Vista - Unable to Overclock in x64

**smarteyeball** · 07-31-2009

Do you have the AMD equivalent to speedstep/c1e enabled?

ie the clocks drop to a lower speed when not under load.

**attica61** · 07-31-2009

Your the man! That was it! Future reference it's called AMD Cool N Quiet (i had to google it) It was enabled. I disabled this feature reboot and bam all settings see the system at 3.1Ghz now. Time to see how far i can push this baby!

One last question. Is it odd that my memory shows at only 400Mhz even when it's rated at 800Mhz? im guessing it has something to do with it being DDR2 and maybe that's just how it shows.

**archie123** · 08-01-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by attica61

Your the man! That was it! Future reference it's called AMD Cool N Quiet (i had to google it) It was enabled. I disabled this feature reboot and bam all settings see the system at 3.1Ghz now. Time to see how far i can push this baby!

One last question. Is it odd that my memory shows at only 400Mhz even when it's rated at 800Mhz? im guessing it has something to do with it being DDR2 and maybe that's just how it shows.

cool and quiet software only underclocks your cpu when its not on load , if you ran a game or high cpu drain program you would see your overclock kick in automatically

that said your better of with anything like that disabled if your overclocking

your memory is DDR2 so its 400 x2 which equals 800

**attica61** · 08-01-2009

LOL ok makes sense. Thanks again ever for the help. Hope i can return the favor to someone some day.

07-31-2009	#11 (permalink)
smarteyeball Vista Ultimate SP2 x64 : Seven Ultimate x64 1,692 posts	Re: Unable to Overclock in x64 Do you have the AMD equivalent to speedstep/c1e enabled? ie the clocks drop to a lower speed when not under load.
My System Specs

07-31-2009	#12 (permalink)
attica61 Vista Home Premium x64 7 posts	Re: Unable to Overclock in x64 Your the man! That was it! Future reference it's called AMD Cool N Quiet (i had to google it) It was enabled. I disabled this feature reboot and bam all settings see the system at 3.1Ghz now. Time to see how far i can push this baby! One last question. Is it odd that my memory shows at only 400Mhz even when it's rated at 800Mhz? im guessing it has something to do with it being DDR2 and maybe that's just how it shows.
My System Specs

08-01-2009	#13 (permalink)
archie123 Vista Home Premium 64bit SP2 1,745 posts	Re: Unable to Overclock in x64 Quote: Originally Posted by attica61 Your the man! That was it! Future reference it's called AMD Cool N Quiet (i had to google it) It was enabled. I disabled this feature reboot and bam all settings see the system at 3.1Ghz now. Time to see how far i can push this baby! One last question. Is it odd that my memory shows at only 400Mhz even when it's rated at 800Mhz? im guessing it has something to do with it being DDR2 and maybe that's just how it shows. cool and quiet software only underclocks your cpu when its not on load , if you ran a game or high cpu drain program you would see your overclock kick in automatically that said your better of with anything like that disabled if your overclocking your memory is DDR2 so its 400 x2 which equals 800
My System Specs

08-01-2009	#14 (permalink)
attica61 Vista Home Premium x64 7 posts	Re: Unable to Overclock in x64 LOL ok makes sense. Thanks again ever for the help. Hope i can return the favor to someone some day.
My System Specs

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