Real Temp - New temp program for Intel Core processors

[unclewebb]

In XP if you want Speedstep to work properly, you might have to set your Power schemes to Portable/Laptop in the Power Options section even if you have a Desktop CPU.
Not all motherboards are the same and sometimes C1E and Speedstep might fight each other so you will need to play around with all of these settings to get the multiplier at idle that you want. Overclocking also effects what multiplier you end up with.

Reporting the correct multiplier is a matter of opinion. It can change 101 or 1001 times a second and waking up a core to ask it what multiplier it is at can change what it reports. My averaging method is based on the Intel Turbo white paper. To keep it from jumping around too much, I decided to average the multi to the nearest half (0.5)

At full load, CPU-Z and RealTemp should show the same thing for the multiplier but at idle when the multiplier is constantly going up and down depending on your settings, CPU-Z reports a maximum amount which Intel agrees with. I decided to show an average amount because I think that better represents what's going on when Speedstep isn't set up properly.