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I currently have a intel 6850 3ghz dual core but I think it's running underclocked for some reason even though when I right click properties on my computer, it says 3ghz. But in the Easytune5 that came along with the motherboard gigabyte, it said my current speed is 2000.xx (xx is a random number that moves up and down. So I think it's real time)
Is there any way I can double check my core speed and if it is underclocked, how do I fix it? |
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Here's a picture of it
![]() And link to the motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128012 |
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Here's some disturbing immages
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Got this http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/392/
Now it runs at 3 ghz, but it idles at 55C whenever I do that. WTF |
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Don't worry [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Since you have now obverved it can run at 3GHz, I would expect it is clocking down when idle, to save power/heat/the environment. IIRC Intel calls this SpeedStep, AMD calls it Cool'N'Quiet. Best thing to do is to get something like Prime95 or SuperPi, fire up a couple of instances of it to run the CPU at 100% load, and see what CPU-Z reports when the processor is loaded. On purely random recollections from reviews, I *think* Intel chips are a little laggy in their switching - so a minor speed boost can be gained from never clocking down - but I can not be sure, and the difference would be trivial at best. I would expect somewhere in your BIOS there is an option to disable this feature. dave. |
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I always turn off speedstep & cool 'n' quiet.
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Thanks again for the response _dave_
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Aren't there jumpers on the MB that control the overclocking? May want to try Tomshardware forums.
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Aren't there jumpers on the MB that control the overclocking? May want to try Tomshardware forums. [/ QUOTE ] My gigabyte mobo bios, has this C.I.A. 2 program in bios that auto over clocks whenever it's necessary. So instead of capping at 3ghz, it would start going at 3.2 ghz. I think it does the same for the lower core speeds too. |
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Aren't there jumpers on the MB that control the overclocking? May want to try Tomshardware forums. [/ QUOTE ] Most modern motherboards do not have jumpers anymore. The only jumper on my mobo is if I want to reset the bios. |
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