why?

[alyoob]

i bought a computer in feburary 2005 and the box says computer processor speed operates at 2.40 ghz and on the system properties it says 1.81ghz what is wrong. also Do i need anymore ram or is it enough.

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 061
System Model PP164AA-ABA a810n
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 12 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2411 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.04, 10/29/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name YOUR-03667082DE\HP_Owner
Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 88.05 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 921.32 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

[TheChef]

Download CPUz from http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php and open it. Tell us what the multiplier and FSB are running at.

 

[DaShit]

does INTEL chips have a cool and quiet feature like AMD? that might be it, but im not sure if they do

 

[Praetor]

does INTEL chips have a cool and quiet feature like AMD? that might be it, but im not sure if they do

Yep


Can u provide an HP link to the PC?

 

[alyoob]

here is the information

CPU-Z Report

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CPU-Z version 1.31.


CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 1

Name AMD Athlon 64 3300+
Code Name NewCastle
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3300+
Family / Model / Stepping F C 0
Extended Family / Model F C
Brand ID 4
Package Socket 754
Core Stepping DH7-CG
Technology 0.13 µ
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, x86-64
CPU Clock Speed 1808.4 MHz
Clock multiplier x 9.0
HTT Bus Frequency 200.9 MHz
L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 256 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 1808.4 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 128 bits



Mainboard and chipset
Motherboard manufacturer ASUSTek Computer INC.
Motherboard model Salmon, 1.04
BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS revision 3.04
BIOS release date 10/29/2004
Chipset SiS 760 rev. 02
Southbridge SiS 964 rev. 36




Memory
DRAM Type DDR-SDRAM
DRAM Size 384 MBytes
DRAM Frequency 200.9 MHz
FSBRAM CPU/9
CAS# Latency 3.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge 3 clocks
Cycle Time (TRAS) 8 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (TRC) 11 clocks
DRAM Idle Timer 16 clocks



Software
Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX version 9.0c

 

[MCanavan6]

I have an AMD that is 2.40ghz and was running at 1.0ghz. Go to control panel>>>performance and maintenance>>>power options>>>under power schemes select home/office desk.

 

[alyoob]

why does it do that?

 

[Praetor]

why does it do that?

See here