is there a tool that will measure my processor's CPU speed?

Kannan Kalyanaraman

Check out this one from Intel Intel Processor Frequency ID Utility Only this time their site was more usable...usually its a maze. Cheers Kannan

Konstantin Vasserman

Just to clarify something. I am sorry if you already know all of this: Dual processors don't actually double "the speed". It sound like you expect for 2 frequencies to add up to something higher. It is not the way it works. All you get is an advantage of being able to process things in parallel, because now your PC has 2 "brains". It will also ONLY be noticeable on the applications that can take advantage of multiple processors. For example, if your app is single-threaded it can only be executed on one CPU at the time. At the same time your other CPU can process some other app or be idle. So, if your CPUs are 500MHz they both will run at 500MHz and will not ever give you 1GHz frequency in any shape, way or form. Good luck.

Nish Nishant

Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My worst fears have been realized. A nightmare come true. The depression set in so fast I didn't realize I was doomed till too late to stop the stampede of sorrow. Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut

Nish Nishant

The final download link does not work :-( http://appsr.cps.intel.com/scripts-df/File\_Filter.asp?FileName=fidenu Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut

Todd Smith

You do get a nifty addition to the task manager. Isn't that worth it :) If you're not running Win2k or XP then OMG! Seriously though, the OS is multithreaded. So depending on what you're doing you will get benefits doing normal OS related tasks. Unfortunately VC++ is NOT multithreaded when compiling :( That's what pissed me off the most. Happy dual'n.

Todd Smith

Chris Maunder

You're killing me here Nish! A quick search brings up: System Information Utility - Naveen K Kohli Utility to extract system information CPUTest - Pavlos Touboulidis Simple class to calculate the frequency of the CPU in MHz cheers, Chris Maunder

Rick York

However, there are some applications and circumstances where SMP can give a doubling or more of the system's performance. One example is a test that was run on an early Athlon dual-CPU machine where the Linux kernel was compiled and it gave a 2.2X speed up. This is a case where the application was not processor-bound but was I/O-bound. In most multithreaded apps that are processor-bound the speed improvement will be less than 2X or 100%. http://www.aceshardware.com has an interesting workstation guide that tested performance of dual CPU systems on a variety of 3D rendering apps. The performance improvements ranged from around 30% to 80% if I recall correctly.

Nish Nishant

Well, I just tried out some benchmark stuff and am feeling better. My double-CPU system both 550 is faster than a single P-III 800. That's fine with me. :-) In fact it's as fast as a single P-III 1 GHz I lost 100 Mhz [I thought I'd get 1100 MHz] somewhere... Nish p.s. Try sisSoftSandra next time any of you have similar CPU related headaches Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut

Konstantin Vasserman

I agree. It just sounded like Nish was looking for his CPU frequency to double and I want to make sure that he knows that it won't.

Konstantin Vasserman

Nish, I am sorry I brought you so much disappointment. :( But it's like Todd and Rick said - you will see performance improvements, unfortunately not as much and probably not where you were expecting them.

Nish Nishant

:-) It's not you Konstantin. Not at all. It's just that the harsh realities of double-CPUs hit me so hard in the face, that for a few uncertain moments of sorrow, I could have died of mental suffocation, that's all. Thanks for revealing the truth to me, even if the truth that was revealed was of a dark and foul nature. The evil that men do lives after them and so be it with Intel :-( Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut

Nish Nishant

Konstantin Vasserman wrote: It just sounded like Nish was looking for his CPU frequency to double and I want to make sure that he knows that it won't. Yes. My ideas regarding multiple processors were quite wrong, till you explained it to me. Thanks Konstantin :-) Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut

Nish Nishant

I checked Naveen's utility :- -[snip from article]- CPU’s approximate speed can be obtained from registry key ~MHz under HKLM\\Hardware\\Description\\System\\CentralProcessor\\0 registry entry. -[/end of snip]- Fat lot of good that's gonna do me! Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut

Todd Smith

Yup. And my system at work is off by about 75mhz.

Todd Smith

Paul Watson

Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: The evil that men do lives after them and so be it with Intel Do not confuse your ignorance as the evil of others, young man. :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge

Nish Nishant

Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh Driving sharp thorns into my bleeding wounds :-) Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut

Paul Watson

Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Driving sharp thorns into my bleeding wounds Hey that reminds me of Shaka Zulu who made his troops run over fields of thorns to toughen their feet. Any soldier who fell or refused was tortured by impaling them on long 8inch wide spikes, left hanging for days on end, kept barely alive. Sounds nuts but his "armies" ruled Southern Africa because they were the toughest, meanest and best used troops around. You do know who Shaka Zulu is, right? And Nish, cheer up! Please! You sound so depressed about something. Either let it out and maybe we can help or buckle up and put on a brave face. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge

Nish Nishant

Paul Watson wrote: And Nish, cheer up! Please! You sound so depressed about something. Either let it out and maybe we can help or buckle up and put on a brave face. Well I was using a P-III 650 MHz with 128 MB Ram and it wasnt really fast for me [at office] Now they've brought back some of our machines from the US office and I was alloted a Dual-P-III-Xeon-550/100 with 128 MB ram. I was under the impression that this will double up as 1.1 GHz and now people tell me I was wrong. Two processors wont double the speed. Now I am worried whether I have gone for a slower box than my old one. Anyway I am gonna push for more ram - maybe add another 128 so I'll have 256 which should be okay. Plus my monitor is 14" [imagine that] I want a 17" monitor but I am not sure it will be approved :-( That's why I am trying to get a desktop panning software which will extend my 800x600 screen to a 1024x768 virtua;l desktop All my searches on the net give me software that allows us to use multiple desktops which is not what I want at all. Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut

Paul Watson

Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Anyway I am gonna push for more ram - maybe add another 128 so I'll have 256 which should be okay. I have to repeat what we all know: Extra memory makes a far greater difference than a few hundred extra megahertz. 128 is really not enough IMHO, I have 256 and want to go up to 512 soon. Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Plus my monitor is 14" [imagine that] I want a 17" monitor but I am not sure it will be approved When I moved from 14" to 17" I could not believe how much it improved my working style. Really push your boss for that upgrade Nish, it helps a lot. Hey Nish, to cheer you up I will admit that the way SA are playing cricket right now makes me think India could beat us as well! :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge

Nish Nishant

Paul Watson wrote: I will admit that the way SA are playing cricket right now makes me think India could beat us as well! :-) Even when you are losing, you still know how to wag your tongues, you south africans :-) Right I want to see how Australia will fare against sri-lanka, with Murali looking like he'll get a wicket every three overs. Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut