Quote Originally Posted by unclewebb View Post

"Armed with this information, seasoned application developers and amateur coders alike will finally have everything they need to implement the most accurate, real-time core temperature display tool possible."

Well, not quite.
To me the whole thing was just a clever PR exercise for the upcoming Core i7 and all of us (you, me, Anandtech, all of us here on XtremeSystems etc) got sucked into this hoping to see details on the entire Core2 range's TjMAX (by stepping) and perhaps some hints and tips and how to accommodate for error.

At the end of the day all that Intel said in blunt layman terns was,,

"Yes we know our sensors in our 45nm Core2's are a little bit rubbish, here are a few TjMAX values for a couple of 45nm CPU's....if you are thinking of measuring thermal values there is a quantifiable amount of error in doing this and this error gets greater at idle temperatures.... BUT our up and coming brand spanking new shiny Core i7 processors come with working sensors, far more accurate and reliable than our current "Extreme" Sensors

Unclewebb do you plan on making 2.75 final anytime soon?
So far I am really impressed with it as my sensors all agree throughout the range (from idle to being at 100% load during stress testing).

Have you tried contacting intel asking if they have any further information to offer to assist you in developing RealTemp?
It would be nice if they gave you or at least made a public resource of all Core2 processors TjMAX values (by stepping to).

Keep up the good work, Kind Regards

John