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May-June 2011

[30.06.2011]FurMark OpenGL Benchmark 1.9.1 has been released! Here's what's new: support for recent AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards, minor changes and bugfixes.

System Spec has been updated to version 2.95!

[29.06.2011]GPU-Z 0.5.4 has been released! Here's what's new: die size and transistor count for GF108, GF114, Turks, Caicos, memory size reading support for AMD Fusion GPUs, detection for more Intel Sandy Bridge GPUs, detection for variants of GT 220, GTS 450, detection for faked cards based on GTS 250, 9600 GT, NV41M, detection for GeForce GTX 560 non-Ti, GT 520, GF116 based GTS 450, GT 550M, GeForce 315, GeForce 405, Quadro 2000 & 6000, GeForce GTX 560M, GT 555M, GT 550M, GTX 540M, GT 525M, GT 520M, GTX 415M, GT 410M, Quadro 1000M, NVS 4200M, GT218 based ION 2 / 9300 GS / 8400 GS / 405 / NVS 300, HD 6750, HD 6770, HD 6850M, HD 6970M, HD 6670M, HD 6650M, HD 6330M, FirePro 2260, minor changes, bugfixes, etc.

[28.06.2011]CrystalDiskMark 3.0.1b is available for download!

DVDInfoPro 6.528 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

System Spec has been updated to version 2.94!

[27.06.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.80.1462 beta is available for download! Changes include: SensorPanel improvements, identification of Intel Pentium 9xx (aka Sandy Bridge), Intel Processor Number detection for Core i3-2330E, 2330M, 2340UE, 2357M, Core i5-2467M and Pentium 957, sensor support for Dell SMI of OptiPlex 990, OptiPlex GX620, Vostro 3450, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus F1A75-V Pro, Asus P8Z68 Deluxe and P8Z68-V, improved motherboard specific sensor info for ASRock boards, bugfixes.
CrystalDiskInfo 4.0.2a is available for download!

[26.06.2011]PassMark BurnInTest 7.0.0.10 Beta is available for download! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.
[25.06.2011]PassMark DiskCheckup 3.1 Build 1000 is available for download!

Intel has released the Processor Identification Utility 4.32!

HWMonitor 1.18 has been released! New features include: support for AMD "Bulldozer" (K15) and AMD Llano (K12), support for Intel Sandy Bridge, support for Nuvoton NCT7802 sensor chip.

CPU-Z 1.58 has been released! Here's what's new: support for AMD FX "Bulldozer" (K15) and AMD Llano (K12) processor families, preliminary support for Intel Sandy Bridge-EP processors.

[23.06.2011]ASUS has released PC Probe II 1.04.92!

System Spec has been updated to version 2.92!

[22.06.2011]Thaiphoon Burner 7.1.3.0 build 0618 is available for download!

Belarc Advisor 8.2.1.4 is available for download!

[21.06.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.80.1455 beta is available for download! Changes include: preliminary support for AMD Trinity processors, Intel Processor Number detection for Celeron G530T, Core 2 Duo E8335, E8435, Pentium G630 and G630T, GPU information for new nVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 (GF106), sensor support for GMT G781 sensor chip, sensor support for TI TMP400, TMP401, TMP411A, TMP411B, TMP411C, TMP421, TMP422, TMP423, TMP431, TMP432, TMP435, TMP441, TMP442 sensor chips, motherboard specific sensor info for Gigabyte Z68X-UD3-B3, Z68X-UD3H-B3, Z68X-UD3R-B3, bugfixes.
DVDInfoPro has been updated to version 6.527!

HWiNFO32 3.82 has been released! New features include: support for nVidia Tesla M2090/X2090 and Quadro 7000, support for VIA VX900 SMBus Host, support for RivaTuner OSD Server, improved hardware monitoring, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[20.06.2011]OpenGL Extension Viewer 3.37 is available for download!

