs so in the wrong hands, it might be considered dangerous. If you crank up the nanny settings in Avast it might complain and I heard recently that Windows Defender thinks this download is suspicious. I have been running this version since I released it and my computer is still running just fine. No complaints from users.
Some users might wonder, why do we need to know if a CPU is throttling. All Intel CPUs use Turbo Boost so they can run at their maximum speed. On a desktop motherboard, there are usually options in the bios so you can crank up the Turbo power limits and run your CPU at full speed without any problems. Laptops and tablets have much lower power ratings and usually no control of these limits in the bios. Throttling is inevitable. Being able to accurately monitor and adjust these CPUs is just as important today as it was during the original Gulftown era.
Here is an example of my 4700MQ throttling.
When 4 cores are active, the 4700MQ should be using the full 34..00 multiplier when it is overclocked. In the picture above, the core power limit is set too low so all 8 threads are reporting that the multiplier is averaging about 30.86. When CPUs throttle, the multiplier is rapidly changing hundreds of times per second to keep the CPU just under the turbo power limits. Using high performance timers within the CPU provides an accurate look at what a CPU is really doing. Far more precise compared to any other tools. ThrottleStop also shows that TDP Throttle is the cause of this throttling and the more precise tool Limit Reasons by Dufus shows exactly what the problem is.
i7 Turbo GT was useful in its day but it has been replaced by ThrottleStop.
ThrottleStop has many similar features to Intel XTU plus a few very useful features that no other software gives you access to. Highly recommended for anyone that wants more control or wants to know more about what their CPU is really doing.
The old one works fine, but I'm kinda obsessed with having software updated. If it's not updated for a year or two, it just feels weird to me lol
