Not true as it's totaly hardware. Most of the people griping about it are frustrated because it reads so much higher than the thermistor when under load. I've tested it well enough to know that the results are pretty good already. On the epox they usea winbond chip to read the temps from the xp diode. So under windows the readout is coming direct from the winbond chip.
What they may be experiancing is that the timings are different on some bios to either slow or speed up the system. To slow down in case of compatibility problems and to speed up for performance. Some bios's work better than others depending on your actual hardware. Some motherboards are closer to spek than others and can handle the timeings others have a dud part somewere that causes problems so they use a bios with relaxed timings. Due to the timings your cpu may actually be running at a higher clock than the bios indicates. This could cause the temp differences. Asus are know to run there boards oc'd from the factory at default settings to make them look faster.
I agree about the simulated cpu but when I do it it will be done right and will allow for much more exact testing.
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