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    AMD Athlon 64 3200+ speed

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by pmorkert, Feb 26, 2006.

  1. pmorkert

    pmorkert Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just bought an HP zv6000 with an AMD Athlon 64 3200+, and it's clock speed it supposed to be around 2.2ghz, but windows says it is 498mhz, Always, even when plugged in. Does anybody know why this is?

    Thanks
     
    pmorkert, Feb 26, 2006
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The A64 3200+ runs at 2.0GHz. Windows XP regularly reports inaccurate clock speeds especially in processors which have advanced power saving features (Cool n Quiet - which basically slows down the cpu and reduces the voltage and dynamically alters the speed as and when needed, it will do this whether you are on battery or A/C power).

    Search through MS knowledge base, although they acknowledge this isue they havent really bothered to fix it.

    If you want to chek the clock speed real time then use a third party tool like CPU-Z or try AMD Dashboard Demo.
     
    miner, Feb 26, 2006
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