graysky: Intel has never documented absolute temperatures for any of the desktop processors.

Anyone interested in an absolute temperature can use CoreTemp 0.95 and will get a realistic looking load temperature number but it is not documented and may or may not be 100% accurate.

What is fully documented by Intel is the DTS. It provides accurate temperature information that is relative to the thermal throttling point for any Core based processor. If you use CoreTemp 0.95 and set it to "Show Delta to Tjunction", you will be able to read the DTS in real time. If you do this, it doesn't matter what the real TjMax is and it doesn't matter what changes Intel made to the latest G0 steppings. The information returned by the DTS did not change.

Post a few links to any questionable G0 temperature readings and I'll have a look at them and try to come up with a reasonable explanation.