Vista Tutorial - I have a C2D E6600 which says 2.4 Mhz

but the CPUZ says 1.6, is that a motherboard limitation? or am i not quite set up in the BIOS to get all the clock speed out of the CPU?

or is CPUZ wrong? or what can i do to get the most out of my CPU? see attachment

thanks

sportsguy

Its because of Speedstep and C1E these are settings in the BIOS that automatically change the multiplier of your cpu.

Its to save energy and reduce heat in your pc. For instance when your not doing anything on your pc the multiplier used will be 6. So your fsb x6 = cpu frequency

For that cpu it would be 266 x6 = 1596

When you play a game it would use the x9 multiplier or when you open a folder it may use the x7 or x8 multiplier

To have a constent x9 multiplier just go into the BIOS and disable Speedstep and C1E under your cpu settings.