I have been running my i5500k at 4.1 ghz for years. I assumed faster is better. I was curious if a lower speed would be a problem. No reason, just curious.So I went to lowest speed available 3.4 ghz No Turbo.Trainz ran at 30fps locked, no problems. No stops, no stutters. Next I added a live TV window, Added Trainz with the same route. No visual impact. Monitoring CPU usage it was max 80% with two active windows open. Checking GPU it was at 40%.
No visual impact on TV or Trainz.
Counter-intuitive. The load and the clock speed monitored with separate programs. The only explanation
I can come up with is that the CPU is probably not an explanation. Thousands of the some-what old variety out there. I suspect the ASRock motherboard. The master clock signal has to be distributed at various speeds to various pieces of hardware. I suspect the distribution system. While the clock shows a high speed not every hardware subsystem is getting the fastest clock. To cut expense some clock bus(s) may be dropping some pulses to allow cheaper components down the line. I know the CPU is getting max clock since it does hit thermal max 98.6c.
No visual impact on TV or Trainz.
Counter-intuitive. The load and the clock speed monitored with separate programs. The only explanation
I can come up with is that the CPU is probably not an explanation. Thousands of the some-what old variety out there. I suspect the ASRock motherboard. The master clock signal has to be distributed at various speeds to various pieces of hardware. I suspect the distribution system. While the clock shows a high speed not every hardware subsystem is getting the fastest clock. To cut expense some clock bus(s) may be dropping some pulses to allow cheaper components down the line. I know the CPU is getting max clock since it does hit thermal max 98.6c.
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