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darklord · 07-09-2009, 11:08 PM

For Nehalem,

Especially in the case of 920,
the base clock is 133 and multiplier is 20x hence the stock speed of 2.66MHz.

So the multiplier is directly related to the clock speed so changing it will change the cpu clock speed.

Nehalem clocking isnt that simple though, there is NB freuquency that is the speed at which the IMC works and that makes things a bit tricky.

Although I have had corei7 for some time now, its my friend who is benching it more than me so not in a very good position to point out the fine points of nehalem clocking.

07-09-2009, 11:08 PM	#381 (permalink)
darklord Wise Old Owl Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Pune,India Posts: 1,445	Re: The Official Core i7 (Intel's nehalem) Thread For Nehalem, Especially in the case of 920, the base clock is 133 and multiplier is 20x hence the stock speed of 2.66MHz. So the multiplier is directly related to the clock speed so changing it will change the cpu clock speed. Nehalem clocking isnt that simple though, there is NB freuquency that is the speed at which the IMC works and that makes things a bit tricky. Although I have had corei7 for some time now, its my friend who is benching it more than me so not in a very good position to point out the fine points of nehalem clocking.