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    ASPIRE 5670 Duo core 1.66 mhz, 1 CPU shows 982hz speed

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by DominickA, Dec 26, 2006.

  1. DominickA

    DominickA Notebook Enthusiast

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    i clicked properties on My Computer and it shows one CPU running at 1.66 ghz and other at 982 mhz, whats up?
     
    DominickA, Dec 26, 2006
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    When the CPU has not much to do,it reduces the clock speed for power-saving.
     
    mujtaba, Dec 26, 2006
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  3. SSX4life

    SSX4life Notebook Deity

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    It's called speed stepping, it does this by default and it a very powerful feature. Would you like to waste your battery life on your CPU when it is not needed? Running full bore and all out when in reality you need only 900mhz or less to check your mail or surf the web? ;)

    Didn't think so

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    SSX4life, Dec 26, 2006
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  4. DominickA

    DominickA Notebook Enthusiast

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    thx
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    DominickA, Dec 27, 2006
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    max 0401 Notebook Consultant

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    I have Aspire 5112 WLMi - AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6Ghz Dual Core and when I click on properties on My Computer it just shows AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile technology TL 50 1.60 Ghz.It does not show CPU speed for each core separately,is this normal for my model??
     
    max 0401, Dec 28, 2006
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    This is standard yes.
     
    SSX4life, Dec 28, 2006
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