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May-June 2012

[28.06.2012]Smarter Battery 1.6 (formerly AccSmart) is available for download!

[27.06.2012]Intel has released Intel Turbo Boost Technology Monitor 2.6! It is an application that displays processor frequency changes including Intel Turbo Boost Technology frequencies.
[26.06.2012]RightMark Audio Analyzer 6.2.5 has been released!

[25.06.2012]OCCT Perestroika 4.2.1 beta 9 is available for download!
[24.06.2012]D3DGear 4.14 has been updated with build 1407!

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.50.2025 beta is available for download! Changes include: preliminary support for AMD K15.2 (aka Vishera) and AMD K15.3 (aka Kaveri) processors, extended reference OpenGL Extensions list (for nVIDIA GK107), GPU information for nVIDIA GeForce GT 630 (GK107) and GT 640 (GK107), improved GPU utilization measurement for AMD Sumo, Wrestler, improved GPU information for AMD Trinity, sensor support for Dell SMI of Vostro 360, motherboard specific sensor info for Gigabyte 78LMT-S2P, bugfixes.
OCCT Perestroika 4.2.1 beta 8 is available for download!
[23.06.2012]Geekbench 2.3.3 is available for download!

[21.06.2012]MSI Afterburner 2.2.2 has been released! Here's what's new: increased upper allowed power limit for power limit adjustment slider on some extreme editions of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 600 series graphics cards, MSI On-Screen Display server version 4.3.4, minor changes and bugfixes.

[20.06.2012]HWiNFO32 4.00 has been released! New features include: reporting of driver information for major devices (PCI, USB, GPU, Audio, Network), SMBIOS v2.7.1 support, detection of AMD Bonaire and Oland, improved hardware monitoring, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

NVIDIA Inspector 1.9.6.6 is available for download!

Belarc Advisor has been updated to version 8.2.7.13!

[19.06.2012]HDD Observer 5.0 has been released! This version adds support for the latest SSDs.

[18.06.2012]HeavyLoad 3.1 has been released! New features include: GPU stress test, improved support for multi-core processors, the count of stressed CPU cores and thread priority are now adjustable, updated GUI, minor changes and bugfixes.

PassMark WirelessMon 4.0 build 1006 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[17.06.2012]OCCT Perestroika 4.2.1 beta 7 is available for download!
AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.50.2018 beta is available for download! Changes include: improved and fixed chipset information for Intel Sandy Bridge IMC, Ivy Bridge IMC, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P8H61-I LX, improved motherboard specific sensor info for ASRock boards, bugfixes.
[16.06.2012]SiSoftware Sandra 2012 SP4c (2012.06.18.52) has been released! This version includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.

[15.06.2012]CrystalDiskInfo 5.0 has been released! New features include: improved Intel RAID support, Alert Sound support, Sidebar Gadget, updated menu, minor changes, bugfixes.

PassMark BatteryMon 2.1 build 1007 is available for download!

[14.06.2012]SIV 4.30 has been released! New features include: Windows 8 Release Preview V6.02 Build 8400 support validated and driver ACPI operations enabled, [Embedded Controller] page, EC sensor reporting for ASUS P8Z77 motherboards, Enable of the X7, P7, P6 and P5 Series Chipset Thermal Controller, minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.

Belarc Advisor has been updated to version 8.2.7.12!

[13.06.2012]FRAPS 3.5.5 is available for download! This update fixes a few bugs.

[12.06.2012]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.50.2013 beta is available for download! Changes include: improved uptime measurement under Windows 2000+, Intel Processor Number detection for Celeron G540T, Pentium G640, G640T, G860T and G870, improved monitor vendor and model name detection, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P8B75-M LE, P8B75-M LE Plus, Gigabyte G41MT-ES2H and G41MT-ES2L, minor improvements and bugfixes.
[11.06.2012]AMD Overdrive 4.2.0 has been released! New features include: support for AMD A85X chipset, improved test algorithm, improved Auto Clock function, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[10.06.2012]CrystalDiskInfo 5 Beta 1 is available for download!

[08.06.2012]x264 HD Benchmark Ver. 5.0.1 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[07.06.2012]HDD Health 4.2 Build 509 has been released!

[06.06.2012]OCCT Perestroika 4.2.1 beta 6 is available for download!
[05.06.2012]CrystalDiskInfo 5 Alpha 1 is available for download!

[04.06.2012]NetWorx 5.2.3 is available for download!

[03.06.2012]TechARP.com has published x264 HD Benchmark Ver. 5.0! This version is based the latest x264 encoder (r2200) and is capable of running in 64-bit mode, as well as 32-bit mode. New features also include: new 1080p video sample, improved support for newer multi-core processors, bugfixes, etc.

[02.06.2012]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.50.2003 beta is available for download! Changes include: Intel Processor Number detection for Core i5-3210M, 3450S, minor improvements and bugfixes.
Belarc Advisor has been updated to version 8.2.7.11!

[31.05.2012]FRAPS 3.5.4 is available for download! This update improves capture speed for D3D8 games and fixes a few bugs.

