Active clock

[gangz]

I've used for the first time now hwinfo and I've seen this tab and if I click on it, it'll swap to effective clock and im not sure which is the default one or if something is changeing.(right corner)
any help would be appreciated

Gyazo

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[Martin]

Effective clock vs instant (discrete) clock

It has become a common practice for several years to report instant (discrete) clock values for CPUs. This method is based on knowledge of the actual bus clock (BCLK) and sampling of core ratios at specific time points. The resulting clock is then a simple result of ratio * BCLK. Such approach...

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[gangz]

should i keep it to active then?

 

[Martin]

It just switches between showing active or effective clock, doesn't do any changes to the system.
So it's up to you what kind of clock you prefer to see.