Does Intel turbo boost work in Ubuntu?
I have an Intel i7 processor. It's frequency is 2.67 GHz, however it has turbo boost allowed to a frequency of 3.3 GHz. Is turbo boost posible using Ubuntu?
if you are using ubuntu 11.04 or ubuntu 11.10 then it is possible
Try powertop and turbostat from the acpidump package (run sudo modprobe msr before sudo turbostat).
Yes you can use turbo boost in Ubuntu. Here is a link you might find usefull : Is Turbo Boost Working?