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CPU aint doing what it should be doing!

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  • 09-01-2006 8:12pm
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    ando
    Registered Users Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭


    I'm trying to get 'GTR FIA GT racing' to work on my system, but at the moment GTR says my system is below minimum specs. I think the problem is my CPU. Its a AMD Athlon Xp2500+. The clock speed of it is 1883mhz (1.8GHz) but my PC says its 1090mhz (1.09Ghz) when I right click on My Computer and goto Properties.

    This is the spec of my system:

    Asus A7N8X motherboard
    AMD Athlon XP2500+ 1.833 GHz
    1.5 Gigs or RAM
    Radeon 9800 graphics card
    XP Pro

    Can anyone think why my PC picks up the 1.8Ghz chip as 1.09Ghz? and anyway around it?


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    Dman_15
    Registered Users Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Dman_15


    I think you need to go into your bios (hit delete when you turn on your pc)

    Your 'CPU FSB' or 'external frequency' should be set to 166 i think. I'm guessing its set to default of 100.

    Your multiplier should be 11

    11 x 166 = 1.83


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    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    Download CPUZ and run it, it'll scan your system and tell you exactly what's in it, what speeds, multiplyers etc everythings running at. It's possible that it's a bug in the game causing it to not detect your CPU properly, if this is the case their own forums would most likely have details of a fix.


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    ando
    Registered Users Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭ando


    Dman_15 wrote:
    I think you need to go into your bios (hit delete when you turn on your pc)

    Your 'CPU FSB' or 'external frequency' should be set to 166 i think. I'm guessing its set to default of 100.

    Your multiplier should be 11

    11 x 166 = 1.83

    thanks for that post. The CPU is now detected by windows as a 1.8Ghz chip !! woohoooo, the Pc's flying and I no longer get the 'Your system is below minimum spec' in Gtr ;)


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    SouperComputer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    ando wrote:
    thanks for that post. The CPU is now detected by windows as a 1.8Ghz chip !! woohoooo, the Pc's flying and I no longer get the 'Your system is below minimum spec' in Gtr ;)

    dont forget to grab a copy of GT Legends too ;)


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