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Mucky_Pup

Mucky_Pup

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OK, so I finally get Vista working now, and CPUZ is showing two things which I don't think are right:

It's showing my Core Speed at 2000, with a multiplier of 6, and my ram is showing up as PC-2 64000, when it should be 8500.

Anyone know what I Should be doing to rectify these?

Cheers.
 
So you used CPU-Z on your XP install before and it showed something different?

Speedstep is an intel power saving feature that reduces your CPU's MHz to use less power when your PC is idle or doing basic tasks.

Regarding RAM: Looks like your memory divider is wrong and you need to change it accordingly.

Here is a SS of CPU-Z on my PC, note my CPU is a E6750 (2.66GHz CPU):

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fobose said:
So you used CPU-Z on your XP install before and it showed something different?

Speedstep is an intel power saving feature that reduces your CPU's MHz to use less power when your PC is idle or doing basic tasks.
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Yeah, it showed excatly as stock, 2.83ghz.

Is there much need to disable the speedstep, because I'm not planning on overclocking as of yet, but am just wondering if it might cause a slowdown, on something like the GPU or something else, when playing games or encoding.

And with the RAM, would you do that in the BIOS? If so I'll probabley be lost there, altering system files isn't really my strong point, lol.

Thanks
 
Mucky_Pup said:
Is there much need to disable the speedstep, because I'm not planning on overclocking as of yet, but am just wondering if it might cause a slowdown, on something like the GPU or something else, when playing games or encoding.
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fobose said:
Speedstep is an intel power saving feature that reduces your CPU's MHz to use less power when your PC is idle or doing basic tasks.
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It will increase to 2.83GHz when you do something demanding like playing a game or encoding as you've said.

Mucky_Pup said:
And with the RAM, would you do that in the BIOS? If so I'll probabley be lost there, altering system files isn't really my strong point, lol.
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You need to change a setting in the bios. However, if you're not overclocking there is no need to change your RAM's speed, I would leave it at PC6400 as IIRC you wont benefit from faster ram with the default clock of your CPU (someone else care to confirm?).

Thats just me though. Its up to you though if you want your RAM running at its "rated" speed. What motherboard do you have, might be able to help tell you where the setting is in the bios (or someone else will if its not a similar motherboard to mine).
 
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