Can you lower the multiplier on a Q6600 G0 Revision

[nlel1975]

If so how ? I tried on my Gigabyte P35-DS3L but when I wanted it to boot at 394*8 it booted at 394*9. Can you lower the multiplier on these CPUs? Do I need to have speedstep enabled or something?

Thanks.

 

[nlel1975]

You can lower the Multi on any Intel or AMD CPU.

When I tried lowering the multi on my Q6600 to 394*8 it ran it at 394*9 and booted at 3.5ghz... I`m guessing that I need speedstep enabled or something as I currently have it disabled.

Anyone know for sure what the score is with my setup.

 

[nlel1975]

I do not have Speedstep Enabled.

There is a few other settings to turn Off but I cant remember their names.

Its strange I had the same problem with a mates E6700 and P35C-DS3R board when I lowered the multi in the BIOS it did nothing - Windows reported the CPU speed as if at the default multi.

Anyone with a Gigabyte board have the same problem and is there a fix.

 

[nlel1975]

Ahh ok got you, Intel are weird, it will always read the Multi as the stock one so 9x.

Try loading up the newest CPU-Z it will show you the correct readings.

Ok thanks so when I set my Q6600 to 375*8 it will report the speed in Windows as 3.375 but will actually be reported correctly as 3ghz by CPU_Z...

Thanks I understand now