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Does Intel already know how far a cpu can be clocked?

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ChesterMech
I'm here today to offer up something I discovered regarding my Intel E8200 and overclocking.

To help myself overclock I purchased a program called "Everest Ultimate Edition". Within this program, specifically, under the menu/computer/dmi/processors tab is listed my cpu...when I click on my cpu description, Everest informs me of several pieces of information. What caught my eye was the entry called "Maximum Clock". Whether I'm clocked at 2.66Ghz, 3.2Ghz, or 3.7Ghz...Everest informs me that my maximum clock is 3.8Ghz.

Has anyone else seen this? I would like to hear from others with an E8200 as well as those with any cpu. Does Intel set a max OC?
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shadow19935
yeah its a different calculation windows does, for example when i was on 3.6ghz it told me i was on 4.5ghzz.
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What multiplier are you using? Windows calculates speed with a 9x multi so if you use anything else your speed will be shown as too low or high.
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dralb
Meaningless. You can guess and compare all you want, but every CPU and every combination has different OC charicteristics. Even 2 identical CPU's on 2 identical mobo's will yield different results.

Now, you can estimate the average limit of any CPU, but that by no means that is its be-all end-all limit.
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ChesterMech
Everest tels me that my current clock is....2.6 or 3.2 or 3.6 BUT ALSO offers a maximum clock of 3.8.

So then, Everest, and every other program i.e. real temp, cpuid etc shows my actual clock, however, Everest offers what the limit is to which I can clock.
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Shrimpykins
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Originally Posted by ChesterMech
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I'm here today to offer up something I discovered regarding my Intel E8200 and overclocking.

To help myself overclock I purchased a program called "Everest Ultimate Edition". Within this program, specifically, under the menu/computer/dmi/processors tab is listed my cpu...when I click on my cpu description, Everest informs me of several pieces of information. What caught my eye was the entry called "Maximum Clock". Whether I'm clocked at 2.66Ghz, 3.2Ghz, or 3.7Ghz...Everest informs me that my maximum clock is 3.8Ghz.

Has anyone else seen this? I would like to hear from others with an E8200 as well as those with any cpu. Does Intel set a max OC?

You didn't actually pay for everest did you? Pretty much every software tool you would ever need for overclocking can be had for free.
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ChesterMech
What do you mean I didn't actually pay for Everest? Yes I did. Do you have a problem with people actually buying software?

And of course, if you're not responding to my post regarding my post, go away.
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xxicrimsonixx
Intel knows roughly how much overhead each model of their CPUs have. They do not know the overhead on each individual chip because each chip will overclock differently, but yes, they do add overhead for overclocking.
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Acoma_Andy
For me Everest says I have a maximum clock of 4.0Ghz. Which is of course rubbish, because I could go into the bios right now and goto 4.1 or 4.2Ghz.
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What do you mean I didn't actually pay for Everest? Yes I did. Do you have a problem with people actually buying software?

And of course, if you're not responding to my post regarding my post, go away.

I think what he was trying to say is that there is a trial edition that you can use for free that has just about everything the full version does.
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Phaedrus2129
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What multiplier are you using? Windows calculates speed with a 9x multi so if you use anything else your speed will be shown as too low or high.

Not always x9. When my CPU is at its default multi of x11 I get the correct clock, but on 3.15GHz (350x9) Windows says I'm at 3.85GHz (350x11).
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