testing cpu speed

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Hello. Not sure if this is the right group. Is there a way to accurately
test cpu speed? Mine is listed at 2.3 GHz. When I test it with the program
cpuspeed it reports it from 1.08 GHz to 2.1 GHz. I've started experiencing
alot of stuttering watching streaming flash with cpu at 100% and don't know
what's wrong. Rebooting stops it for a little bit but it comes back.
Thank you,
Robin
 
Robin said:
Hello. Not sure if this is the right group. Is there a way to
accurately test cpu speed? Mine is listed at 2.3 GHz. When I test it
with the program cpuspeed it reports it from 1.08 GHz to 2.1 GHz. I've
started experiencing alot of stuttering watching streaming flash with
cpu at 100% and don't know what's wrong. Rebooting stops it for a
little bit but it comes back.
Thank you,
Robin
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Have you checked the CPU's temperature? Looked to make sure that the
CPU's fan is working properly and not full of dust?

Alias
 
Alias said:
Have you checked the CPU's temperature? Looked to make sure that the CPU's
fan is working properly and not full of dust?

Alias
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At least he isn't using that piece of crap - Ubuntu. If he was, the CPU
speed wouldn't matter because he wouldn't be doing any real computing!
 
Lord said:
At least he isn't using that piece of crap - Ubuntu. If he was, the CPU
speed wouldn't matter because he wouldn't be doing any real computing!
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Actually, Ubuntu will run on CPUs that Vista can't handle. For example,
with the one I'm using now, an AMD XP 2200+ with only one gig of RAM and
an nVidia 6200 with 512MB, the latest version of Ubuntu flies on this
machine but Vista can't even crawl on it. Not only that, I have XP on
another drive on this machine and it consistently gets 2 megs less of
Internet download speed than Ubuntu does.

The fact that you have to stick your head into a thread and diss Ubuntu
only reveals your insecurity regarding Ubuntu and you lack of ability to
use it properly and do "real computing" with it.

Alias
 
Alias said:
Actually, Ubuntu will run on CPUs that Vista can't handle. For example,
with the one I'm using now, an AMD XP 2200+ with only one gig of RAM and
an nVidia 6200 with 512MB, the latest version of Ubuntu flies on this
machine but Vista can't even crawl on it. Not only that, I have XP on
another drive on this machine and it consistently gets 2 megs less of
Internet download speed than Ubuntu does.

The fact that you have to stick your head into a thread and diss Ubuntu
only reveals your insecurity regarding Ubuntu and you lack of ability to
use it properly and do "real computing" with it.

Alias
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Sorry to disappoint. If Ubuntu was such a great alternative to Windows,
everyone would be ditching Vista/XP and migrating to the Linux platform.
Just isn't happening on a big scale. After many years of Linux/Ubuntu being
FREE, still less than ONE PERCENT of the desktop users think it's a good
idea. Imagine after all these years and with a FREE OS, most everyone still
doesn't want it.

That should tell you all you need to know about it. No insecurity at all
about Ubuntu. Nobody wants it. Plain and simple.
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out.
 
Lord said:
Sorry to disappoint. If Ubuntu was such a great alternative to Windows,
everyone would be ditching Vista/XP and migrating to the Linux platform.
Just isn't happening on a big scale.
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That's because most people haven't heard of it. A client came into my
office the other day and when I showed her Ubuntu, she asked, "Is that
the new Vista?" Ubuntu doesn't have the marketing money that MS has so
it will take awhile but once the word gets round, Ubuntu will kick MS'
ass and take names. It is interesting that Ubuntu is spreading quicker
in Europe than in the USA but here most people do NOT buy an OEM
computer but have one of the three major chains build one to suit. Maybe
with the new tech-friendly presidency, the Americans will become more
educated regarding what's available in computers.
After many years of Linux/Ubuntu being
FREE, still less than ONE PERCENT of the desktop users think it's a good
idea.
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Most users don't know about it. Hence, my noble mission.
Imagine after all these years and with a FREE OS, most everyone still
doesn't want it.
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A lie. Millions not only want it but are very happy with it.
That should tell you all you need to know about it.
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Using a lie for a premise results in a lie for a conclusion.
No insecurity at all
about Ubuntu. Nobody wants it. Plain and simple.
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out.
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Nope, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that you're lying
and don't know what the **** you're talking about.

