Athlon 64 3200+ 1.0MHz???

**Adamdc** · January 12th, 2011, 05:28 PM

I have an HP laptop pc that's about 5 or 6 years old and in dxdiag it lists the processor as I wrote above. Are there Athlon 64 3200's with a processor speed of 1.0 MHz? It sounds so slow. I question this because, coincidentally, I have an older home-built pc with the same processor and it's shows a speed of 2.0 MHz.

Thanks
Adam

**nickslick74** · January 12th, 2011, 05:37 PM

It sounds like AMD's 'Cool & Quiet' is reducing the processor speed. From what I remember, you are correct in expcecting it to be at 2Ghz. You may be able to disable Cool & Quiet in your laptops BIOS, if you can access it.

**Adamdc** · January 12th, 2011, 05:41 PM

Wow! That's great news. I'll do some research and see what I come up with. The laptop is used for very basic stuff---email and internet access but I feel like it should be much faster.

**nickslick74** · January 12th, 2011, 05:43 PM

Well, it is an old processor, so don't expect too much out of it!

Even my 4yo old Core2Duo laptop runs slower on the internet than my almost brand new desktop.

**Adamdc** · January 13th, 2011, 12:22 AM

Problem solved! Went into 'Power Options' in Control Panel and changed 'Power Scheme' to 'Desktop/Home Office' from 'Laptop' and now it's showing as '2.0 MHz'. It appears to be working a little faster.