From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 00:01:06 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 386 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Friday 05 July 2002 Number 386 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator : Ed Durrant 2 Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator : Kenneth Bucio 3 Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator : Ian Manners" 4 Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator : Michael Peters" 5 Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator : Ed Durrant 6 Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator : Ed Durrant 7 Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator : Ian Manners" 8 Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator : Voytek Eymont 9 Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator : Ian Manners" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 06:12:38 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator Does anyone know of a CPU speed indicator. Not one that reads the description from the processor but one that actually calculates the speed the CPU is actually running at ? I need a MHz reading not a arbitery number that some give, often relative to some old 486 DX 33 or something. I'm overcklocking a processor but I dont notice any real difference, hence I'd like to check that the processor IS actually running at the higher speed. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 22:48:31 +0200 From: Kenneth Bucio Subject: Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator Ed Durrant wrote: >Does anyone know of a CPU speed indicator. Not one that reads the >description from the processor but one that actually calculates the >speed the CPU is actually running at ? I need a MHz reading not a >arbitery number that some give, often relative to some old 486 DX 33 or >something. I'm overcklocking a processor but I dont notice any real >difference, hence I'd like to check that the processor IS actually >running at the higher speed. > > > Hi! Try this little program. I cannot remember from where I got it. Be carefull with the overclocking. Good luck. best rgds. Kenneth Bucio, Denmark [attachments have been removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 13:15:19 +1000 (EST) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator Hi Ed >Does anyone know of a CPU speed indicator. Not one that reads the >description from the processor but one that actually calculates the >speed the CPU is actually running at ? I need a MHz reading not a >arbitery number that some give, often relative to some old 486 DX 33 or >something. I'm overcklocking a processor but I dont notice any real >difference, hence I'd like to check that the processor IS actually >running at the higher speed. If its an IBM PC (unlikely, as they are hard to overclock :-), then go into CMOS, it will tell you the CPU speed. If its a clone it should report the CPU speed as it boots up, you just need to be quick. Failing that, SysInfo does a very accurate job. at hobbes and http://www.os2site dot com/sw/util/system/ All these report the actual operating speed. Cheers Ian B Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ "What do people mean when they say the computer went down on me?" --Marilyn Pittman ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 15:17:31 +1000 (EST) From: "Michael Peters" Subject: Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator Ed, SmartBar has clock speed in MHz as one of its components. Mike On Fri, 05 Jul 2002 06:12:38 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: >Does anyone know of a CPU speed indicator. Not one that reads the >description from the processor but one that actually calculates the >speed the CPU is actually running at ? I need a MHz reading not a >arbitery number that some give, often relative to some old 486 DX 33 or >something. I'm overcklocking a processor but I dont notice any real >difference, hence I'd like to check that the processor IS actually >running at the higher speed. > >Cheers/2 > >Ed. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 17:22:16 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator The situation I have is that the CPU speed is set in the BIOS and I have increased the multiplier there. Everything seems to work fine, but I see no difference and I want to prove that the speed has actually changed - I think it hasn't. This is one of my PC CHIPS motherboards that have brought me trouble before and yes, it's time I got something a bit more up to date, but ... it's more of a challenge to get these boards to work correctly !! Cheers/2 Ed. Ian Manners wrote: > > Hi Ed > > >Does anyone know of a CPU speed indicator. Not one that reads the > >description from the processor but one that actually calculates the > >speed the CPU is actually running at ? I need a MHz reading not a > >arbitery number that some give, often relative to some old 486 DX 33 or > >something. I'm overcklocking a processor but I dont notice any real > >difference, hence I'd like to check that the processor IS actually > >running at the higher speed. > > If its an IBM PC (unlikely, as they are hard to overclock :-), > then go into CMOS, it will tell you the CPU speed. > > If its a clone it should report the CPU speed as it boots up, > you just need to be quick. > > Failing that, SysInfo does a very accurate job. > at hobbes and http://www.os2site dot com/sw/util/system/ > > All these report the actual operating speed. > > Cheers > Ian B Manners > http://www.os2site dot com/ > > "What do people mean when they say the computer went down on me?" > --Marilyn Pittman > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 17:23:41 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator Is that the Lotus Smartsuite, Smartbar ?? Ed. Michael Peters wrote: > > Ed, > SmartBar has clock speed in MHz as one of its components. > > Mike > > On Fri, 05 Jul 2002 06:12:38 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: > > >Does anyone know of a CPU speed indicator. Not one that reads the > >description from the processor but one that actually calculates the > >speed the CPU is actually running at ? I need a MHz reading not a > >arbitery number that some give, often relative to some old 486 DX 33 or > >something. I'm overcklocking a processor but I dont notice any real > >difference, hence I'd like to check that the processor IS actually > >running at the higher speed. > > > >Cheers/2 > > > >Ed. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 18:24:50 +1000 (EST) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator Hi Ed >The situation I have is that the CPU speed is set in the BIOS and I have >increased the multiplier there. Everything seems to work fine, but I see >no difference and I want to prove that the speed has actually changed - >I think it hasn't. This is one of my PC CHIPS motherboards that have >brought me trouble before and yes, it's time I got something a bit more >up to date, but ... it's more of a challenge to get these boards to work >correctly !! Any utility that reports CPU speed should tell you what speed the CPU is running at, as these "normally" use there own code instead of checking the CPU ID. Have a look in http://www.os2site dot com/sw/util/system/ messing with overclocking with an ABIT M/B, i found it easier to use sysinfo. Cheers Ian B Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ Straight from the "What it's worth department"! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 8 ==========================** Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 20:53:06 From: Voytek Eymont Subject: Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator ** Reply to note from Ed Durrant Fri, 05 Jul 2002 17:22:16 +1000 > The situation I have is that the CPU speed is set in the BIOS and I have > increased the multiplier there. Everything seems to work fine, but I see > no difference and I want to prove that the speed has actually changed - > I think it hasn't. This is one of my PC CHIPS motherboards that have > brought me trouble before and yes, it's time I got something a bit more > up to date, but ... it's more of a challenge to get these boards to work > correctly !! if you run RC56 Bovine client, you'll see the difference easily. when I compared PPro150/180 RC56 result vs PII300, the difference was purely proporational to raw MGhz, that's all Voytek Eymont SBT Information Systems Pty Ltd http://www.sbt dot net dot au/links/ phone +61-2 9310-1144 fax +61-2 9310-1118 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 9 ==========================** Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 23:56:45 +1000 (EST) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: [os2genau] CPU Speed Indicator >if you run RC56 Bovine client, you'll see the difference easily. PIII-450 1.26Mkey Celeron-500 1.28Mkey PIII-500 1.40Mkey PIII-600 1.67Mkey PIII-650 1.81Mkey Mac G4 400Mhz = 3.95Mkey :-) Cheers Ian B Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ All wiyht. 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