Real Temp - New temp program for Intel Core processors

[unclewebb]

cjbrown80: RealTemp and Core Temp both follow the Intel directions for reading TJMax directly from the Core i7 CPUs. If SpeedFan does not do this correctly then it won't be able to report your temperatures correctly.

SimpleTECH: Thanks for that. That's not the first I've heard of that issue. RealTemp 3.50 always opened up fine for me so I'm not sure if there is a borked version running around in the wild or what's gong on. I'll plug my XP drive in and see if I can figure out any problems. I mostly use Vista or Windows 7 these days and haven't had any problems.

Wishmaker: Your testing might help me find the RealTemp hangs at start up issue.

cincyrob: Your version of RealTemp is so damn bright it's hurting my eyes.

M4rk: Intel's sensors on the 45nm Core 2 Quad chips don't start to become consistent until beyond 70C which is where Intel calibrates at least one of them. TJMax can vary significantly from one core to the next on these CPUs but you can't determine or take a wild guess at that until the CPU is at a much higher temperature than what you are running at.

There is so much error in the Core 2 45nm sensors caused by a variety of issues that accurate temperatures is mostly a guessing game. I tend to trust core 0 the most. Run your CPU as cool as possible and you'll be able to overclock it reliably as high as possible. Don't put too much effort into trying to get an exact temperature out of these crappy sensors. That's not what Intel designed them for and it shows.