my new E8500 is running at 2.67Ghz (?)

[imported_Field]

i have vista home premium and i took some of the ram out of my old computer that is the same speed and timing as the new stuff G.Skill DDR2 PC2 6400 with 5-5-5-15 timings so i have a whopping but probably not very well utilized 6GB of ram i thought that was kind of funny

but then i look in peformance and maintenance and look at some stuff teh computer says when it is booting up and it says that my stock 3.16Ghz processor is running at only 2.67Ghz what is this crap? i did disable any power conservation junk in my windows options but is there a speedstep thing that might be enabled on this motherboard? eh?

[Wizrdwarts]

Re: my new E8500 is running at 2.67Ghz (?)

Did you disable it in BIOS? There should be entries for C1E and EIST, disable those.

[Warhawk]

Re: my new E8500 is running at 2.67Ghz (?)

Does your processor run at 3.16Ghz under stress? thats all that really matters unless your hardcore overclocking.

[Shawn Zipay]

Re: my new E8500 is running at 2.67Ghz (?)

It's probably a setting in the BIOS you'd need to look at. Why don't you want the underclocking functionality though? It saves on power and reduces heat output when you aren't using those extra few MHz.

[Hellsent 2.0]

Re: my new E8500 is running at 2.67Ghz (?)

intel speedstepping..turn it off in teh BIOS....Also C1E.....Speedstep is something to conserve power when youre not on full load...

Running a processor at high clock speeds allows for better performance. However, when the same processor is run at a lower frequency, it generates less heat and consumes less power. In many cases, the core voltage can also be reduced, further reducing power consumption and heat generation. This can conserve battery power in notebooks, extend processor life, and reduce noise generated by variable-speed fans. By using SpeedStep, users can select the balance of power conservation and performance that best suits them, or even change the clock speed dynamically as the processor burden changes.

[=98=]

Re: my new E8500 is running at 2.67Ghz (?)

Yeah, you need to disable both "Intel Speedstep" and "C1E Advanced Halt State" or things along those lines.

[AvalancheDiode]

Re: my new E8500 is running at 2.67Ghz (?)

My guess is that your E8500 is too powerful that it runs at lower clock speed on SpeedStep (an Intel patent technology that reduces clock speed while idle). Get HyperPi or WPrime and run it through as a test to monitor CPU clock using CPU-Z. If the problem persist, then something in the BOIS is wrong.