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@unclewebb: Showing the average temperature of all the cores would be a great addition to RealTemp. An example, I can choose any of the or all 4 cores of my I7 920 to show temperatures output onto the System Tray using the System Tray Settings on the RealTemp, my idea would be to divide the temperatures of Core 00 + Core 01 + Core 02 + Core 03 / 4 = average temperature of the processor as a whole.
i think it would be better to just show the hottest one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Metroid
The majority of temperature sensors that Intel uses on their CPUs are not accurate. With a Core i7-920, you're best off viewing core 0 since it tends to be the most accurate core.
yes you have said this before and I think it is the best advice. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by unclewebb
But I think showing to hottest core would be better than "average" of 4 cores.
From the screen shots I've seen, Core 0 of an i7-920 is almost always the hottest during normal use. When you have 4 cores side by side within 2cm of each other, its very difficult for one core to be significantly hotter than any of the others. Any difference doesn't last long as heat from one core gets transferred to its cooler neighbor. From the docs that I've seen, I think Intel agrees that these CPUs are getting so small that individual core temps aren't as important as they used to be. Starting with Sandy Bridge there is a new register that has information about the temperature of the entire package. That might be useful data instead of 6 inaccurate sensors like the Core i7-980X uses where all the cores tend to report something different.
On the Core i7-920, I can't remember ever seeing a screen shot when stress testing where core 3 was ever reported hotter than core 0. Maybe someone could run 2 threads of Prime95 and lock them both to core 3 using Set Affinity... and leave the other 3 cores idle to prove me wrong. :)
It might be interesting to see how the heat transfers from one end of the CPU to the other after it has had a minute to stabilize.
Not sure if I got this right but....
I also grabbed the 32bit by mistake, will try and get 64bit.
edit:here is 64bit. Looking at Max temps they go down from core3 to core0. Core 0 is normally the hottest core on all my bloomfields, as you said.
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idle temps
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Awesome program dude! Thanks!
Thanks to OC Nub, I added an option to display the highest core temperature in the system tray as a single icon. This feature has only been added to the GT version so far but I'll also be adding it to the regular version of RealTemp in the near future. If you are the type of person to lock a couple of threads of folding@home or similar to a single core then this might be a useful feature.
Edit: RT 3.61 GT needs a bug fix. I'll post 3.62 in a day or two.
Thanks for the update.
3.62 ?
:shrug:
I'm gonna be shot for this, but... Considered compiling a MAC version? :)
I don't have access to any MAC hardware or a C++ compiler so I don't see a MAC version any time in the near future.
Never hurts to ask. :)
I haven't got around to uploading 3.62 yet. Maybe tomorrow.
Will realtemp GT also support for sub-zero temps? Cause now it just shows minimal -17degrees.
It isn't possible. RT is only software and software isn't playing any rule in temp rang. It's HW (sensor) limited. Why are XOCers using thermometer instead of SW? Because there's no way to make some software to read something which HW doesn't support.
In theory, RealTemp can go as low as -27C but that's only if the on die temperature sensors don't get stuck. Most of them get stuck long before this point and even if they are not stuck, they are not very accurate when you are using them so far away from the Intel calibration point. Intel designed these sensors for semi-accurate thermal throttling and thermal shutdown control. For that purpose, they work great but they were never designed for accurate sub-zero temperature reporting.
Too bad, but the temps shown in the bios does shows sub-zero temps (GA-X58A UD7 rev.2), I thought it was the same tempsensor as realtemp.
Isn't it possible to use the same reader in realtemp?
RealTemp just reads the core temperature sensors. I think Everest or SpeedFan can read the CPU sensor that the bios reads.
I think something is not ok with my CPU temps i use RT 3.6 and it show like ~23-27 C and my mobo soft and bios show ~35-39 :confused:
It is not possible for CPU to be under ambient on air right ?
System is from signature.
What are the temps in load?
Idle temperatures are known as wrong...
@ Load are ok, so i gues we have to blame Asus again :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bullet92
No. Asus has nothing to do with that. CPU is the one you should blame because of it's core sensors. Nothing unusual for 32nm sensors.
Intel's 32nm temperature sensors are only designed and calibrated to trigger thermal throttling and thermal shutdown.
At low idle temperatures, far from the calibration point, they are completely inaccurate. The 45nm Core i7-920 used much better sensors.
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Originally Posted by Bullet92
Ok thanks :up: it was my first 32nmQuote:
Originally Posted by unclewebb
what is different between normal and GT? where to download GT latest?
GT is for Gulftown.