PassMark BurnInTest 7.0 build 1013 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[30.05.2012]OCCT Perestroika 4.2.1 beta 5 is available for download!
AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.50 has been released! New features include: Speech API information, SensorPanel graphs and gauges, enhanced UPS support, Intel 330 and OCZ Vertex 4 SSD support, GPU details for nVIDIA GeForce 600 Series.

[29.05.2012]ASTRA 6.00 is available for download! Here's what's new: detection of processor temperature and voltage, detection of expected (not-overclocked) clock of AMD processors, detection of Max Turbo Clock of processors with AMD Turbo Core Technology, detection of AMD processor MaxTDP, detection of Intel QPI (QuickPath Interconnect) Speed, detailed information about HyperTransport (frequency, version, width), detection of AMD northbridge clock and voltage, calculation of Host Reads parameter on SSD devices, detection of Intel Xeon (Ivy Bridge), Core i5 (Ivy Bridge), Core i7 Extreme Mobile (Ivy Bridge), Core i7 Mobile (Ivy Bridge), AMD Opteron (Zurich), AMD R Series, AMD Geode NX processors, detection of new processors features, preliminary support for AMD FX series (Vishera) processors, improved support for Intel Ivy Bridge, Intel Sandy Bridge, Intel Sandy Bridge-E, Intel Westmere-EX family and Intel Atom (Cedarview) processors, improved support for AMD Trinity family, AMD Family 15h, AMD Geode LX processors, updated device database, bugfixes, etc.

ASTRA32 3.00 has been released! New features include: hardware monitoring of processor (temperature, voltage, clocks), video card (temperature, voltage, fan speed, clocks, usage), disk drives (temperature, host writes, host reads), detection of video card temperature, voltage, fan speed, clocks and usage (nVidia, ATI/AMD), detection of processor temperature and voltage, detection of expected (not-overclocked) clock of AMD processors, detection of Max Turbo Clock of processors with AMD Turbo Core Technology, detection of AMD processor MaxTDP, detection of Intel QPI (QuickPath Interconnect) Speed, detailed information about HyperTransport (frequency, version, width), detection of AMD northbridge clock and voltage, calculation of Host Reads parameter on SSD devices, detection of Intel Xeon (Ivy Bridge), Core i5 (Ivy Bridge), Core i7 Extreme Mobile (Ivy Bridge), Core i7 Mobile (Ivy Bridge), AMD Opteron (Zurich), AMD R Series, AMD Geode NX processors, detection of new processors features, preliminary support for AMD FX series (Vishera) processors, improved support for Intel Ivy Bridge, Intel Sandy Bridge, Intel Sandy Bridge-E, Intel Westmere-EX family and Intel Atom (Cedarview) processors, improved support for AMD Trinity family, AMD Family 15h, AMD Geode LX processors, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[28.05.2012]FRAPS 3.5.3 is available for download!

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.30.1957 beta is available for download! Changes include: improved System Stability Test, improved menu tree update after Preferences changes, SPD memory information for eMachines eMG620 notebook, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P8H77-V LE, Zotac H77-ITX and Z77-ITX Series, improved motherboard specific sensor info for Asus Sabertooth 990FX, Sabertooth P67, bugfixes.
[27.05.2012]Hard Drive Inspector 3.99 has been released! This version adds support for Cowon iAudio X5.

[25.05.2012]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.30.1954 beta is available for download! Changes include: improved SensorPanel, Intel Processor Number detection for Core i5-3325M, 3350P, 3365M, Core i7-3525M, 3610QE, 3612QE, 3612QM, 3615QE, Mobile Celeron 807, 807UE, 877, B810E, extended sensor support for Sony VAIO, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P8Z77-V Premium, P8Z77-V Pro/Thunderbolt, improved motherboard specific sensor info for Asus Sabertooth 990FX, Sabertooth P67, bugfixes.
[24.05.2012]Belarc Advisor has been updated to version 8.2.7.10!

[23.05.2012]PassMark DiskCheckup 3.1 Build 1004 is available for download!

Phoronix Media has released Phoronix Test Suite 4.0 Milestone 3!
[22.05.2012]NEW: GPU Shark is a simple, lightweight and free GPU monitoring tool for GeForce and Radeon based graphics cards!

BatteryBar 3.5.4 has been released! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.

Smarter Battery 1.5 (formerly AccSmart) is available for download!

NetScanTools Basic 2.20 is available for download!

[21.05.2012]NVIDIA BIOS Editor (nibitor) 6.06 has been released! Here's what's new: support for GeForce GTX 580M, GTX 570M, GTX 560M and GT 550M, improved support for GeForce GTX 460M.

FRAPS 3.5.2 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.30.1950 beta is available for download! Changes include: improved SensorPanel (graph auto-scale option, graph defaults adjustment, copy to defaults), current and power correction, new options in the System Stability Test, identification of AMD A4/A6/A8/A10 (aka Trinity), motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P8B75-V, sensor support for Dell SMI of Dell OptiPlex 760, bugfixes.
[20.05.2012]D3DGear 4.14 has been updated with build 1403!

