Zangetsu

Hey,

I just bought a new CPU - AMD Athlon X2 5000+ - and something caught my eyes. I looked at Everest and I saw that my Hypertransport clockspeed is at 800 MHZ. Shouldn't that be at 1000 MHZ? And could someone check this screenshot so you could tell me if there is something wrong or not.



I also went to my bios to check if everything was alright. I took a look at my CPU - NB link speed and it was at "Auto". You had choices from 200 till 1000 MHZ. Should I put it at 1000 MHZ?

Thanks.

Zangetsu

lovely?

does it clock up and down for power saving issues? idk but it shouldnt hurt to set it to 1000 mhz

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taylormsj

Looks like AMD cool 'n' quiet is enabled

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Zangetsu

This is what I get if i Disable Cool'n'quiet:



The only difference is the Effective and the Real clock speed.

But, the northbridge clock speed equals to the FSB clock speed and my FSB = 200 MHZ, right? If so, and if put my CPU - NB to 1000 MHz, wouldn't I have like a huge CPU clock speed?

taylormsj

AMD's dont have a FSB, well they call it HT, and fsb is worked out by dividing the total FSB by 4, so your bus speed would be 250 MHz for a 1000 MHz HT link

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Zangetsu

So... If I put my FSB to 250, I will get like 3.0 GHZ instead of 2.6 ghz... That's not right. I am confused... Please help.

taylormsj

if you up your FSB t 250 your clock speed would be

250 times your multiplier, which in this case is 13,

so 250 x 13 is 3.25 GHz

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E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) | 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz | 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) | Coolermaster CM 690 | Hiper 530 watt | Maxtor 160 Gb | D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one

lovely?

think your computer can handle 3.25 ghz? it would probably make for a nice speed boost lol

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E4500 @ 2.93GHZ
ASUS P5K-DELUXE
2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15
eVGA 8800GT
OZC GameXStream 700W PSU
320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE

Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

Zangetsu

That's not really the point. I mean, shouldn't my HT speed be on 1000 MHZ?

taylormsj

i dont know, where have u read that its supposed to?

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E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) | 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz | 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) | Coolermaster CM 690 | Hiper 530 watt | Maxtor 160 Gb | D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one