Author: Jouni Uski
Date: 03:05:53 12/30/04
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On December 30, 2004 at 05:26:45, Aaron Gordon wrote: >On December 30, 2004 at 01:22:24, Joseph Merolle wrote: > >>I installed a throttle watch and noticed my clock speed moves a bit in a game. >>When I am off line its stay some what consitent using all its cpu power. However >>when I am playing or analizing on line some times my cpu is kicking out half the >>mhz. Is this normal? >> >>I have no viruses and I dont run any other aplication other then net scape and >>shredder. >> >> >>Regards Joseph > >Depends on your CPU. If it is a P4 and is dropping down, it is most likely too >hot and trying to save itself from death. If it is an Athlon 64 it most likely >has CnQ (Cool'n'Quiet) enabled. This reduces clock speed when the CPU isn't >under load to keep the CPU running cool. You can disable that in tbe bios >usually. The P4 overheating problem, well, you'll just need to get a new >heatsink/fan in that situation. > >I hear the P4-3.6 and P4-3.8GHz chips run so hot with regular cooling that they >throttle in everything.. so basically without water cooling you'll be back to >p4-2.8ghz speeds and running a nice 'n toasty 80C cpu temp. My both P4-2.4 CPU are about 34C after 10 hours use! Jouni
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