Hi,
On my i7-870, core 2 reads slightly higher in temperature than the other 3 cores (about 3 degrees C). By default, TThrottle chooses this temperature as it's input for the throttling algorithm. (Well, I'm guessing it does!)
Would it be possible to have TThrottle to be able to select another core to use as it's temperature input, rather than the one core that reads the highest temp? It's only a suggestion, as I guess one can always simply adjust the setpoint higher to accommodate for the higher reading. :D
Jave.
I guess that TTh will (and should) always choose the highest available temperature for any observed device, because it is the "worst case" to react on.
I'm also observing different readouts (1-3 °C) on all multi-cores. But maybe TTh could introduce (in addition to user-defined Tjunction in Expert tab (thanks for having this available!)) some optional table (an additional column in Temperature tab?), where the user could add own temperature ±difference of a few (maybe limited to ±5?) degrees for each of available cores and GPUs? This would level the temperature values (at the user's will) and still allow choosing the highest available temperature for regulation.
I think the proper way to go is to display the highest temp since the point is to guard against overheating. As stated above, you can adjust it downward manually if you don't like high numbers. I've been 39 for the last 22 years after all..
Quote from: Beyond on March 21, 2011, 02:38:17 PM
... you can adjust it downward manually if you don't like high numbers.
Makes no sense at a whole, but such adjusting relatively one-to-another... (like fine-tuning sports engines
:D)
QuoteI've been 39 for the last 22 years after all..
This reminds me on Kathryn S. Marks' declaration of her age
;)
Jave: the reason the highest CPU is 3c higher is because it actually is 3c higher. I've got an i7 that has three cores that are currently reading ~5-10c higher than the fourth and that core is almost always lower than the other three (it's low is 3c lower than the next lowest, and it's high is 2c lower than the next lowest). personally, I'd like to keep my computer running longer rather than cranking out one or two more points per day