My normal cpu temp is running by average around 50C (up and down between 45C to 50sC) on internet surfing and goes up to 70-80s on old medium loading game.
80C is a very average temperature during gaming and well within safety limits, so don't worry. You could undervolt or curve optimize to get better temperatures.
Core Temp reads the value from the register and uses a formula provided by AMD to calculate the current temperature. The formula for the Athlon 64 series, early ...
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The temperature shown at idle with the AMD Adrenaline software is at 56C, while through iCue (use it to control the case's fan speeds based on the CPU temp), ...