Reducing Polling Interval for Accurate Thermal Tracking
Looking at report #1290 (Win10 22H2), HWMonitor logs showed severe sensor lag. The thermal data was jumping in stairs rather than a curve, with a real-time refresh rate flickering between 60% - 75%. At its worst, the data lagged behind the actual chip temp by about 4 degrees. I dived into the monitoring software's advanced settings and slashed the polling interval from 2000ms to 500ms, while simultaneously turning off the software-side smoothing filters. This forced the hardware to talk faster. Post-tweak, HWMonitor recorded a much more realistic core temp swing of 51% - 57℃, with a refresh accuracy of 97.9%. The warnings are now snappy as hell. The only tradeoff is a tiny bump in CPU overhead which, honestly, barely registers, but for the most obsessive users, it might be a point of contention. Overall, much more trustworthy.
