Re: [PLUG] finding out cpu speed /proc/cpuinfo

[Antony P Joseph <antony@panathara.org>]

Hi

  Can  you check whether it is frequency scaling or not? 
You can check by running a cpu bound while loop "while(1) {}". If the
frequency increases, then you are not ripped off.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_scaling

With regards
Antony
On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 16:56 -0400, Sonny To wrote:
> I bought a computer recently
> 
>  /proc/cpuinfo says I have an
> 
> AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+
> cpu MHz         : 1000.000
> 
> However the processor is supposed to run at 3GHZ.  am I being ripped
> off? heard stories about fake processors have bios changed to make it
> look like the real thing.
> 
> is there a linux utility that will allow me to test the processor?
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