Marcin541 Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 It shows different speeds at different times. Im pretty sure its working at 2.2GHz or whatever 3700 is, because its not as slow as 800MHz, but what is causing it to show such low speed? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 Could you be more specific, what speeds does it show, when, how are you checking these speeds etc? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin541 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 Sorry forgot to upload pic Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 It is possible that your fsb is set very low, check in your bios to see what it's set at, default is 200. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 is it like that all the time or when you run a cpu intensive app. does it go to the correct speed. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin541 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 after playing a game Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 Does the computer slow down to the point where it feels like it really is running at 263 mhz because if not maybe its just reading it wrong somehow. On a sidenote I would recommened you get something instead of mcafee, like kaspersky or panda. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin541 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 No it seems to be running at the correct speed, i mean the game i play cannot be run on anything below like 400mhz, and it appears to be good. Mcafee is good for me, I have had it since my ISP gave me a year trial back in august, but apparently it expired in march, dunno how, dunno why, but i still get updates on my other pc's and it doenst say it expired, but i cant download it from the site, so i download manually Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 13, 2006 CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9485_9487%5E10272,00.html all you need to know.. A little better explaination.. http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/128 Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin541 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 nope thats not it, im reading the manual to the bios now, hopefully that will help Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin541 Posted February 13, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 13, 2006 no clue how to change that either. My head hurts already, ill let it be Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted February 14, 2006 CID Share Posted February 14, 2006 i think its the amd cool and quit tech but i dont know if mine has that and its a 3500+ but oh well Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 14, 2006 CID Share Posted February 14, 2006 if it is speed steping.. which is what basically coolnquite is then that is what you are seeing.. sometime it will be only running at 800mhz other times, like gaming, it will run at full speed.. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 *had same prob* go into ur bios, load optimized defaults then save, restart go to bios again, set things how u like them, then save, restart, should be okay. Thanks, Tim Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 you either need to adjust ur fsb and the multiplier or turn off the cool and quiet feature of the processor - my runs constantly at 2.2ghz Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 How well do your 3700's overclock? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted February 15, 2006 CID Share Posted February 15, 2006 they overclock decent - it very much so depends on all ur other components, mainly your motherboard/ram and power supply....well thats prett much all of them hehehe LOL - but they do good - some people have more luck than others and are able to go as high as 2.75ghz on stock voltage while others are already at like 1.60v at that speed.....it varies the skill and patience are also a big factor here Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/11253-amd-3700-shows-wrong-cpu-speed/#findComment-118399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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