Alias
 
Alias said:
That's because most people haven't heard of it. A client came into my
office the other day and when I showed her Ubuntu, she asked, "Is that the
new Vista?" Ubuntu doesn't have the marketing money that MS has so it will
take awhile but once the word gets round, Ubuntu will kick MS' ass and
take names. It is interesting that Ubuntu is spreading quicker in Europe
than in the USA but here most people do NOT buy an OEM computer but have
one of the three major chains build one to suit. Maybe with the new
tech-friendly presidency, the Americans will become more educated
regarding what's available in computers.


Most users don't know about it. Hence, my noble mission.
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I would agree that you would have a noble mission if you told people in your
community about Ubuntu. Telling people here every day is not a noble
mission, it is trolling activity. If you read the respones to most of your
posts about Ubuntu (exclude mine and Franks) you will see that most everyone
here does not want to hear about Ubuntu in a Vista forum.
 
Lord said:
I would agree that you would have a noble mission if you told people in your
community about Ubuntu. Telling people here every day is not a noble
mission, it is trolling activity. If you read the respones to most of your
posts about Ubuntu (exclude mine and Franks) you will see that most everyone
here does not want to hear about Ubuntu in a Vista forum.
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That type of intelligent, logical reasoning is way beyond the
comprehension of our resident lying linux troll.
He is that sick in his stupid, ignorant, lying head.
 
FBonVistaX64 said:
That type of intelligent, logical reasoning is way beyond the
comprehension of our resident lying linux troll.
He is that sick in his stupid, ignorant, lying head.
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Look! who is talking about intelligence. Its none other than our dear old
Frank.
 
Lord said:
I would agree that you would have a noble mission if you told people in your
community about Ubuntu. Telling people here every day is not a noble
mission, it is trolling activity. If you read the respones to most of your
posts about Ubuntu (exclude mine and Franks) you will see that most everyone
here does not want to hear about Ubuntu in a Vista forum.
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Keep telling yourself that to justify your lies and insults. It won't
work. Lurkers far outnumber posters here, chum.

Alias
 
Robin said:
Hello. Not sure if this is the right group. Is there a way to accurately
test cpu speed? Mine is listed at 2.3 GHz. When I test it with the
program cpuspeed it reports it from 1.08 GHz to 2.1 GHz. I've started
experiencing alot of stuttering watching streaming flash with cpu at 100%
and don't know what's wrong. Rebooting stops it for a little bit but it
comes back.
Thank you,
Robin
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Get CPU-Z from cpuid.com. It will give an accurate speed
reading along with a lot of other useful info. If your CPU
uses speedstep, the speed will depend on CPU usage.
The CPU will reach the rated speed under heavy loads.
 
If you have a dual core or quad core CPU you should look in task manager and
if one core is maxing out and others have slack, set the affinity of several
high cpu usage tasks to the slack cores. Using task manager you can end
some of the tasks you don't need running when you are streaming flash. If
you have a single core 2.3 GHz, I'm afraid that that is really on the low
side for Vista.
I had a 3.8 and needed to bump it up to 5.0 back when I installed Vista.
 
Beyond the same crappy weenies touting *nix, look in your power option in
the control panel... check advanced settings and see what it's set for on
"processor". Vista can regulate processor speeds dependant on cpu/mb. BTW,
the plugs for cpuid are correct. It's much better than cpuspeed.
 
I looked at power options and couldn't find any advanced options. The only
option seems to be whether you want the computer to sleep when inactive.
 
no dust and both fans running.
Thanks

Lord Fauntleroy said:
At least he isn't using that piece of crap - Ubuntu. If he was, the CPU
speed wouldn't matter because he wouldn't be doing any real computing!
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I've had the computer about a year and the stuttering just started recently
so something must have changed. Maybe Adobe did something to their flash
player?
 
Use 'Change the plan settings'


Robin said:
I looked at power options and couldn't find any advanced options. The only
option seems to be whether you want the computer to sleep when inactive.
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Thanks for the help. It was on recommended settings which is 5% minimun and
100% maximum. I changed it to high performance which is 100% minimum and
100% maximum. I'll try it and see if it helps.
 
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