CPU speed question

[Freakinoldguy]

I removed a dual core 7850 from a 78GM-US2H gigabyte mobo and replaced it with an AMD phenom 9850 quad core processor. When I check in windows 7 all 4 cores show up so I know it's reading them, but when I run a cpu speed test some of them only show half the 2.5 GHZ i'm supposed to be getting yet CPU Pro shows 2.585 Mhz?

What speed is this damn CPU running at and if it's only running at half speed how do I get it up to the 2.5 Ghz it's supposed to be at. LOL.

Thanks in advance

F.O.G.

[Christoph]

what cpu speed test is that?

[autotech]

CPU Pro shows 2.585 Mhz?

What speed is this damn CPU running at and if it's only running at half speed how do I get it up to the 2.5 Ghz it's supposed to be at. LOL.

Thanks in advance

F.O.G.

id say cpu pro as he said in post

[Tiger]

There are two 9850 models and two different motherboard revisions 1.0 and 2.0. Which ones do you have? If you run CPU-Z what BIOS revision is listed on the mainboard tab?
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

CPU part number HD985ZXAJ4BGH
Box part number HD985ZXAGHBOX
Thermal Power Design 125 Watts

CPU part number HD9850WCJ4BGH
Thermal Power Design 95 Watts

[Freakinoldguy]

There are two 9850 models and two different motherboard revisions 1.0 and 2.0. Which ones do you have? If you run CPU-Z what BIOS revision is listed on the mainboard tab?
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

CPU part number HD985ZXAJ4BGH
Box part number HD985ZXAGHBOX
Thermal Power Design 125 Watts

CPU part number HD9850WCJ4BGH
Thermal Power Design 95 Watts

The CPU part #  is the HD9850XAJ4BGH 2.50 Mhz,
4 MB Cache,
2000Mhz (4000MT/s) FSB,
Agena, Quad-Core,
OEM, Socket AM2+, Processor,
None of which appear to correspond with any of your #'s because of  the Z being in place of the 0?

The mobo is Gigabyte MA78-GM-US2H revision1 which according to Gigabyte is chip compatible.

The processor is running at 1.3 volts according to the Bios which is what the chip is supposed to run at and the voltage is set to automatic.

CPU-Z revision is indicating I have no revision it says "revision 00"

So once again I'll reiterate, Windows 7 says the cpu is running at 2.5 Ghz, CPU pro says it's running at 2.585 Mhz but, the latest version of CPU-Z says its running at half that speed.

Why does CPU-Z think it's only running at half speed when CPU speed pro says otherwise?

[Freakinoldguy]

Okay guys I just installed CPU-Z version 1.57 again and guess what?

The freakin thing is now claiming my CPU is running at 2511.0 Mhz.

Must be the validate button I pushed when I was checking the mainboard specs 

What a piece of crap program.

Anyway thanks for the help and hopefully this solves the question of how fast my CPU is running.

Thanks

F.O.G.

[blackie]

Of course if you have Cool and Quite enabled in the BIOS - CPU-Z will tell you what it is running at AT THAT INSTANT. C&Q will throttle the CPU down to what the CPU load requires at that INSTANT.

[Tiger]

Actually AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control is set at Auto by default in the BIOS. You have the option to disable it in the BIOS. The CPU is okay to run with the initial BIOS release. The throttling back of the CPU speed is normal.

AMD K8 Cool&Quiet control

<Auto> Lets the AMD Cool'n'Quiet driver dynamically adjust the CPU clock and VID to
reduce heat output from your computer and its power consumption. (Default)

<Disabled> Disable this function