Q6600 only show 6X FSB multiplier in vista

Hi

I just built a new PC first time in a long time and everything is going well except when using CPUID it shows the following for my 2.4 GHZ quad core Q6600.

Seems Vista is throttling the FSB up and down depending on load, I of course would prefer it to always be running at the top speed.

I have an Asus P5Q Deluxe MB and have manually told it to use a FSB multiplier of 9 but vista still wants to throttle it.

I have looked at the power options in vista and seems after I manually told the MB to use a 9X multiplier the cpu options no longer appear inthe power settings.


Any suggestions? or is this normal?

Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 4 (max 4)
Number of threads 4 (max 4)
Name Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Codename Kentsfield
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Package Socket 775 LGA (platform ID = 4h)
CPUID 6.F.B
Extended CPUID 6.F
Core Stepping G0
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 1600.3 MHz (6.0 x 266.7 MHz)
Rated Bus speed 1066.9 MHz
Stock frequency 2400 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 4096 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 9.0x
max VID 1.275 V
Features XD, VT

speedstep, its normal

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] multiplier

Why??? If there's nothing to do, why would you prefer the CPU to stay at top speed? Does it double as a room heater during winter? Speedstep is useful, it reduces heat and your electricity bills.

Its COMPLETELY normal, the same thing happens to my q9450

lol, ya, but in his defense, there is so much information contained on this board (and FUD too, thanks fanboys) that it's hard to find what you want\need.

If you would of searched like it says to do when you post, you wouldn't of waste anyones time.