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    cpu speed question

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gabrieles84, Sep 22, 2007.

  1. gabrieles84

    gabrieles84 Newbie

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    Hello, i wonder if it's normal that my cpu (T7300 on vostro 1500) run @ 2.0 ghz, with battery and in idle status...this because i've always thought that the speed in this case should be reduced to keep longer battery lasting... i used nhc and i8kfangui as monitoring software....
    thanks
    ps. i don't know if it's important but my os is windows xp home edition...maybe it don't support speed changing??
     
    gabrieles84, Sep 22, 2007
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  2. frazell

    frazell Notebook Deity

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    monitor with CPU-Z as i8K doesn't do it right on Vista... I don't know about NBHC...

    www.cpuid.com
     
    frazell, Sep 22, 2007
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    gabrieles84 Newbie

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    thank you very much, cpu-z show the frequency in realtime and it change :D
     
    gabrieles84, Sep 22, 2007
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    000111 Atari Master

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    in i8kfangui i went to options/status reading and changed read current cpu speed to real time calculation. this worked for me. some say it differs from cpu-z, though.
     
    000111, Sep 22, 2007
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    benzino Newbie

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    Apparently the displayed clock rate is not true.
    See my thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=172094
    Try CPU-Z and post your results please.
    Benzino
     
    benzino, Sep 23, 2007
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