There are a wide variety of power-saving "features" both in software and hardware. See if there is any of that you need to turn off. There might even be a switch on your motherboard.
First thing you need to do is go to windows power options and enable high performance, then download a program called throttle stop and disable the C states - this should lock your CPU at its maximum non turbo state.
Alternatively if you know your way round the bios please enter it and turn off the C-States, Speedstep and also disable turbo. Then overclock your cpu, raising the voltage without the multiplier will not increase core mhz (see attached guide for overclocking your cpu)
Edit - I'm not sure how accurate TMonitor is either, use either the RealTemp or ThorttleStop to read the CPU frequency, both run at the highest priority and are much more accurate than programs such as CPU-Z.
First thing you need to do is go to windows power options and enable high performance
Thx that helped. I'm now at 3.7GHz with ingame FPS value between 60 to 100. The guide for overclocking the cpu looks interesting too.
Just be careful when overclocking. Every motherboard is different. The best thing to do is google someone who has made a guide for your mobo, or find someone who has overclocked that same mobo + cpu combo. That's what I did with my Asrock Fatal1ty board and i7 2600k. It really helped having that guide because different companies call things different names in the BIOS.
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actually, thats not completely true.
If you leave the power safe features on, then any intel cpu with turbo boost will be able to utilise that option. You do need to enable C3 or better in the bios though.
Yes you can switch it all off and go for manual overclock, but a well configured pc can work just as fine with it on.
My turboboost pushes my I7 2,8 to a 3+ without any hitches.
If your pc refuses to go into turbo when configured properly, or keeps below its maximum speed, you probably have a cooling issue.
overclock can work in this regard, but I find it very unwise to overclock a poor cooled cpu to begin with.
I'm wondering why it wasn't clocking itself up to begin with, since this may affect other players with socket 1156. Did your speed hit its maximum when running Prime95 etc. or was it still low even at 100% CPU utilization?
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If all else fails, overclock that baby.
Run a program like IntelBurnTest to put some load on your CPU.
I did that already, turned up the voltage from 1,25 V to 1,32 V.
I had NS2 open next to it and the values were the same.
Alternatively if you know your way round the bios please enter it and turn off the C-States, Speedstep and also disable turbo. Then overclock your cpu, raising the voltage without the multiplier will not increase core mhz (see attached guide for overclocking your cpu)
http://www.overclock.net/t/605848/i5-i7-lga-1156-overclocking-guide-to-4ghz
Edit - I'm not sure how accurate TMonitor is either, use either the RealTemp or ThorttleStop to read the CPU frequency, both run at the highest priority and are much more accurate than programs such as CPU-Z.
Thx that helped. I'm now at 3.7GHz with ingame FPS value between 60 to 100. The guide for overclocking the cpu looks interesting too.
Just be careful when overclocking. Every motherboard is different. The best thing to do is google someone who has made a guide for your mobo, or find someone who has overclocked that same mobo + cpu combo. That's what I did with my Asrock Fatal1ty board and i7 2600k. It really helped having that guide because different companies call things different names in the BIOS.
Best of luck!
Cheers,
Cody
If you leave the power safe features on, then any intel cpu with turbo boost will be able to utilise that option. You do need to enable C3 or better in the bios though.
Yes you can switch it all off and go for manual overclock, but a well configured pc can work just as fine with it on.
My turboboost pushes my I7 2,8 to a 3+ without any hitches.
If your pc refuses to go into turbo when configured properly, or keeps below its maximum speed, you probably have a cooling issue.
overclock can work in this regard, but I find it very unwise to overclock a poor cooled cpu to begin with.