CPU underclocked on Gigabyte 965P DS3

groth2757

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I've just built a new system and installed vista. In the bios, which is the latest one available, I have the multiplier set to 9 and the bus speed to 266 which would give me the standard speed of 2.4Ghz.

CPU-Z is telling me that it is set to a multiplier of 6 and bus speed of 266 giving me 1.6Ghz. Now the bios I downloaded was considered a beta and I'm wondering if I should go back to the one previous to the beta.

However this is a little confusing because under "Specification" CPU-Z reads "Intel Core 2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz" and my PC reads that the CPU is running at 2.4GHz.

Any help would be appreciated.

Here are my system specs:

Gigabyte GA-965p DS3
C2D e6600
Corsair DDR2-800 XMS 2GB 4-4-4-12
2 x WD 75GB Raptors (Raid 0)
eVGA 8800 GTS 320MB Superclocked
Corsair CMPSU-520HX PSU
Creative Soundblaster X-Fi

Has anyone had any issues with this motherboard not using the settings that are actually showing on the screen? This is a little frustrating since this motherboard was praised by so many.
 

karwosts

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Its one of the options in the Gigabyte bios. I had the same thing happen to me the other day, it basically scales down your clock when its not under load, to minimize heat/power I assume. If you place a load on it you will notice that it goes back up to 2.4GHz as it should.

I forget what the name of the exact option is called, but its something in the M.I.T i think. If you disable it you will run at 2.4GHz all the time.
 

groth2757

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Ok thanks, I will look there again I don't recall being able to disable anything in there but I will check. What you say makes sense to me and maybe I just haven't found the right option yet :D