mint thinks cpu is smaller than it is

chriss2.0 · Post by **chriss2.0** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 1:14 pm

I could be Wrong, i have just installed "Age of Empires" (via wine) and after install, when i try to run i get a msg saying that my prosseser is only 1.3GHZ

so i cant play.

however my laptops prosseser is a duel core 1.8GHZ why does it think its smaller?

RobertLM78 · Post by **RobertLM78** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 1:29 pm

Chris -

Try typing

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inxi -C

into a terminal and post the results. If it is Mint that is mis-identifying the processor, then this will show it.

chriss2.0 · Post by **chriss2.0** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 2:39 pm

RobertLM78 wrote:Chris -

Try typing
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inxi -C
into a terminal and post the results. If it is Mint that is mis-identifying the processor, then this will show it.

"CPU: Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 (-MCP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 svm)
Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz"

got the make right but it runs at 1.90GHZ according to the windows partition (duel boot)

even so that still thats more than 1.3GHZ so why is it underclocking my cpu and how do i fix it?

gold_finger · Post by **gold_finger** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:10 pm

Pretty sure it's just showing what cpu currently running at -- not capacity. Will ramp up when needed.

Run this instead and look at the capacity:

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sudo lshw -C cpu

(Will appear to pause for a few seconds before displaying output.)

hpmc13 · Post by **hpmc13** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 8:48 pm

I had a similar problem with a new build. Couldn't figure out why it seemed slower than the old machine. The BIOS was throttling the CPU to half-speed all the time. Mint would report the speed as this as well when I did benchmarking. When I unleased it, everything got really fast.

catweazel · Post by **catweazel** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 9:06 pm

hpmc13 wrote:When I unleased it, everything got really fast.

I'm sorry but that recommended fix isn't vague enough. Could you have another go, please?

tom99 · Post by **tom99** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 2:22 pm

My guess is that the application is running its own benchmark and finding the performance is equal to 1.3 GHz. That application is running through the wine emulation and you are probably getting a performance drop from wine.

Wine usually gives me a performance drop, depending on the brand. =-}

eanfrid · Post by **eanfrid** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:38 pm

What gives "inxi -S" ?

gold_finger · Post by **gold_finger** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 5:59 pm

This is likely your solution: CPU Frequency Scaling

Your system is set to "On Demand". Change to "Performance" should solve issue I would imagine. Note: will likely use laptop battery up quicker and increase temperature -- so probably want to make change only when needed for Wine -- assuming this solves the problem. (I have no experience with Wine, so just guessing this is problem.)

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