CrystalDiskInfo 4.0.2 has been released!

[19.06.2011]GPU Caps Viewer 1.13.0 has been released! Here's what's new: support for NVIDIA GeForce 405, GT 520, GT 530 and GT 545, support for AMD Radeon HD 6250 (C-50 APU, Brazos), command line option to export the XML report (exp_xml_report).

[18.06.2011]HDD Observer 4.0 has been released! This version adds support for Crucial RealSSD C400.

Monitor Asset Manager 2.60.0.964 has been released!

Belarc Advisor 8.2.1.3 is available for download!

[16.06.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.80 has been released! New features include: SensorPanel (a brand new, highly customizable hardware monitoring module), support for the upcoming AMD Bulldozer and Llano processors, FMA4 and XOP optimized 64-bit benchmarks and System Stability Test, optimized benchmarks for VIA QuadCore processor, GPU details for AMD Radeon HD 6970M, nVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M, Rivatuner OSD Server support.

Belarc Advisor 8.2.1.2 is available for download!

[15.06.2011]SiSoftware Sandra 2011 SP3 (2011.7.17.64) has been released! It has a number of minor improvements, including improved support for AMD Llano.

[14.06.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.70.1438 beta is available for download! Changes include: extended CPUID features, Intel Processor Number detection for Celeron B710, B800, B840, Core i3-2105, 2125, 2130, Core i5-2320, 2405S, 2557M, Core i7-610E, 620LE, 620UE, 660UE, 2637M, 2677M, GPU information for AMD Radeon HD 6970M (Blackcomb), sensor support for Dell SMI of Vostro 3550, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus Crosshair V Formula and Gigabyte 990FXA, 990XA Series, improved motherboard specific sensor info for ASRock boards, bugfixes.


ASTRA 5.50 is available for download! Here's what's new: support for Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP), support for SMBIOS 2.7.1 standard, detection of Intel Xeon (Sandy Bridge), Intel Xeon (Westmere-EX), Intel Core i7 Extreme (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i5 (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i3 (Sandy Bridge), Intel Pentium (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i7 Extreme Mobile (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i7 Mobile (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i5 Mobile (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i3 Mobile (Sandy Bridge), Intel Celeron (Sandy Bridge), Intel Atom (Lincroft), AMD FX series, AMD Phenom II XLT, AMD Athlon II XLT, AMD Athlon II XL, AMD A series, AMD C series, AMD E series, AMD G series processors, detection of new processors features, updated device database, bugfixes, etc.

ASTRA32 2.10 has been released! New features include: support for Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP), support for SMBIOS 2.7.1 standard, detection of Intel Xeon (Sandy Bridge), Intel Xeon (Westmere-EX), Intel Core i7 Extreme (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i5 (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i3 (Sandy Bridge), Intel Pentium (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i7 Extreme Mobile (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i7 Mobile (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i5 Mobile (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i3 Mobile (Sandy Bridge), Intel Celeron (Sandy Bridge), Intel Atom (Lincroft), AMD FX series, AMD Phenom II XLT, AMD Athlon II XLT, AMD Athlon II XL, AMD A series, AMD C series, AMD E series, AMD G series processors, detection of new processors features, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

SIV 4.21 has been released! New features include: initial support for the Intel X79 chipset, Core i7 and Xeon (Sandy Bridge-EP) processors, initial AMD FX (Zambezi), Opteron (Valencia) and Opteron (Interlagos) support, SCSI Disk Drive temperature reporting and improved eSATA hot-plug support by processing WM_DEVICECHANGE messages, [SPD Save] (Menu-File-Save DIMM SPD) which saves the DIMM SPD information as binary files, VIA Nano X3 support.

[13.06.2011]NEW: Speccy will give you detailed statistics on every piece of hardware in your computer!

[12.06.2011]BatteryBar 3.5.2.1 has been released! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.

[11.06.2011]Find MAC Address 3.4.0.77 is available for download!

