Two Frequencies?

[TheGreatSatan]

My older laptop shows 1.2 GHz after the 1.8GHz. What up with that?

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/1point2.jpg

[Airbozo]

Mine shows 2 as well. I _think_ the first one is the rated speed of the proc, the second is what it is actually running at. At least as far as I can tell.


EDIT: No screen shot but mine says Pentium 4 3.00 ghz first and 3.06 second. And no I am not over clocking... Everest reports 3.066 as well.

[mittelmeier]

I think Airbozo is right on that. I was looking on the web about that the other day because both my desktops show a slightly lower number after the first number and the second number. I can't remember where I read that, but I think it was on an overclocking site.

[nevermind1534]

The P4 3GHz actually runs at 3.06. That's just what it works out to after multiplying the FSB. The first speed is the rated/advertised speed, and the second one is the speed that it is actually running at.

[TheGreatSatan]

So mine is running 600MHz slow?

EDIT: Nevermind. I flashed the BIOS and it's fixed.

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/1point79.jpg

[Luke122]

Intel Speedstep will slow the CPU based on power savings and usage demands, and power saving profiles will also slow the cpu to the number shown on the bottom. :)

I've occasionally seen mine as low as 600mhz. :D