Question...

In order to play Counter Strike Source, your comp needs to have 1.7 mhz of processing power, and that is what my new laptop has along with the proper video card and everything. However when i do steams compatability test it says i only have 0.7 mhz available...is there anyway to fix this?(I am assuming its a hardware issue) but is there any easy software fix??

Joe

 

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I presume you mean GigaHz, not MHz. Anyway, modern laptops have CPUs which vary their clock settings ("speed") according to the load they're running. So even if you have (say) a 1.7 GHz Pentium M, it might only be running at 700 Mhz most of the time.

Check your speed with CPU-Z. It's free and easy to use.

 

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Laptop's do vary their speed which can usually be adjusted within the operating system or bios of the laptop. The reason for the change in speed is usually down to the power consumption and temperature a laptop would usually run at at full speed.

You might have to adjust the power settings to allow greater power use when the cable is attached.

Also if you have a Core Duo or other dual processor setup, check that your BIOS is set to the correct speed. Notibly on some laptops the "Compatibility" option will only use one processor and also disable the L1/L2 Cache's resulting in a slower processor speed.

 

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Awesome thanks guys!