T7100(1.8GHz) running at 1.6GHz

Hi,

My laptop just came in today and I'm checking the specs with CPU-Z.

I have an intel core 2 duo t7100 @ 1.80 GHZ listed, however the Core Speed is only listed as 1596Mhz, about 1.6GHz.

Can someone explain to me why this is happening or if it SHOULD be happening?



Thanks!

edit:

ALSO, CPU-Z says my max ram bandwidth is PC2-5300 (333MHz) even though Dell said it shipped the computer with 2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 DIMM.

Am I missing something here?!

 

Uh oh...that is not good. I believe even if you are in power save mode, CPU-Z should be telling you the full speed of your processor.

Go into control panel, system, device manager, and look under where it says "processors"

It should tell you the processor and speed installed in your system.

Hope there is not a goof up!

 

interesting. it looks like the processor automatically drops to 1.6ghz when I'm not doing much, but I resized this window and watched it jump to 1.8ghz.

ha, thats pretty weird. I don't think I like it. I'd rather be able to have it at 1.8 all the time if I want. i like the battery saving feature, but it should be something that I have control of

However, the issue with the RAM still exists. PC2-5300 isn't the 667MHz ram I asked for, is it?

 

The RAM is fine. If you want to know just search the forum, PPL are always asking that question.

 

its dual channel ram so each channel cuts in half when in that mode. their total is additive which is 667 (333.3 + 333.3) effectively. If it was single channel its 667 effective. the dual channel mode while it appears to slow it down, is actually faster. As for your processor, its just being energy efficient, its ok.

 

oh, thanks..

sorry about the newbity. ;-) i really shoulda searched the forums about the ram thing, though...i usually yell at people for not doing that, too

 

Looks like all is good then! I forget about XP, but in Vista you can set it to run 100% all of the time. Thats good especially if it is plugged in.

Maybe there is something similar in XP

 

Not a prob. man, I just didn't want to try and explain it since I don't fully understand it.

 

Sorry to have to jump on this but the answer is wrong. Not that the RAM is the wrong RAM it is fine but the explanation. Terms are getting confused and mixed up. 1st "Dual Channel" has to do with buss width not speed in anyway. Single Channel is a 64 bit buss dual is 128 bit buss. The "additive" aspect mentioned is the "Double Data Rate" DDR. The 333X2 is 667(666), the RAM buss is in fact working at 333Mhz but because the RAM is DDR and can function on both the rising and falling of the cycle it is effectively 667. So you are good as said but for different reasons. Hope this helps.