Changing the AMD64-X2 cpu speed

Funny. I thought my system was fast since I had installed the AMD 64 X2 6000+. This thing has a dual-core at 3GHz (hence the 6000+). And indeed the system was a lot faster than my “old” Pentium4 2.66GHz. I just installed the cpufrequtils package. It turns out that cpufreq-info reveals that both CPU’s ran at 1GHz. So I changed that to 3GHz. Guess what I think of the system performance now?! 🙂

switchbl8@rrs01:~$ cpufreq-info
cpufrequtils 002: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2006
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analyzing CPU 0:
  driver: powernow-k8
  CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0 1
  hardware limits: 1000 MHz - 3.00 GHz
  available frequency steps: 3.00 GHz, 2.80 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.40 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1000 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: ondemand, powersave, userspace, conservative, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 1000 MHz and 3.00 GHz.
                  The governor "userspace" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 3.00 GHz.
analyzing CPU 1:
  driver: powernow-k8
  CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0 1
  hardware limits: 1000 MHz - 3.00 GHz
  available frequency steps: 3.00 GHz, 2.80 GHz, 2.60 GHz, 2.40 GHz, 2.20 GHz, 2.00 GHz, 1.80 GHz, 1000 MHz
  available cpufreq governors: ondemand, powersave, userspace, conservative, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 1000 MHz and 3.00 GHz.
                  The governor "userspace" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 3.00 GHz.