OC'ing---CPUz question

[raoul_1101]

Hey everyone.. It's been a while since I've been here. but I'm back with a question...
My Intel processor came under clocked (of course), with the multiplier only at 6 rather than 9, which gives me the speed its advertised as (Q6600 @2.4 GHz), so of course, I put the multiplier up to 9. However, when I run CPU-Z, the core speed darts back and forth between 1600 and 2400 MHz, and the multiplier between 6 and 9.... Does this mean that every couple seconds the processor is slowing down only to speed back up seconds later? Or is there something wrong with CPU-Z?

-I had this problem with my E6400 a ways back, maybe somehow i did something wrong?

thanks all

 

[Kornowski]

Its called CIE1 I think. Its like AMD's speedstep. It underclocks your CPU when its not being used. Its no problem

 

[raoul_1101]

ok cool, thanks for clearing that up

 

[Kornowski]

You can turn it off in the bios if you want too.

 

[WhiteFireDragon]

the q6600 underclocks iteself when idle. this is a good thing so i would just leave it since you're CPU wont be working at full load all the time... only when needed...

 

[Ambushed]

How much did you get your clock speed up to with your Q6600? Just for pure interest.

 

[Geoff]

It's not underclocked from the factory, it's Intel's power saving feature which lowers the multiplier and voltage.

 

[Interested]

its Called SpeedStep. It's called EIST in BIOS.