Mittens Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 (edited) ***RESOLVED*** Hello, I am new here and new to OC'ing in general. I have tried the search function but I wasn't able to find the answer to my specific issue. If I omit any pertinent info in my post please let me know and I will post it. My Specs are: 2x XFX 8800GT G92 512MB SLI XFX 680i LT SLI (nForce chipset) C2D E7200 @ 2.53 Ghz (M0) <--- supposedly 4x Corsair PC2-6400 RAM 5-5-5-18 2T 2x 150GB WD Raptor 10000RPM HDD Creative XFI Fatal1ty edition 1000W Modular PSU (I can't remember the brand, it isn't terrible) Antec 900 case Bios: Phoenix v. 6.00 PG 20 - 30 fps average WHY is my core speed only 1600 Mhz??? My problem is I have been experiencing below average FPS in source games (particularly TF2) for my system spec. I have spent 3 weeks playing with settings,drivers, DX versions, reformatting etc. So I am inclined to believe that the problem is on a system/hardware level. (I have optimized the cvars and backed the game down a few notches from what it recommended for my system. My friends with the same settings and comparable drivers are getting higher fps on lower specs. It is not my connection I get 25Mbps down 1Mbp up and it is stable, I get low latency 30 t0 50 ms and only get any choke when there is lots of action and my damn computer can't keep up) I have tried a little bit of OC and I noticed something odd: My multiplier is stuck to 6x. I thought my CPU multiplier was set to 9.5 and Bus to 266Mhz but it seems to be 6.0 and 266Mhz. My CPU runs about 60 C maybe a little more under heavy load (stock cooling). I bought a can of compressed "air" to clean out any dust but have yet to do it. In my BIOS TM1 and TM2 are turned off. Did I get a bad chip or something? Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated. Edited September 23, 2009 by Mittens Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBags Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 first off, I'm not a Intel guy (i've been amd since I got into computers) so i'm not 100% on intel's lingo. But, like AMD's Cool'N'Quiet, Intel has a function that clocks down the CPU to save energy and produce less heat... I believe it is called SpeedStep? you might want to disable this in BIOS to stop it from downclocking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 Are you checking the CPU speed under load? It'll throttle down at idle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 I have tried a little bit of OC and I noticed something odd: My multiplier is stuck to 6x. I thought my CPU multiplier was set to 9.5 and Bus to 266Mhz but it seems to be 6.0 and 266Mhz. Do you have a screen like this: ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zertz Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 It's SpeedStep and C1E coming into play to save power. It is perfectly normal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mittens Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 Thanks for the replies so far. I just ran both toast and prime95 for about 10 minutes each and my mulitplier and core speed did not budge the entire time. I checked in Task Manager and cpu load was 100% and it took a while to even get into Task Manager under the load. Core speed did not go above 1600.2 Mhz and Multiplier stayed at 6.0. Is it a power issue? Do you have a screen like this: ? My BIOS looks very similar to that however the top 3 lines are grayed out and unselectable. Unlike the picture above I cannot select the multiplier line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mittens Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 Not to bump but I just checked my BIOS: Nvida GPU Ex is enabled Limit CPUID Max Val is disabled Intel SpeedStep is disabled PPM Mode is Native CPU Thermal Control is disabled C1E Enhanced Halt State is disabled Execute Disable Bit is enabled All these options have not been changed since I reformatted last week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mittens Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 I flashed my BIOS to version P08A and I can now select a manual multi from 6x -9x!! Though this still isn't quite stock speed (2.4Ghz vs 2.53Ghz) I plan to OC the FSB to more than make up for it. It may not be as good an OC'er as a E7200 with a stock multi it still should do well. I poured through the XFX site and I guess the 680i LT SLI didn't OFFICIALLY support the E7200. They supported every chip from E6XXX to E8XXX and beyond but I think the E7200 was unique in having a multi of 9.5 rather than 9.0 or whatever. I got the mobo at a GREAT deal so I will have to be more careful with my next build. Thanks so much to everyone who weighed in and gave me tips on what to do, it really helped me narrow down the last variable. I plan to post my first OC experience tomorrow! -J Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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