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    Is this right?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Xens, May 2, 2006.

  1. Xens

    Xens Notebook Consultant

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    My Core Duo 2.0G is running at 997.6mhz on both core 1 and core 2 according to CPU-Z. Is this the design or a defect?
     
    Xens, May 2, 2006
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  2. Ice-Tea

    Ice-Tea MXM Guru NBR Reviewer

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    Hi,

    When idle your CPU throttles down to preserve power. All is fine.

    Ice-Tea
     
    Ice-Tea, May 2, 2006
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    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    Seems correct
     
    gridtalker, May 2, 2006
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    shadow85 Notebook Evangelist

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    intel stepping =)
     
    shadow85, May 11, 2006
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  5. USAFdude02

    USAFdude02 NBR Reviewer & Deity NBR Reviewer

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    That is running at full-speed. Dual-core...997.6Mhz x 2 = ~2.0Ghz. So that is right. :p
     
    USAFdude02, May 11, 2006
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    Mysticales Notebook Evangelist

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    Boy you make it sound like its not supposed to go past that lol... like 2 GHZ means 2 seperate 1 GHZ cores to = 2 GHZ

    Unless I am mistaken? I mean I would think that each core has the ability to run at 2 GHZ each. Unless I am mistaken in what I am learning about Duo Cores lol.
     
    Mysticales, May 11, 2006
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  7. USAFdude02

    USAFdude02 NBR Reviewer & Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Sorry...you are correct. It is running at half what it could be. Due to speedstepping most likely. :) Good catch. :p

    Too many posts...brain is frying. :)
     
    USAFdude02, May 11, 2006
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