[10.06.2011]OCCT Perestroika 4.0.0 beta 9 is available for download!
[09.06.2011]PassMark BurnInTest 7.0.0.9 Beta is available for download! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.
Fresh Diagnose 8.54 has been released! It updates the optical drive database.

[08.06.2011]AMD Overdrive 4.0.4 has been released! Here's what's new: support for AMD Family 15h Processors, support for AMD 9-Serials Chipset, updated GUI, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[07.06.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.70.1431 beta is available for download! Changes include: GPU information for new AMD Radeon HD 6750 and 6770 (Juniper), nVIDIA Quadro 7000 (GF110GL) and nVIDIA Tesla M2090/X2090 (GF110GL), motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P5G41C-M Series, sensor support for Dell SMI of Studio XPS 1340, bugfixes.
3DMark 11 1.02 has been released! Changes include: updated Bullet physics library 2.78 with improved compatibility with future CPUs and GPUs, Display scaling mode setting is now available in the Basic Edition, updated SystemInfo component 4.0 with improved compatibility with current and future hardware, improved user messages when the benchmark run is interrupted.

[06.06.2011]PassMark WirelessMon 4.0 build 1004 is available for download! It has a couple of minor improvements and bugfixes.

Hard Drive Inspector 3.91 is available for download! Changes include: support for Intel SSD drives, support for iRiver iHP-120/140 MP3 Player, support for ASMedia ASM1051 external drives.

System Information for Windows (SIW) 2011 build 0526 has been released! It includes support for the latest hardware, updated modules, a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.

[05.06.2011]Phoronix Media has released Phoronix Test Suite 3.2 Milestone 4!
[04.06.2011]OCCT Perestroika 4.0.0 beta 8 is available for download!
[02.06.2011]PassMark DiskCheckup 3.0 Build 1009 is available for download!

StatWin Professional 8.4.1 is available for download!

[01.06.2011]HMonitor 4.5.2.2 has been released! Here's what's new: support for Intel P67/H67/HM65/HM67/Q65/Q67/QS67 chipsets, support for MSI OEM sensor chip, support for Nuvoton NCT6776F sensor chip, support for Asustek P8P67-M mainboard, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[31.05.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.70.1426 beta is available for download! Changes include: improved support for AMD K12 (aka Llano) processors, identification of VIA QuadCore L4xxx (aka Isaiah CNQ), Intel Processor Number detection for Pentium G860, extended chipset information for nVIDIA MCP89, detection of Matrox G200eH, G200eR2, G200eV video chips, sensor support for Dell SMI of XPS L Series, motherboard specific sensor info for MSI MS-7676, bugfixes.
[30.05.2011]OCCT Perestroika 4.0.0 beta 7 is available for download!
[29.05.2011]SiSoftware Sandra 2011 SP2c (2011.6.17.60) has been released!

CPU Speed Professional has been updated to version 3.0.4.3!

FRAPS 3.4.5 is available for download!

[28.05.2011]PassMark DiskCheckup 3.0 Build 1008 is available for download!

FRAPS 3.4.4 is available for download! It includes some minor improvements and bugfixes.

[26.05.2011]Phoronix Media has released Phoronix Test Suite 3.2 Milestone 3!
[25.05.2011]SiSoftware Sandra 2011 SP2b (2011.6.17.59) has been released! It includes support for AMD future CPUs, as well as a full Spanish localisation.

ATI Tray Tools 1.7.9.1564 is available for download!

[24.05.2011]OCCT Perestroika 4.0.0 beta 6 is available for download! Version 4.0 will include an updated GUI, new and updated tests, real-time graphs, fan monitoring, etc. This beta has a number of minor improvements.
AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.70.1419 beta is available for download! Changes include: improved support for AMD K12 (aka Llano) processors, chipset information for AMD 990FX, Hudson-2, Hudson-3 and SR5650, GPU information for nVIDIA GeForce 410M (GF119M), GT 520M (GF108M), GT 545 (GF116), GTX 560 (GF110), GTX 560M (GF116M) and GTX 580 (GF110), sensor support for Dell SMI of Studio XPS 1647, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P8H67-V, improved motherboard specific sensor info for ASRock boards, bugfixes.
Belarc Advisor 8.2.1.0 is available for download!

