Questions tagged [cpu-speed]
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Why do some old games run much too quickly on modern hardware?
I've got a few old programs I pulled off an early 90s-era Windows computer and tried to run them on a relatively modern computer. Interestingly enough, they ran at a blazing fast speed - no, not the 60 frames per second kind of fast, rather the…
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How to fix CPU clock (for benchmarking purposes)?
How to make the CPU not change the speed (clock)?
I want to compare execution time of some programs and need constant CPU performance (not necessarily high performance).
The CPU in question is i7-2640M, OS is Windows 7 64 bit.
(google finds only…
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Can I purposely slow a PC down?
I am testing a (non-online) game and I cannot react quickly enough to test the higher levels (I am 60 years old and not as quick as I once was...). Is there any way I can slow the CPU to 50% or even 75%?
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Clock Speed and other factors
I hear almost everywhere that CPU clock speed is not the only factor that defines the true speed of a CPU. Well. What are the other factors then? In which case a processor clocked at 1.6 Ghz is faster than one clocked at 2.0 Ghz?
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My CPU frequency stays the same all the time, why?
My CPU(FX9590) clock speed stays at 1.37 GHz all the time even while gaming, but my maximum frequency is able to reach 4.72 GHz at most.
I tried to change the clock speed through AI Suite II(I am using Asus Formula Z as my Mainboard) but it didn't…
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When reviewing software requirements, should we use the burst speed or normal clock speed
There is a piece of software I'm looking at, which has a minimum requirement of 1.6ghz (Visual Studio 2012)
I'm looking at a new computer, and saw the CPU is described as
1.46 Ghz / 2.39 Ghz with Burst
So, the clock speed is under the recommended…
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CPU giving 1/3 performance compared to same CPUs
I have a laptop Dell D820 with Intel Core Duo T2500 @ 2.00 GHz, more than four years old, still in good condition.
When I benchmarked the CPU using the PerformanceTest 7.0 from http://www.cpubenchmark.net and compared the results (of the CPU only)…
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