Can someone tell me why the 1.87GHz is next to the 2.66Ghz?

Can someone tell me why the 1.87GHz is next to the 2.66Ghz? What does it mean? Which one is my actual clockspeed?

I did CPU-Z shows the same thing.

Speed step is saving you some power....if you load the computer up(game, encode a video, fold ect)it will jump back up to where it should be....

Don't worry about it...

Turn it off in BIOS.

Or you can try doing it under the power settings, although I am not sure if that totally disables the SpeedStep action. It should be under Display settings, in the Screen Saver section, in the power section. Change it to Always On.

But I do know you can change it in BIOS, that's for sure.

I noticed that as well. That is a little weird.

Maybe he didn't update Vista to recognize the newer CPUs?

Dunno. That's a good question.

Turn any throttling options off in the bios and try again...

My Q6600 is supposed to run at 2.4 GHz, but most of the time it sits at 1.6 GHz because of SpeedStep. I don't mind, it's smart to save some electricity and heating when all I do is type junk or watch a movie. It does jump back to 2.4 GHz whenever I do something more serious.

Don't disable SpeedStep, it's useful.

I wish the 8800GTX had something like that

Edit: I believe you've got a Q6700 (based on the default 2.67 GHz speed), but Vista was invented before the Q6700 so it has trouble identifying it and it leaves the model name empty. Are you getting updates for Vista from time to time? They should fix it, it's embarrassing.