HWiNFO32 3.80 has been released! New features include: improved support for AMD Bulldozer, support for nVidia GeForce GTX 560 (GF110, GF114), GeForce GT 545 (GF116), GeForce 410M and GeForce GTX 560M, improved hardware monitoring, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[23.05.2011]PassMark BurnInTest 7.0.0.6 Beta is available for download! It has a wealth of new features ind improvements, including:
  • Touch screen test: BurnInTest now supports the testing of touch screens using the separate PassMark MonitorTest product as a Pre-test plugin. PassMark MonitorTest allows single touch tests and multi touch pan, zoom, rotate and tap gesture tests.
  • Improved CPU test: the number of CPUs (Packages x cores x threads) that can be tested has been increased to 256; other improvements.
  • Improved memory test: a new memory adjacency cell test is now included to help detect more memory errors where accessing a memory cell changes the value of an adjacent memory cell; the memory tests have been optimized to test with higher loads on memory and to run more quickly.
  • Improved diks test: a new disk test mode, Quick physical drive test, is now available for the physical disk test; improved S.M.A.R.T. monitoring, etc.
  • Improved network tests: test up to 12 NICs (up from 6), test IPv6 on Vista and later (as well as IPv4), etc.
  • Improved Optical drive test.
  • Improved system information.
  • And much more.

StatWin Professional 8.4.0 is available for download!

MVSoft PC Information 2.4.2.2 is available for download!

[22.05.2011]EVGA Precision 2.0.3 has been released! Here's what's new: EVGA On-Screen Display server 4.2.0, improved compatibility with some smart UPS models (EVGA Precision task is no longer being terminated by Windows task scheduler when the PC is entering suspended mode), minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.

NetGong 7.5 (Build 522) is available for download! It includes improved startup performance, improved support for Wake-on-LAN technology, and a few other minor improvements and bug fixes.

NetInfo 7.5 (Build 522) has been released! It includes improved performance and reliability, improved support for Wake-on-LAN technology, and a few other minor improvements and bug fixes.

[21.05.2011]CrystalDiskInfo 4.0.1 has been released!

GIGABYTE EasyTune 6 B11.0512.1 is available for download!

[19.05.2011]Thaiphoon Burner 7.1.2.0 build 0515 is available for download!

Belarc Advisor 8.2.0.0 has been released!

[18.05.2011]SiSoftware Sandra 2011 SP2a (2011.6.17.55) has been released! This update fixes a few bugs and adds preliminary support for Sandy Bridge-EP/EN/EX and Ivy Bridge.

DVDInfoPro has been updated to version 6.525!

[17.05.2011]GPU Caps Viewer 1.12.0 has been released! Here's what's new: support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560, support for AMD Radeon HD 6670 and HD 6570, simple real time monitoring of the primary GPU (for GeForce and Radeon cards), minor changes, bugfixes.

[16.05.2011]Monitor Asset Manager 2.60.0.962 has been released!

FRAPS 3.4.3 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

Belarc Advisor 8.1.16.16 is available for download!

CrystalDiskInfo 4.0.0 has been released!

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.70.1412 beta is available for download! Changes include: identification of Intel Celeron G4xx, G5xx (aka Sandy Bridge), Intel Processor Number detection for Celeron G440, G530, G540, GPU information for nVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 (GF114), sensor support for Dell SMI of Vostro 3750, motherboard specific sensor info for ASRock E350M1 Series, Asus P8H67-M LE, ECS A890GXM-A2, Gigabyte X58A-OC, Gigabyte Z68A, Z68MA, Z68MX Series, Gigabyte Z68X-UD3P-B3, Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3, Intel DZ68BC and DZ68DB, bugfixes.
[15.05.2011]Intel has released Desktop Control Center 5.5.1.84!

