Real Temp - New temp program for Intel Core processors

[unclewebb]

pifive: There are two different versions of the Q6600:

Stepping B3 - CPUID 0x6F7 - TjMax = 90C
Stepping G0 - CPUID 0x6FB - TjMax = 100C

A program like CPU-z will show you what stepping you have and RealTemp will show you one of those two CPUIDs.

At the recent IDF, Intel has said that the TJ Target for these processors is 80C and 90C. To be honest, I'm not quite sure what that means or the relationship to TjMax.

My opinion is that for accurate core temperatures, you need to use a +10C offset from this Intel spec so the latest beta of RealTemp is still using 90C and 100C. Click on the Defaults button in the RealTemp Settings window and it will show you what your default TjMax is. Your reported temps look realistic to me but you would need to give me a lot more details about your case and cooling used and MHz and core voltage and........ Try doing the RealTemp calibration procedure as outlined in the docs.

IanB: Automatic calibration would be a wonderful thing but I don't think it's possible. There are just too many unknowns starting with the latest curve ball Intel threw at us at the recent IDF. I haven't quite figured out what TJ Target really means and I probably never will. Then there are sticking sensors, slope error and Intel calibration error at TjMax, both of unknown magnitudes, and etc., etc.

By the time I get an accurate Automatic Calibration feature finished, they'll be retiring Core i7.

randomizer: Nice graph. Maybe automatic calibration isn't as far off as I thought. It's pretty easy to see what your idle temps are going to be at the next step when load is 0%.