New E8400 clock reads 2.0GHz....

[GuitarFreak1857]

I don't understand why it's reading 2.0GHz. I'm very new with intel if anyone could help that'd be great! The BIOS says it's 3.0Ghz... did superpi 1M in 14 seconds

 

[veg1992]

In the sticky in Building Performance Systems

http://www.techist.com/forums/f76/speedstep-cool-quiet-technology-explained-165312/

 

[peterhuang913]

Sigh... nobody reads the stickies or search before they post...

 

[nOcLuE98]

it isnt that. how old is your mobo?
update with new bios. my old 650i couldnt boot with anything other than a 6x multi either. check that first.

 

[peterhuang913]

it isnt that. how old is your mobo?
update with new bios. my old 650i couldnt boot with anything other than a 6x multi either. check that first.

It isn't that? The change in multiplier is from 8x to 6x. Please consider before posting...

 

[nOcLuE98]

actually from 9x to 6x.

and how am I wrong? without a bios update, the board might not be able to recognize the new chip. so it boots at a lower multi. that is what my board did. first thing I checked was speedstep, but it wasnt on.

 

[peterhuang913]

Sorry. I suck at math. But it's definitely EIST.

@Poster: Run SuperPI and screenshot cpu-z during the superpi.

 

[GuitarFreak1857]

Sorry. I suck at math. But it's definitely EIST.

@Poster: Run SuperPI and screenshot cpu-z during the superpi.

reads as 3.0GHZ now, but the 1M calculation was 1s slower

 

[veg1992]

it was Speedstep

 

[nOcLuE98]

ahh. the speedstep team wins.

I guess I keep hanging on to the idea that people will actually read, and check that....