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    Q9000 CPU clock speed @ 1.98 when OC'ed during gaming

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by grendelswr, Aug 25, 2009.

  1. grendelswr

    grendelswr Notebook Geek

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    Last night, I decided to check my temps real quick while playing L4D. I opened up OCCT just to see what it was getting. The temps all seems fine (55-65 C) but I noticed that the CPU was sitting stable at a little less than 2.0

    I'm a little confused because when I ran OCCT after OC'ing, it was pretty stable at 2.4 ghz. Does anyone know whats going on?
     
    grendelswr, Aug 25, 2009
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    Either you changed the power setting or woke your computer from sleep. That said, it's unlikely you'd notice a difference while playing a game.
     
    anothergeek, Aug 25, 2009
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    EviLCorsaiR Asura

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    You may have put it into power saver by accident.
     
    EviLCorsaiR, Aug 25, 2009
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    speedstep will downclock my p8400 when overclocked and idle.
     
    sgilmore62, Aug 25, 2009
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  5. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    Stealth mode
    speed step
    power saver mode can all downclock it
     
    The_Moo™, Aug 25, 2009
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  6. grendelswr

    grendelswr Notebook Geek

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    When you are idle and have OCCT running, is the CPU frequency current/overclock supposed to be stable? Mine read 2.410 but then drop to 1927 and +20.5% to -3.6% respectively. They keep fluctuating
     
    grendelswr, Aug 25, 2009
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    speedstep will cause it to downclock whenever possible for lower energy consumption and less heat.
     
    sgilmore62, Aug 25, 2009
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    Ethrem Notebook Prophet

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    Is there a way to shut off speedstep in the BIOS? If there is, I would do it. Speedstep can cause a lot of havoc with overclocked systems. Learned that the hard way with my desktop.
     
    Ethrem, Aug 25, 2009
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    You aren't "idle" and have OCCT running at the same time.
     
    Ovrclck350, Aug 25, 2009
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    You can force your processor to 100% fulltime with the power settings, but it will pointlessly increase temps and energy consumption. Speedstep is quick and does the job for you.
     
    anothergeek, Aug 26, 2009
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    Sorry, I meant idle with occt open JUST to see the cpu/gpu temps and overclock.
     
    grendelswr, Aug 26, 2009
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