

Mmm, and voltage sensors need to be calibrated to software, because they are cheap XD.


it would be nice to see all the proper volts though to know you arent over or under volting for things such as core voltage-memory controller-Dram-QPI/VTT etc. I generally go by what CPU-z tells me, if I set to say 1.4v in bios and cpu-z tells me 1.41v then I know everything is the way it should be, but if it "droops" to say 1.38v when loaded I know I need to adjust LLC or cpu-vdda for my Phenom II. 050, see what cpu-z tells you and compare it, real temp and core temp(I forget which) can also tell the voltage, as does everest and a whole slew of other programs. I remember that Phenom II has an offset of a few degress celsius and thier voltage is offset a bit by factory to keep temps and TDP within guidelines, and my E8400 also had to be calibrated anywhere from 1-6c to be "accurate" HWinfo reports VID(which can be on the $ for accuracy or quite off, depends on how accurately it was calibrated) HWmonitor-CPUz and a few others read the actual voltage chip is recieving according to Intel and AMD specs(sometimes this can be through sence pins, other times through VRM similar to the VID)Ĭan they be accurate, yes, software never truly is, however, if properly calibrated(as digital is a rough approximation anyways voltage is more of an analog signal where digital is a more absolute) they are usually quite good, this does very much depend on the chip/motherboard and such in question though.
