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Hai. Soooo I got a question to ask, I bought a new computer recently, and I went to update my beta opt in, then I noticed Win7 doesn't know that I overclocked my CPU to 4.2ghz.
So, is this normal? I remember dxdiag show the right core speed when I overclocked my E8400 back then.
Really want windows to show the correct clock speed for my CPU, it "could" be the reason for receiving a beta key or not (for whatever reason).
Thanks in advance!
P.S. Relevant screenshot added.
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/TwmzR.jpg)
*update* could be a known issue http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=16903573223&postId=169019746438
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This happens to me too. I have the exact same CPU overclocked to 4.5GHz but Windows thinks it's 3.3GHz. I guess Windows just doesn't support Sandy Bridge as well as the older CPUs, or something. As long as CPU-Z is reporting your overclock correctly I think it will actually be running at that speed.
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Its absolutely normal.
the OS never sees the O'C.
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On April 09 2011 23:31 thehitman wrote: Its absolutely normal.
the OS never sees the O'C. I'm pretty sure windows is showing me i5-750 (2.66ghz) as 3.8ghz right now.
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The thing about the Sandy bridge is it will not show the overclock since it does not boost the base clock at all, the overclock is on the Turboboost feature. i hope that helps
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On April 09 2011 23:39 Vagabond wrote: The thing about the Sandy bridge is it will not show the overclock since it does not boost the base clock at all, the overclock is on the Turboboost feature. i hope that helps
Aha, good point. Now I remember, Windows ignores CPU frequency multipliers, it just looks at the clock frequency.
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Windows shows the correct OC for me and I have a 2600k.
Do you have the latest bios? That could solve it.
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I doubt it will make a difference to be honest...
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Does it show the overclock under load?
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Yeah, I tested it again under prime95, its the same.
Would it really be the bios? the board is made for the sandy i5 and i7, beside that its the B3 version which was only out for like a month or so.
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It doesn't show my overclock on a 965be either because we're only changing the multiplier not the base clock.
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do you have speedstep/C1E enabled in bios?
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Why don't you just show a CPU-Z screenshot?
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The "@ 3.30GHz" is just part of the model name written into the CPU registers. It will never change.
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I don't think my cpu is throttled because CPU-Z was showing 4.2ghz while on idle.
On April 10 2011 11:19 writer22816 wrote: Why don't you just show a CPU-Z screenshot? I did.
On April 10 2011 11:24 R1CH wrote: The "@ 3.30GHz" is just part of the model name written into the CPU registers. It will never change. Yeah but on the opt in page, the cpu speed is listed as CPU SPEED (GHZ): 3.32
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/NS6qh.jpg)
Its ok if its something which I got to live with, just curious anyway.
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