Drop in CPU GHZ

[flavad99]

Hello,

I have an Intel Dual Core 3.20GHZ 80GB computer with 4GB RAM. It has an ATI Radeon Hd3650 GPU. I tried to put in a new graphics card, couldn't get it working properly so put the old one back in. To get it to turn back on, I had to pop the RAM stick out and back in.

I am showing 4 GB of RAM, but I noticed that the ghz on the processor is now showing as 2.33 ghz. Prior to the attempted GPU switch, more CPU intensive games ran at 50 fps. Now they run at 25-30 fps. I tried changing the power settings to high performance, but that doesn't seem to have helped that much.

Any thoughts?

 

[Ecky]

What Intel dual core in specific? Is this a Core2Duo?

 

[flavad99]

It is a Core2Duo, yes.

 

[Ecky]

Check your FSB, make sure it didn't change.

 

[flavad99]

Sorry, noob here. What is the best way to check that?

 

[Ecky]

Download and run CPU-Z, report to us what the model of your CPU is, and what its FSB and multiplier are. FSB x Multiplier = clockspeed.

 

[flavad99]

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550
Specification: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33 ghz
Core Speed 2327.28 mhz
Multiplier x7
Bus Seed 332.47 mhz
Rated FSB 1329.87 mhz

 

[Ecky]

http://ark.intel.com/products/30783/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E6550-4M-Cache-2_33-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB

Your CPU was probably not running at 3.2ghz before, or if it was, it was overclocked. The correct clockspeed for it is 2.33ghz.

 

[flavad99]

Thanks. I bought this PC off of ebay, it stated 3.2 ghz. I am fairly certain that it was running at either 3.0 ghz or 3.2 ghz before I started messing around with it.. I don't think the previous owner was overclocking it.

Any other ideas?

 

[Ecky]

It's highly unlikely that your E6550 would even be stable at 3.2ghz, that's a really high overclock for that CPU, and if it was, it's definitely overclocked. I'm not sure what to say, it's a 2.33ghz CPU and either it was overclocked, or Windows was mis-reporting its clockspeed.

 

[flavad99]

Thanks for your help. I'll see if I can figure out anything else that might be slowing it down. Previously, I've been able to ID stuff in the task manager