CPU speed monitor in Ubuntu??

[Uppsala9496]

Does Ubuntu have a program where you can view you system specs?
In windows xp I can either run cpu-z or 'system information' to see what my processor speed is. Does Ubuntu have something like this?

I revived an old A64 2800+ I had sitting around and I'm wonder what kind of overclocking I can do with it. My chaintech mobo died a couple months ago, but before it did, I had the system running at 2.498. I'd like to overclock it again with my 'new' mobo since i know the cpu and memory can handle it. The only problem is I can't see what frequency I am at in Ubuntu.

thanks

 

[drag]

Open up a terminal.

type:
cat /proc/cpuinfo

To watch it (or anything else) to see if it changes dynamicly:
watch cat /proc/cpuinfo

There are also cpu monitoring applets aviable for your panel, but those are generally intended for mobile users with cpu clocks that dynamicly change speed.

 

[Fineghal]

Conky and Gkrellm come to mind...

Wait. Misunderstood the question. Sorry. Posting away.

 

[Uppsala9496]

Why on earth is it listing my CPU speed at 1000.0 mhz?????

THe stock speed on this processor is 1.8, and I know it can handle 2.498.

 

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Does your CPU support clock scaling? Like the 'Cool'n'Quiet' stuff?

If so then your system is idling and the cpu is underclocked.

Try running something cpu-intensive and check the file again while that is going on. It should show the cpu running full speed. Or right click your panel and add the cpu monitoring applet.

 

[Uppsala9496]

I've been running F@H and the system is beyond slow.

 

[Uppsala9496]

I just added the cpu monitoring applet, and it is stating that the cpu is at 1.8 ghz. If I run cat /proc/cpuinfo, it states it is at ..........now it is at 1.8. That is beyond strange!