WinXP helping to stop cpu remarkers? screenshot of "My computer/properties" showing Rated speed and current speed.

[Slacker]

I just noticed something, in the properties for "My Computer" in WinXP it shows the rated speed of the processor and it shows the current speed Take a look at the screenshot

 

[John]

Interesting to see it do that for Intel. My XP1800+ (1.53) is running at XP2000+ (1.68) and the XP system properties reads:

AMD Athlon XP2000+
1.68GHz

 

[Colt45]

mine just says:
AMD Athlon(tm) processor
796mhz

i think it may have to do with the name string on the P4's maybe?
because when i had XP on an intel chip it said:

intel celeron processor
500mhz

(it was a 400@500)

 

[oldfart]

Its part XP, part Intel. The newer Intel CPU's show the rated speed, XP shows the actual speed. In Win2K, you see the Intel rated speed, but not actual.

 

[Rand]

My PIII shows the actual clockspeed in both WinXP and Win2k, it doesnt say anything about it's rated clockspeed.
I'm guessing this is new to the P4 and it's interaction with XP.

 

[Scootin159]

The new P4's include the rated clock speed in the name string.

 

[Challenger]

I noticed this too and I find it to be very cool!

 

[oldfart]

Its not just the new P4's. The new Tualatin PIII and Celerons too.

 

[sharkeeper]

Windows XP is looking at the multiplier. Since INtel's multipliers are locked until the cows come home, it's a given. Your overclock is achieved through elevated front side bus speeds. Windows reports the actual chip rating speed derived from the multiplier, then reports the actual clock speed achieved. Yes it's cool because this could flag a vendor that may sell a 2+ GHz system with a very inexpensive 1.6A cpu!

Cheers!