Apology accepted Nano74.

You're upset with the TjMax that RealTemp uses for your CPU so can you explain to me what TjMax you have chosen to use and what that's based on? Do you have any new documentation from Intel that I don't know about or any testing that you've done or is it based on some other programs that have chosen to use a different TjMax than what RealTemp uses? The competition hasn't posted any real world testing that I'm aware of.

I think RealTemp, CoreTemp and Everest all let you select whatever TjMax you want these days so you can pick whatever program you like and adjust it accordingly.

If you're interested in some of the testing I've done then read through this 50+ page novel. This thread is an excellent source of temperature information from all users.

kpo6969: No need to ditch CoreTemp. As long as you've set it to use the correct TjMax, which you have, then it's full load accuracy should be the same as RealTemp. Idle temps might be out a couple of degrees but they're not that important anyhow.

I haven't jumped on the Vista bandwagon quite yet so a sidebar for RealTemp is still a little ways off in the future. This may be sour grapes but I find CoreTemp and Everest both have too much information in their sidebars which makes it hard to see. I prefer the size of font that the weather gadget uses so it's easy to see your core temps at a glance.

alex17 GTX: RealTemp has been using the same VID formula since it introduced this feature. I read in the E8400 thread earlier today that you can do a Register Dump in CPU-Z and it will show you the max VID in the file it creates near the top. So far I haven't seen any difference between what it reports and what RealTemp reports.