I have an Intel C2D E6420. Originally 2.13 ghz, I have it set at 2.4 ghz. However, CPU-Z is acting strangely and telling me it's only at 1.8 ghz. When I take the OC off it jumps from 1.6 ghz to 2.1 ghz for a second. What is causing this strange behaviour? Is my CPU messed up? Did I OC it wrong?
That's the same thing that Rayvin was saying, other then in the power settings in Windows, you can also disable it in the BIOS, it'll probably be in the same area as were you overclock the CPU (or at least it was on my Mobo).
That being said, it doesn't do any harm to keep it on.
Please don't stop! Is there any other suggestions? Could my overclock have damaged the CPU if I didn't disable or enable somethings? Like Vanderpool technology? Or some other setting?
Okay. I checked. It's disabled in BIOS. I started Company of Heroes in Skirmish mode and it's still at 1.8 ghz.
Bump?
Wesker776
That's because you most likely minimised CoH to view CPU-Z, right?
RUn CPU-Z in the background and run a stress tester like SuperPi.
Okay thanks. It goes up to 2.4 ghz when I'm calculating the Pi stuff. But why didn't it do this before? It always used to be at 2.4 ghz. Could this be a reason my games experience slowdowns?
I'd say unlikely, as the whole premise behind speedstep is that it ramps up as required, so if it wa a slowdown, it'd be for only a second or so. Unless of course the CPU usage went up and down, causing it to go from 2.4 to 1.8 repeatedly.
No, this is NOT causing you the slowdowns. Speedstep is a good feature that saves power when your processor is idle. Disabling it makes your computer eat more energy just so its running at full speed when idle. What good does that do? Just leave it alone, your slowdowns are more than likely related to your graphics card or some other component.
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