is this normal? 9550 overclock

kiel367 · 7 Mar 2010 at 11:56

running windows 7 64bit and i have just upped my clock speed in the bios to a 3.3, now windows 7 still reports it as being standard, and cpuz is reporting my clock speed is 2.3!! anyone have any clues as its showing up in bios that its 3.3

calico · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:00

Silly question did you save the new settings in bios?

Cal.

kiel367 · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:01

yeh its saved in bios lol its strange

neblemak · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:05

What does cpuz say under load? Sounds like its just speedstep reducing the multiplyer when its at idle.

calico · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:08

Is this underload? As speedstep if active will turn down the multiplier and drop your overall speed when your doing low intensity stuff ie surfing, word processing and the likes. This is a powersaving part of the bios.

kiel367 · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:14

it does seem to go up when under load, i did check on the bios and theres no option to disable speedstep unless its labelled under something else

neblemak · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:16

May be called C1E or EIST.

To be honest, if your overclock is stable, you may as well leave it enabled though. Saves some power.

kiel367 · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:17

as is save the world kinda save power? lol

kiel367 · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:24

ok so i disabled speedstep, it was called c1e but its still doing the same thing lol

calico · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:56

What motherboard are you using?

Cal.

kiel367 · 7 Mar 2010 at 13:02

asus p5kpl-am epu

calico · 7 Mar 2010 at 18:17

On my Asus board speedstep is only available when you set the cpu ratio control to auto, where you can either enable or disable it and is located in the cpu configuration menu of the bios.