Conflicting Reports on Processor Speed

Hey guys, i had a similar problem with my M1210 when i had it, i dont really remember how i fixed it. anyways, i heard at default, our processors are "dynamically" switching, so they are not always using the 2.2ghz (in my case) of power all the time since we have two processors.

this is something that i do not want. i always want full power and no undervolting or anything like that. so i downloaded NHC (notebook hardware control) and set it to high performance when the outlet is plugged in and 100% processor speed. i also set my processor to 50% when on battery power.

I monitored my CPU speed using NHC AND CPUZ, and when both of them are open, i realize the CPU speed on CPU-Z says my processor speeds are still moving around where as on the NHC monitor it says it is stable at 2.2 ghz. weirdly enough, when i disconnect my power adaptor and it is running on battery, they BOTH show the same speed of 1.1ghz since i changed the processor speed to 50% on battery.

what could be the problem? im not sure if having full processor speed is something everyone wants, but i find sometimes when im playing games it is still changing around the processor speed and sometimes i hit a few lag spots because of it.

Thanks.

BTW, here is a screenshot just to show you.

 

Just another quick update, using RM CPU, the speeds when running on AC Adaptor are still moving around, however on battery they stay at 50%

 

What profile are you using in RM Clock? What settings?

EDIT: nice wallpaper btw... is that the rocket dock thingie in the back?

 

Well under profiles i have Max Performance set for outlet power and Power Saving set for battery although they havent shown any differences over the profiles that were being used before (OS profiles)

Thanks, yes that is the rocket dock. find it to be very useful and keeps a lot of clutter off the desktop. i used to use it back when i had XP on my M1210 as well.

 

Bump, i would really appreciate an answer.

The system feels slower than my M1210 which was always locked at 2ghz with the adaptor in and 1ghz running on battery.

 

Speed step reduces power and heat by lowering the over all speed and voltages when the cpu isnt being pushed, when your at stop light, you dont throw your car in park and mash the gas pedal do you? Its seamless and it really is kind of dumb to try and defeat it, your consuming more power and producing more heat for nothing viable in return, as you wount get a "real" improvement in performance, you might "think" you are but you really arent.

Speedstep is used in todays desktop cpus as well, for the exact same reason, less power and heat when the system doesnt need to be pushed, as soon as you need more power, its pops right into gear. On the desktop side there are vaild reasons for disabling it, and thats with high overclocking and overclocking friendly motherboards have ways for you to disable it in the bios, when your running your fsb, cpu and memory voltages way out of spec, you dont want them jumping around likle that for stabilities sake, but ast stock settings, theres no reason to disable it.