TAOTAO161: There have been lots and lots and lots of changes, new features and improvements since version 2.60. I think both versions should report your temps about the same though. You should get accurate temp readings no matter how many apps are running on your computer. Long term stability has been significantly improved since version 2.61 of RealTemp. I previously didn't have enough time or tools to test for this.

Here's a pic of 18 instances of RealTemp running at the same time without any problems. Only hard part is trying to get a screen shot with them all showing the exact same temperature. At least they're all pretty close:



-X-hellfire: The APIC ID which is the proper term for what I was previously calling Core Order can change with each re-boot. AFAIK, it's the order that your bios assigns cores to Windows. I think 0123 is normal and the most common APIC ID but some motherboards change frequently and some never change. I went 3 months at 0123 and now my APIC ID has been 0213 for about the last month. Some users will see different APIC ID values several times a day if they re-boot a lot. I'm not sure why this happens but at least RealTemp tries to compensate for this and will hopefully report your core temps in the correct physical order no matter what APIC ID pops up. CoreTemp and Everest are ignoring this issue so your hot core or your cold core might move around from day to day or with each reboot.

....the previous versions lately has been very slow when the computer starts, RT has started but shows empty temperature icons for like say 20-30 seconds until almost everything else has finished as the computer starts, is this normal?
That's not normal at all and sounds like a problem with your computer. Whenever I start RealTemp on my computer there is temperature data being displayed within 1 second of starting the program. Anyone else having this issue?