Calculate your CPU power using pure math attack!

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It claims 6.5 GHz on my 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo.

Here's some blitzmax code that will give you the true speed in MHz:

http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=2114

(It's actually stored in the Windows registry, so instead of actually testing you can just have Windows do the dirty work and read it back. Sample output:

Number of CPUs/cores: 2
CPU Speed in MHz : 2399
CPU Name String : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
CPU Identifier : x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6
Vendor Identifier : GenuineIntel

ATI Video Adapter : Radeon X1650 Series (0x00000000)
Board Manufacturer : Hightech Information System Ltd. (0x000017af)
ATI Device ID : 7291 (0x00007291)
ATI BIOS Date : 01/01/07 (0x00010107)
ATI Chip ID : RV560 (0x00000171)
ATI 2D Driver : 6.14.10.6641 (0x00000000)
ATI D3D Driver : 6.14.10.440 (0x00000000)
ATI OGL Driver : 6.14.10.6120 (0x00000000)
ATI Bus Type : PCI Express x16 (0x00000010)
ATI Memory Size : 256 MB (0x00000200)
ATI Memory Type : DDR3 (0x00000000)
DirectX Version : 9.0c (0x09000000)