Real Temp - New temp program for Intel Core processors

[unclewebb]

Download the beta here, unzip and copy the new RealTemp.exe into your previous RealTemp folder.
http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/3/...alTempBeta.zip



If it doesn't download 2.68 then try a different browser and empty your cache.

RT2.68 will report your core order in the Settings window. The sometimes random core ordering is not really a Quad bug but it's something that software, especially temperature monitoring software, needs to be aware of and needs to correct for.

This issue is also not being dealt with by the Set Affinity... option in the Task Manager in Windows XP. Here's an example:

RealTemp reports 0 2 1 3 for the Core Order for my processor.

CPU 0: --> core0
CPU 1: --> core2
CPU 2: --> core1
CPU 3: --> core3

Here's what that table means. My processor is fine for core 0 and core 3. In TaskManager if I use SetAffinity... and tell it to put the load on CPU 1, it actually puts the load on core2. If I tell it to put the load on CPU 2, it puts the load on core1.

Software that doesn't deal with this issue is going to have a problem. When it uses the SetAffinity() function and asks for temperature data for CPU 1, my processor is crossed so it returns the temperature data for core2. By creating a lookup table like RealTemp now does, any request within RealTemp for temperature data should be getting that data from the correct core. That's the theory at least!

The only 3 core orders I've seen reported so far are:
0 1 2 3 ~ normal
0 2 1 3 ~ center cores crossed and
0 2 3 1 ~ maybe I'll call this one the core1 shuffle

In the last version, the temperature data for core1 gets shuffled to the end of the line so CoreTemp 0.99 and Everest will report your core1 data as Core #3.

If anyone sees something else pop up in the Core Order window in RealTemp then let me know. This code also works with Dual core CPUs but I think all of them will report 0 1. RT2.68 handles the 0 2 3 1 situation differently than RT2.67.2 but now that I've done my homework, I'm 99.9% sure that RT2.68 is finally getting this right. After each re-boot or start up, if your bios reorganizes your cores, RealTemp will automatically compensate and report them in the correct order.