FC5 Intel Core Duo only at 1GHz

[Dave Jones]

On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 11:49:46AM +1200, Simon wrote:

 > Im running FC5 on a Toshiba Tecra A6 with an Intel Core Duo T2300  @
 > 1.66GHz. But /proc/cpuinfo only shows the CPU(s) running at 1000Mhz...

Your saving power / heat by dynamically switching speeds lower when the
system is idle.  If you give it work to do, it'll ramp up the speed
and then drop it off again when things settle down.

		Dave

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