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Re: [ECS] Clock speed ? Ingo Pakleppa Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:01:20 -0800

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You mean, programmatically from within the application? I don't think there
is any way. You couldn't do it even in assembly. To start with, which clock
frequency do you want? The internal clock frequency? The external clock
frequency (usually a factor two to five lower, and usually not more than 66
MHz, sometimes 87 or 100 MHz)?

The next problem is that there is nothing to prevent whoever installs the
motherboard from using a higher frequency than the processor is rated for -
many people actually do it; it's called "overclocking". The processor will
still think it is running at, say, 200 MHz when it really gets 233 MHz.

Just a few of the issues involved here...

Ingo

At 02:38 PM 2/12/99 -0800, Mark Gilmore wrote:
>Ok, I give up - Anybody know how to determine
>the clock speed of a PC's CPU  ? Thanks
>-- 
>Mark Gilmore
>Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
>omnip@usit.net
>http://www.usit.com/omnip

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