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Re: [OT?] overclocking question

From	Cat 22 <cat22@invalid.org>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject	Re: [OT?] overclocking question
Followup-To	comp.os.linux.development.system
Date	2011-09-21 20:46 -0700
Organization	Daddy, why doesn't this magnet pick up this floppy disk?
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Cat22 wrote:

> On Wed 9/21/2011 3:35 PM, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> Cat22<oops@invalid.org>  writes:
>>
>>> I have a sandy bridge unit, intel dp67bg board and i7-2600k
>>> cpu.In bios i set the automatic overclocking item to 3.6Ghz.the
>>> bios shows its at 3.6 ok when i reboot into setup but in linux i
>>> cant find any evidence that its running at anything above the
>>> rated 3.4GHz. does anyone have any experience with this board/cpu
>>> combo? If so can you help me figure out if i am actually
>>> overclocked or not, and if not why?
>>
>> Could the 3.6GHz figure be referring a "turbo" mode allowing one
>> core to
>> run faster than "nominal" rate while the others are idle?  This is
>> a feature present in some Intel chips.
>>
> maybe. I run all 7 threads at 100 % (seti@home) so i was kinda
> hoping to boost the clock some to get more work done
> But i regularly read of people clocking over 4GHz, so if thts the
> case there ought to be a way to see that its really true.
> Thanks
> Cat22
Ok, i have it figured out. There is a neat little program for linux 
that gives you the true info
its called i7z
go here and you can download the simple source and compile it.
http://code.google.com/p/i7z/ 
Thanks
Cat22

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[OT?] overclocking question Cat22 <oops@invalid.org> - 2011-09-21 14:31 -0700
  Re: [OT?] overclocking question Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2011-09-21 23:35 +0100
    Re: [OT?] overclocking question Cat22 <oops@invalid.org> - 2011-09-21 20:11 -0700
      Re: [OT?] overclocking question Cat 22 <cat22@invalid.org> - 2011-09-21 20:46 -0700

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