Real Temp - New temp program for Intel Core processors

[unclewebb]

rge: Thanks for the modified graph. I've been meaning to show that graphically to explain what people are accomplishing by adjusting TjMax when they probably shouldn't be. The graph shifts upward, you create some realistic looking idle temps but you've created inaccuracies in your reported temps everywhere else between idle and TjMax. Personally I wouldn't adjust TjMax one degree unless I had an IR thermometer or similar device to verify that the TjMax RealTemp is using is wrong.

I keep telling people that these sensors are not accurate at idle and then they keep using inaccurate information to decide whether RealTemp is using the correct TjMax or not. I'll never be able to convince everybody but at least I've been able to convince a lot of people that their software is not being honest and that RealTemp is about the best choice for this problem.

Mr Roboto: I don't quite understand your question but here's some info that might help.

Reported Temps = TjMax - Digital Thermal Sensor Reading

RealTemp uses TjMax=95C and CoreTemp uses TjMax=105C. If you plug those numbers into the formula then where the 10C difference in reported temperatures is coming from is pretty obvious. Both programs read the same Intel sensor and agree on that but interpret the data differently. I decided on 95C based on my IR thermometer testing. I'm assuming that CoreTemp went with 105C based on Intel documentation for the mobile processors which I don't believe is relevant to the Intel Desktop processors.

I'm not 100% sure what Everest or Asus AISuite are reading but I assume both of them are reading the CPU temp sensor in the center of the chip. The calibration for this sensor isn't always accurate depending on the bios so it's nice to see that it seems to work on your board and that it's showing the same as RealTemp. In theory, during quick load transitions, the readings from RealTemp might be more accurate than your other CPU readings but these 45nm chips are getting so small that the sensors are very close together and if they are all calibrated and working properly, you might not see much difference between them. If that doesn't quite answer things for you then just try again.

[Mr Roboto]

Sorry to make that so confusing. You answered my question. Thanks for a great little app.

Also like people stated many times these sensors are terribly inaccurate at idle. Sometimes my BIOS as well as AISuite reads 124c. Obviously that's impossible. Once you give it a little juice it comes right down.