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**Graham M** · 18-03-2009, 06:48

You sussed it yourself, it slows the CPU down to save power and produce less heat when it's not needed, IE if you're browsing the web with simple text pages it'll slow down but go back up to full if you play a game

18-03-2009, 06:48	#2
Graham M Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Poole, Dorset Age: 28 Services: FreeSat+ Tivo V-Box VM 60MBit Posts: 13,251	Re: Processor Speed is wrong in Windows You sussed it yourself, it slows the CPU down to save power and produce less heat when it's not needed, IE if you're browsing the web with simple text pages it'll slow down but go back up to full if you play a game __________________ Desktop: Intel i7 SandyBridge 2600k 3.4GHz @ 4.7GHz - 8GB DDR3 - ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB - OCZ Agility 3 60GB SSD