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Re: [OT?] overclocking question

From	Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject	Re: [OT?] overclocking question
Date	2011-09-21 23:35 +0100
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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.

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Måns Rullgård
mans@mansr.com

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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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