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RealTemp 3.46

4.2 out of 5 stars 4.2 (44 votes)

(November 30, 2009)

Windows 7/2000/Vista/XP / Freeware / 3,262 downloads

Real Temp is a temperature monitoring program designed for all Intel single Core, Dual Core and Quad Core processors. Each core on these processors has a digital thermal sensor (DTS) that reports temperature data relative to TjMax which is the safe maximum operating core temperature for the CPU. As your CPU heats up, your Distance to TjMax will decrease. If it reaches zero your processor will start to throttle or slow down so maximizing your distance away from TjMax will help your computer run at full speed and more reliably too.

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  1. 1 out of 5 stars
    OldGeek

    Reviewing 3.40 (Nov 16, 2009)

    I tried this updated version and it still tells me my single core Intel CPU is "not supported". If the description did not include the "all single core" terminology I wouldn't be able to give it a review, however it does say that and it simply is not true. So because of the misleading description I can only give it a 1.

  2. 4 out of 5 stars
    hedley

    Reviewing 3.39.2 Beta (Nov 7, 2009)

    no support for amd phenom,...but idea is quite ok

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    coover

    Reviewing 3.39.2 Beta (Nov 6, 2009)

    Seems to have lots of information and evidently tests the CPU to determine something(?). Unfortunately, I didn't understand the results (other than my CPU was not anywhere close to the maximum temperature).

    Perhaps the software author could add a text file which explains each of the tests and results? There is a readme.txt file included that gives a couple of web pages that may give this information, but I do think it should be included in the zip file.

    In the meantime, because I do see that lots of information is available, I will give this app a 5.

  4. 4 out of 5 stars
    outofspace

    Reviewing 3.39 Beta (Nov 3, 2009)

    some guy WTF WHAT INSTALLER?

  5. 1 out of 5 stars
    OldGeek

    Reviewing 3.39 Beta (Nov 2, 2009)

    I have an Intel single core and "it's not supported".

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