Quote Originally Posted by hstuehmeyer2000 View Post
I was wondering about this two, what are you doing different than everyone else to get the same results in 32bit and in 64bit? I have been wondering why an os would make a difference in the way a processor clocks.
I think it is CPU specific how different they will behave in 32bit and 64bit. For example my first 9500 did 2.45GHz in 64bit and 2.6GHz in 32bit stable.
Then my 9600BE did 2.5GHz in 32bit but was not stable in 64bit even at 2.0GHZ!! Replacement came from same batch and the story repeated with a small difference that it did 2.2GHz stable in 64bit - another RMA. Then finally I had 9600BE which was stable up to 2.6GHz in 32bit and 2.33GHz in 64bit. No matter voltages, HTT, RAM. My friend got 9600BE which can do 2.5GHz in 64bit stable. I've tried most of these CPUs on 2 different boards, my Gigabyte MA790FX-DQ6 and MSI K9A2 Platinium.
Now I'm sitting with 9850BE @2.73-2.77GHz in 64bit, anything more from BIOS and no-boot to desktop. I can set 2.8GHz in AOD but system will froze while idling.