CPU running too fast?

[jak5860]

Last night I installed an AMD Fx 9590 CPU into my system, Liquid cooler as well. I don’t have exact specs at the moment, but I can get them later after work.

Here’s the issue, most of the threads I’ve looked up referred to having a “CPU running fast” problem but they’re talking about the fan running fast. My issue is that the entire system is like it’s in overdrive. It’s mostly noticeable in games, games will seem to run at 1.5 times what they should be. I’ve tried even graphically heavier games like Fallout 4, same effect across the board. Characters will walk/run at a faster pace than normal, weapons and animations are faster than normal, talking NPCs talk quicker. Everything is just faster than what it should be.

I’ve tried to cap the FPS but that doesn’t seem to work, I’m actually not entirely sure which direction to go at this point. The only other hint to the problem is is that the old CPU is an AMD FX8300, also an 8 core. But in the device manager it still shows that this processor is in the system (FX 8300). But on start up it shows that the new processor is installed. (FX 9590)

So like I said, not sure where to go from here. Looking for some advice.

Thank you.

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

My advice is to head over to AMD's website and download the drivers for the FX 9590 and install them. This will force the OS to rescan and install the correct drivers for the hardware.

This is a really odd problem... if the drivers idea doesn't fix it you could have a clock issue, which means that either the motherboard has a fault or it just doesn't fully support your new CPU. You could always try a BIOS update to see if that fixes the issue.

If neither work, you could try reinstalling Windows, but I wouldn't do that unless nothing else has worked as it is kind of a pain.

 

[10tacle]

Yeah in my 20 years or so of PC building and gaming, I've never heard of this problem. If I understand correctly, you are experiencing in gaming something like fast forward on watching a recorded TV show or a movie on a DVD/BD player. At face value, this sounds like a hardware issue around that FX 9590 chip regarding interface with Windows thinking it is still a slower FX 8300 - or at least the motherboard needing a BIOS update as justin said above. Especially since that is still showing in Windows device manager as the original FX 8300 CPU (you don't say what video card you have).

Always do a clean format/install of Windows when changing CPUs even if continuing using the same motherboard. GPU swaps are different and don't require anything more than fresh drivers.

 

[DanKem06]

I've seen this, in a 90s application on newer hardware. Something about the system clock is running way faster than normal so the application runs at the same speed.