SIV 4.20 has been released! New features include: VIA QuadCore processor support, VX900 Chipset Memory Speed reporting and SMBus support, nVidia MCP89 Chipset Memory Speed and SMBus support, updated Intel 5000, 5100, 5400, 7300 and E8500 chipset SMBus support, Advanced Memory Buffer (AMB) reporting, ACPI XPSS method decode and use as the CPU power level.

Futuremark logo [12.05.2011]Futuremark Corporation has released PCMark 7, a new benchmark that offers complete PC performance testing for Windows 7! It provides a set of 7 PC tests for measuring different aspects of PC performance with a high degree of accuracy. PCMark 7 is available in 3 editions: the free Basic Edition that offers unlimited runs of the PCMark test suite without registration or expiry, the Advanced Edition which includes all 7 benchmark tests and the Professional Edition which unlocks all features and is licensed for commercial use.

[11.05.2011]Thaiphoon Burner 7.1.1.0 build 0501 is available for download!

[10.05.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.70.1405 beta is available for download! Changes include: detection of AMD Catalyst 11.5 driver, current core VID detection for Intel Sandy Bridge, motherboard specific sensor info for Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3.
Hard Disk Sentinel 3.60 has been released! Here's what's new: volume information (partition style, type, alignment, cluster size), improved power on time detection, improved AMD RAID controller support, improved Intel RAID controller support, improved Marvell 6G SATA controller support, proper detection of new SSD controllers (Marvell, Sandforce, Intel, JMicron, etc.), proper detection of new SSD models (OCZ Vertex3, Intel 320, Intel 510, etc.), minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.

[09.05.2011]PassMark WirelessMon 4.0 build 1003 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

Fresh Diagnose 8.53 has been released! It updates the monitor database.

[08.05.2011]ASUS has released PC Probe II 1.04.91!

[07.05.2011]Core2MaxPerf 1.8 has been released!

CPUTempWatch 1.0.12 is available for download!

[05.05.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.70 has been released! New features include: LGA1155 B3 stepping motherboards support, preliminary support for AMD Bulldozer and Llano processors, Intel 320, Intel 510, OCZ Vertex 3, Samsung PM810 SSD support, GPU details for AMD Radeon HD 6770M, Radeon HD 6790, GPU details for nVIDIA GeForce GT 520, GT 520M, GT 550M, GT 555M, GTX 550 Ti, GTX 590.

PassMark DiskCheckup 3.0 Build 1007 is available for download!

[04.05.2011]PassMark PerformanceTest 7.0 build 1022 is available for download! It includes a number of minor improvements.

[03.05.2011]IntelBurnTest 2.51 has been released! New in this version: latest Linpack binaries and patch for AMD CPUs, official support for Six-Core CPUs and Sandy Bridge Architecture, new algorithm to detect calculation errors faster, bugfixes.

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.60.1375 beta is available for download! Changes include: detection of AMD Catalyst 11.4 driver, extended reference OpenGL Extensions list (for nVIDIA GF11x), special support for SandForce SF-2200, SF-2500, SF-2600 based SSDs, Intel Processor Number detection for Core i7-980, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P8H67-M Pro and Asus Sabertooth 990FX, improved motherboard specific sensor info for ASRock boards, bugfixes, etc.
[02.05.2011]PassMark BurnInTest 6.0 build 1030 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[01.05.2011]MaxxMEM² - Preview - Multi 1.55 has been released! The utility is a multithreaded memory benchmark, which will be integrated into the final version of the MaxxPI² benchmark suite (currently in internal beta testing phase). This version includes some minor improvements, as well as support for Intel Sandy Bridge.
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