T7300 @ 2.0GHz, 1.2GHZ

Fortyonethirty · 1st October 2007, 10:40 AM

When I click on properties on my computer it says:

T7300 @ 2.00GHz
1.2GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM

What does the 1.2GHz mean? Is the processor running under clock speed? I thought maybe I have some power saving option enabled somewhere or something?

SLATYE · 1st October 2007, 10:41 AM

It just means that SpeedStep is running the CPU at low speed to save power.

If you do something stressful (like 32M SuperPI) it'll go back up to 2Ghz (you might need to use CPU-Z to show the CPU speed in real-time).

wwwww · 1st October 2007, 11:59 AM

This really should be stickied, the question has been asked hundreds of times.

SLATYE · 1st October 2007, 12:03 PM

It is stickied in the Intel hardware forum. Unfortunately people tend not to read that.

1st October 2007, 10:40 AM	#1
Fortyonethirty Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,021	T7300 @ 2.0GHz, 1.2GHZ When I click on properties on my computer it says: T7300 @ 2.00GHz 1.2GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM What does the 1.2GHz mean? Is the processor running under clock speed? I thought maybe I have some power saving option enabled somewhere or something?

1st October 2007, 10:41 AM	#2
SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 21,040	It just means that SpeedStep is running the CPU at low speed to save power. If you do something stressful (like 32M SuperPI) it'll go back up to 2Ghz (you might need to use CPU-Z to show the CPU speed in real-time). __________________ Main system: Pentium-D 805 \| 1GB (2x 512MB) PQI DDR400 \| Gigabyte 8I865GMK-775 \| Xtreama Radeon 9800Pro with Zalman ZM-80HP-D \| 320GB WD SATA HDD \| Antec SmartPower 2.0 500w Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600

1st October 2007, 12:03 PM	#4
SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 21,040	It is stickied in the Intel hardware forum. Unfortunately people tend not to read that. __________________ Main system: Pentium-D 805 \| 1GB (2x 512MB) PQI DDR400 \| Gigabyte 8I865GMK-775 \| Xtreama Radeon 9800Pro with Zalman ZM-80HP-D \| 320GB WD SATA HDD \| Antec SmartPower 2.0 500w Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600

1st October 2007, 11:59 AM	#3
wwwww Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pattaya, Thailand Posts: 2,135	This really should be stickied, the question has been asked hundreds of times.