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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: theChameleon on August 04, 2009, 01:52:25 AM

Title: 3.2GHz running at 2.8GHz sometimes. how do i fix it?
Post by: theChameleon on August 04, 2009, 01:52:25 AM

hello, i have a P4 3.2GHz processor... checks in BIOS and Windows' Properties show that it is a 3.2GHz processor.

but using CPUZ, it shows that the processor runs at 2.8GHz sometimes.

how do i ensure that it runs at 3.2GHz all the time?

Title: Re: 3.2GHz running at 2.8GHz sometimes. how do i fix it?
Post by: patio on August 04, 2009, 07:06:37 AM

Some P4's had CPU throttling...the speed adjusted to the running tasks at the moment.

Title: Re: 3.2GHz running at 2.8GHz sometimes. how do i fix it?
Post by: computeruler on August 04, 2009, 02:14:48 PM

If you want it to run at 3.2 all the time then run prime 95 although I dont see why you would need it to be that way if you dont need it all