Windows Vista and overclocking.

[Hunain]

Hey there folks, I recently got Vista ultimate genuine, installed all updates etc, the problem is that ive overclocked my e6300 from 1.86 to 3.0Ghz, but Vista shows it to be at 1.86 unlike XP, plus, all the gadgets for system monitoring in the windows sidebar also show 1.86Ghz

The actual concern is the built in experience rating in Vista, which tests your system and gives you points, it is giving the same points as it gave my stock CPU, is this normal? What scores for the CPU do you people get on Vista? on 3.0 I get a 5.6 for the CPU.I get the same when I run the test on 1.86Ghz.

I get a total system score of 5.6 as well. Something wrong or is it normal with Vista?

Plus all the benchmarking softwares are giving expected results, only Vista in-built monitoring and ratings are concerning me.

[Blitzen]

No idea.
What does it say in CPU-Z

[Hunain]

its all normal in the usual tools, CPU-Z, EVEREST, TAT, just windows not reporting a 3.0Ghz speed anywhere, unlike XP.

I loved to show off the properties page in Xp, saying 3.0Ghz for processor speed lol, in Vista, it says e6300 1.86 everywhere, no where does it mention 3.0Ghz.

[Aisalem]

On the system information page in Vista you'll always get just processor name and speed that it has as default so you won't be able to show properties page with real clock in Vista

[iranu]

Are you sure you saved the overclock settings in the bios before booting? Has the board defaulted to stock clocks for some reason?

[Splash]

On the system information page in Vista you'll always get just processor name and speed that it has as default so you won't be able to show properties page with real clock in Vista

QFT - my system properties shows my E6850 @ 3Ghz, rather than the 3.4Ghz it's running at

[0iD]

Mine shows my E6600 @ 2.4 & not 3.6 which it runs at. Wist a windoze thang.

[Hunain]

Ya, thats what im saying, it shows mine on 1.86 rather than 3.0, wooosh!

[Lucio]

Strange, in my copy of Vista, it first shows me that I have a Q6600 @ 2.4GHz, then it says 3.01GHz immediately afterwards.

[Hunain]

On what page Lucio? *envious*

[Blitzen]

Strange, in my copy of Vista, it first shows me that I have a Q6600 @ 2.4GHz, then it says 3.01GHz immediately afterwards.

Mine too.
Vista shows the stock speed of a processor always......then after it the OC speed.

[directhex]

technically, not quite. vista shows the CPU ID then the CPU speed

on modern intel CPUs, the speed is part of the ID. for example, ID from my office PC:
"Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz"

my media server's ID:
" Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz"

in both cases, the speed in the ID is *NOT* the speed the CPU is actually running at at the time

[Hunain]

Well, what is it then? Why do Blitzen and Lucio see overclocked speeds? :S

[directhex]

Well, what is it then? Why do Blitzen and Lucio see overclocked speeds? :S

what is shown is the ID, then the speed.

"Strange, in my copy of Vista, it first shows me that I have a Q6600 @ 2.4GHz, then it says 3.01GHz immediately afterwards." makes sense, as what will be shown is the ID "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz" (or some variant of it) then the detected speed.

[Hunain]

Well thats the issue, I see e6300 @ 1.86 1.86 <--- it says 1.86 both times

PS: why dont you guys post your windows experience rating points.

Mine is 5.6, limited by 3D gaming performance being at 5.6 and the HDD performance being at 5.6

[directhex]

my pc doesn't run vista. the wife gets 5.7