Garth14217 Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 I'm a little confused about something. I have a dual core E2220 rated at 2.4g So If I'm running a 266 fsb @ 10x it should be 2.66g, right? Well, I'm showing 3.19g which would be a 12x multiplier. I read on the guide here that my chip is locked at 12x, but when I put in a 12x multiplier in my bios I can't boot, and it's showing the 10x multiplier in CPU-z. Here's a screenshot that might explain better... Notice that in Sandra I'm showing 3.19, but in CPU-Z it's showing the 10x x 266. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 Forget Sandra, believe CPU-Z Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
malmsteenisgod Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 What I think is happening is that it really is at 266x12, but you have that power saving option turned on (can't remember the name of it) so that when your computer is idle it drops the multiplier to 10. So Sandra is showing what you have your chip set to which is 266x12...but wait...your bios says it's 266x10 and you can't change it to 12? Now you have me confused. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garth14217 Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 Yeah, the speedstep, but i turned that off I think. I'm not sure why I can't change it to 12 if it's supposedly locked at 12. That's what is baffling me too. I'm benching pretty good with it the way it is, and just tightened up my ram timings a bit, so all is good. I'm more curious than anything else now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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