Real Temp - New temp program for Intel Core processors

[unclewebb]

so wats better? core temp or real temp?

I'm a little biased but let's do some comparisons.

CoreTemp reports the idle core temperature on my E8400 20C degrees hotter than what it actually is. RealTemp is within a degree or two of the actual temperature from 10C to 100C. CoreTemp will report that your E4300 is 15C hotter than what it actually is when at full load.



In the above pic, one temperature monitoring program is correctly reporting the MHz when playing around with SetFSB.

RealTemp also gives you a way to compensate for digital thermal sensors that are not working properly at idle. Core #2 in the above picture is a good example of a sensor that is reporting at least 5C to 6C too low.

RealTemp displays the raw digital thermal sensor (DTS) data along with the absolute temperature data, both at the same time. CoreTemp forces you to choose which one you want to see.

RealTemp clearly shows your minimum and maximum temperatures and gives you an easy way to reset this data. CoreTemp forces you to search through a log file for this data.

RealTemp also shows whether your processor is thermal throttling or not. This is displayed and logged by directly reading the PROCHOT# bit within the Intel core processors.

RealTemp includes a Test Sensors feature that lets you discover if your thermal sensors are getting stuck at low idle temperatures like many new 45nm processors do. CoreTemp doesn't.

RealTemp includes a very accurate benchmark. It's far more accurate than doing a 1M SuperPI benchmark which uses a timer with only 1/64 second precision.

If you need to know your processor's voltage ID then use CoreTemp. Of course that number can vary depending on which motherboard you plug your processor into so it probably doesn't mean as much as some users think it does.

CoreTemp does have a very nice tray icon feature which RealTemp will likely get some day if the programmer ever stops pissing away countless hours in forums. The information that CoreTemp displays for your E4300 will be completely meaningless and have a very poor correlation to the actual temperature but it will look good when minimized, guaranteed.

I told you I was a little biased.

RealTemp was also written by a fellow XS enthusiast that fully understands the value of accurate temperature data when pursuing a good OC.



That picture has nothing to do with this thread but I'd paper my living room with it if I could get away with it. Not too shabby for an old air cooled P5B Deluxe.