AMD X6 1090T overclocking with Cool n Quiet ENABLED

[Qianglong]

Hey guys, I remember back in the Quad Core days we can overclock AMD CPUS while enabling Cool n Quiet to automatically lower the frequency when the CPU is idle. That feature seems to be disabled/gone for the X6 1090T?

For example, I am able to easily raise the multiplier to 19X and achieve 3.8Ghz with everything else left in default but Cool n Quiet does not seem to work anymore...

 

[Jovec]

Hey guys, I remember back in the Quad Core days we can overclock AMD CPUS while enabling Cool n Quiet to automatically lower the frequency when the CPU is idle. That feature seems to be disabled/gone for the X6 1090T?

For example, I am able to easily raise the multiplier to 19X and achieve 3.8Ghz with everything else left in default but Cool n Quiet does not seem to work anymore...

Try setting the multi to 18.5 and CnQ should still work. Above 19 it doesn't AFAIK.

 

[BD231]

Yeah you start having issues on some boards between 17 to 19x multi on any phenom ii chip. OC your FSB and lower your multi to keep your oc.

 

[Qianglong]

Thanks so much guys! So i guess above 17 or 18 C n Q gets disabled?

 

[Dice144]

Yes it is really lame set the Multi too high and lose the low power mode

I ended up just setting my Turbo multi super high and keep the put "normal" 6 core multi at 3.4. Turbo pushes it to 4Ghz. I also under volted mine to 1.2

 

[drizek]

Does Phenommsrtweaker not work with the X6?

 

[Qianglong]

Yes it is really lame set the Multi too high and lose the low power mode

I ended up just setting my Turbo multi super high and keep the put "normal" 6 core multi at 3.4. Turbo pushes it to 4Ghz. I also under volted mine to 1.2

The problem with Turbo mode is it only speeds 3 of the six cores?

 

[SickBeast]

You shouldn't need more than an 18x multiplier anyways. I only have a 12.5x multiplier and I'm fine up to 3.8ghz.

I recommend K10STAT if you're serious about reducing your idle power consumption.