Is this overclocking, windows 7 feature?

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Metal Man 2

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When I check the highpermance power setting the cpu stays a little hotter and I have to adjust the fans. Just wondering if it was being slightly over clocked?
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No it's not overclocking. Its running your components at their rated speed and performance levels. When you lower your power levels to say "Power Saver", it underclocks your components to increase battery life in exchange for power.
 
I'll have to look more into this , when I do check the high performance button the "OCTUNER" from the motherboard shows that it is overclocking if i am reading it right. Maybe the OC tuner is causing it to over clock. By checking the HP button the cpu is running 96f with the fan set at 4 and when I check it the cpu goes to 104f .
 
when its in balanced mode it allows the energy saving systems of your computer to operate, such as pulling the multiplier down on idle on the cpu and voltage too, as well as possibly shutting off harddrives, putting the gpu into a energy saving state, etc.
 
This is the OC Tuner with the balanced power setting in the first picture. The second pic is with the high performance button checked, also with nothing else running , just one tab for the forum same as before, and the overclocking needle is in the yellow and the temps are going up. :confused:



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Metal Man 2 said:
This is the OC Tuner with the balanced power setting in the first picture. The second pic is with the high performance button checked, also with nothing else running , just one tab for the forum same as before, and the overclocking needle is in the yellow and the temps are going up. :confused:



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Your processors stock clock is at 3.2 Ghz.....

You are not understanding what the others have posted. When your computer is not checked for the windows "high performance" mode, it UNDERCLOCKS your components, i.e., your processor was at 800Mhz, one fourth of your processors STOCK potential at 3.2 Ghz.
 
No it isn't overclocking. Overclocking is running a component at a speed HIGHER than what it is rated for. If your CPU was running at 3.4Ghz it would be overclocked, when it's running at 3.2Ghz it's running at spec, when it's running at 800Mhz it's underclocked. It is CHANGING the operating speed of your processor, but it is not overclocking it. Does that help any?
 
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then it overclocks back to 3.2 with checking the highperformence tab? How do you UNDERCLOCK from a point and then get back to that point with out overclocking?
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let me try to explain this with some sort of analogy.

Say that there is an energy drink that allows you to run faster than you normally could. To put numbers to it, lets say the drink allows you to run 10 miles per hour, when your normal top speed is only 8 miles per hour.

So you don't tire yourself out, you dont run at full speed (8 miles per hour) everywhere. You may walk at 2 miles per hour. When needed, you are able to run your top speed of 8 miles per hour.

Only when you drink, you can go higher than your top speed, +2 miles per hour to be exact.



Similarly, in your computer, it has a NORMAL "top speed" which is your stock clock speed. In your case, it is 3.2 Ghz, as determined by your processor model. Your computer, in the Balanced Mode, is saying, " I dont need to be running at my top speed/top clock speed potential right now, I will UNDERCLOCK, or go my "walking" speed. When you select the High Performance mode, you tell your computer to go its top speed or, "running" speed.

An overclock would only mean when your computer runs over its top speed, or "running speed" similar to you drinking some energy drink, a computer can use a program or its BIOS to initiate a higher clock or "running" speed.



EDIT: Overclocking only refers to the faster clock speeds past your stock processing speed. It does not reflect the act of simply ramping up from a lower processing speed to your normal processing speed.
 
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It's not overclocking. the CPU will run at 3.2GHz, but AMD Cool'n'Quiet clocks down the CPU to 800mhz when it isn't under use to save power. When under use, the CPU will clock the CPU back up to it's rated frequency until it's not being used again.

Overclocking is complicated. The stock speed for my CPU is 2.9GHz, but I'm running it at 3.62GHz. That is overclocking.

The CPU still underclocked at 2.9GHz and still does so at 3.62GHz, but at 800MHz and 1GHz respectively.
 
Rocko said:
let me try to explain this with some sort of analogy.

Say that there is an energy drink that allows you to run faster than you normally could. To put numbers to it, lets say the drink allows you to run 10 miles per hour, when your normal top speed is only 8 miles per hour.

So you don't tire yourself out, you dont run at full speed (8 miles per hour) everywhere. You may walk at 2 miles per hour. When needed, you are able to run your top speed of 8 miles per hour.

Only when you drink, you can go higher than your top speed, +2 miles per hour to be exact.



Similarly, in your computer, it has a NORMAL "top speed" which is your stock clock speed. In your case, it is 3.2 Ghz, as determined by your processor model. Your computer, in the Balanced Mode, is saying, " I dont need to be running at my top speed/top clock speed potential right now, I will UNDERCLOCK, or go my "walking" speed. When you select the High Performance mode, you tell your computer to go its top speed or, "running" speed.

An overclock would only mean when your computer runs over its top speed, or "running speed" similar to you drinking some energy drink, a computer can use a program or its BIOS to initiate a higher clock or "running" speed.



EDIT: Overclocking only refers to the faster clock speeds past your stock processing speed. It does not reflect the act of simply ramping up from a lower processing speed to your normal processing speed.
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An analogy was going to be my next step, good explanation.

When your processor goes from 800mhz to 3200mhz it's just increasing the speed back to what it normally is. You seem to be confusing increasing the speed with overclocking. It is only overclocking if the speed achieved is higher than stock speeds. They are effectively the same, but mean two very different things.

If that and posts above don't clear things up, I'm hesitant to say it, but I call troll.
 
CardboardSword said:
An analogy was going to be my next step, good explanation.

When your processor goes from 800mhz to 3200mhz it's just increasing the speed back to what it normally is. You seem to be confusing increasing the speed with overclocking. It is only overclocking if the speed achieved is higher than stock speeds. They are effectively the same, but mean two very different things.

If that and posts above don't clear things up, I'm hesitant to say it, but I call troll.
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Ok , I thought about it a little more last night. Its not over clocking since "OVER CLOCKING" = Anything above its rated,stock,spec. clock number. I got that.
So , in the balanced mode my CPU is underclocked. Checking the performance tab "CLOCKS" it too my rated,stock,spec. rating. It brings up the clock speed to stock, but does not "OVERCLOCK". Yes , I was confusing the increase of speed with overclocking. I guess if look at the "uderclocked" ratings as "STOCK" (for get what the cpu says) then bumping up from that point would be overclocked, thats the way I was looking at it,:eek:. Now , I need to figure out why just running at my rated,stock,spec. "CLOCK" causes 10c increase in temps.Thanks for the help.
 
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It's running hotter because it's running faster. To continue the analogy of the running speed, you'll make yourself a lot hotter running than you will walking, and the faster you run, the hotter you'll get, the same applies to computer components.

If it helps, try thinking of it as when you running it in balanced mode it runs 10*c cooler, rather than high performance makes it hotter. Those settings are designed with laptops in mind too, so you don't really need to use anything but high performance unless you're trying to cut back on your power bill :P
 
CardboardSword said:
It's running hotter because it's running faster. To continue the analogy of the running speed, you'll make yourself a lot hotter running than you will walking, and the faster you run, the hotter you'll get, the same applies to computer components.

If it helps, try thinking of it as when you running it in balanced mode it runs 10*c cooler, rather than high performance makes it hotter. Those settings are designed with laptops in mind too, so you don't really need to use anything but high performance unless you're trying to cut back on your power bill :P
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I know its running hotter because its running faster:D Just dont like the cpu fan running at 8 out of 10 constently in this mode. I will have to check normal temps for the CPU , max temp is 62c, so I guess if I am in the 40c I am fine.
 
Yeah ok that's understandable. Are you using the stock cooler? An aftermarket cooler can be a fantastic upgrade if you're concerned about temps, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
 
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