[19.05.2012]FRAPS 3.5.1 has been released! This version fixes a crash when large custom resolutions used in game and adds support for exFAT drives writing larger than 4 Gigabytes.

[18.05.2012]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.30.1947 beta is available for download! Changes include: Intel Processor Number detection for Atom N2100, chipset information for AMD Hudson-2, Hudson-3 of Trinity systems, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P5QD Turbo, P8B75-M, P8H77-M LE, Gigabyte H77-D3H, H77-DS3H, Z77-D3H, Z77-DS3H, extended physical CPU information for AMD Trinity, GPU information for nVIDIA GeForce GT 610 (GF119), GT 640M LE (GK107M) and GT 645 (GF114), improved GPU information for AMD Trinity, bugfixes.
NEW: ServerSentinel monitors servers, network services, such as HTTP, POP3 and SNMP, as well as hard drives and memory usage! By means of connected hardware sensors, you can, for example, verify the temperature and humidity in the server room.

HARDiNFO 7 has been released! Numerous changes include: support for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 2008 R2 Server, 32-bit and 64-bit versions, Online Benchmark Results Comparsions, updated GUI, support for the latest hardware, support for hard drives larger than 2 TB, support for Network Connections higher than 1Gbps for Network Monitor, bugfixes, etc.

[17.05.2012]NEW: SSD life analyzes how actively you use your solid-state drive and uses a special algorithm to calculate its estimated lifetime!

Nero InfoTool 8.0.1.100 is available for download!

MemTest86+ 5.00 beta 1 is available for download! It has a wealth of new features and improvements, including: support for up to 2 TB of RAM on X64 CPUs, multi-threading (SMT) support up to 32 cores, complete detection for memory controllers, Motherboard Manufacturer & Model reporting, CPU temperature reporting, enhanced Fail Safe Mode (Press F1 at startup), support for Intel "Sandy Bridge-E", "Ivy Bridge", AMD "Bulldozer", AMD "Trinity", AMD E-/C-/G-/Z- "Bobcat", Intel Atom "Pineview" and "Cedar Trail" CPUs, preliminary support for Intel "Haswell" CPUs, SPD detection on most AMD Chipsets, Enforced Coreboot support, minor tweaks, bugfixes, etc.
PassMark DiskCheckup 3.1 Build 1003 is available for download!

[16.05.2012]Prime95 v.27.7 has been updated with build 2!

HWiNFO32 3.96 has been released! New features include: support for AMD Radeon HD 7420G, 7520G, 7620G, 7640G, 7660G, 7480D, 7540D, 7560D, 7660D, nVidia GeForce GTX 670 and GeForce GTX 690, preliminary AMD Kaveri support, improved support for AMD Trinity, improved hardware monitoring, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[15.05.2012]PassMark RAMMon 1.0 build 1004 is available for download!

OCCT Perestroika 4.2.1 beta 4 is available for download!
[14.05.2012]MSI Afterburner 2.2.1 has been released! Changes include: reference design AMD RADEON 7850 series graphics cards support, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 series graphic cards support, big editions of default and legacy skins, updated localizations.

SIV 4.29 has been released! New features include: updated GTX 600 series voltage reporting, reporting of nVidia GPU Performance Decrease reasons, GPU fan speed RPM and % display, Nuvoton NCT6779D sensor support, bugfixes, etc.

SiSoftware Sandra 2012 SP4a (2012.06.18.47) has been released! This update resolves a few issues and improves performance on AMD Bulldozer/future Piledriver CPUs.

System Stability Tester 1.5.0 has been released! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.

PassMark SoundCheck 3.0 build 1003 is available for download!

OCCT Perestroika 4.2.1 beta 3 is available for download!
[12.05.2012]Belarc Advisor has been updated to version 8.2.7.9!

[11.05.2012]OCCT Perestroika 4.2.1 beta 2 is available for download!
FurMark OpenGL Benchmark 1.10.1 is available for download! This release includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.

Belarc Advisor has been updated to version 8.2.7.8!

[10.05.2012]Intel has released the Processor Identification Utility 4.50!

PassMark ModemTest 1.3 Build 1013 is available for download!

[09.05.2012]PassMark BatteryMon 2.1 build 1006 is available for download!

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.30.1938 beta is available for download! Changes include: identification of Microsoft Office 2010 SP1, extended reference OpenCL Extensions list (for Intel Ivy Bridge), identification of Intel Pentium 14xx (aka Sandy Bridge-EN), preliminary sensor support for ITE IT8731F sensor chip, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P8H77-M Pro, P8H77-V, P8Z77-V LE, P8Z77-V LK, P8Z77-V LX, Intel DX79SR and Viglen Vig642M, improved motherboard specific sensor info for ASRock boards, bugfixes.
[08.05.2012]PassMark BurnInTest 7.0 build 1012 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[07.05.2012]Active SMART 2.93 is available for download!

[06.05.2012]MaxxMEM² - Preview 1.99 is available for download!
[05.05.2012]CrystalDiskInfo 4.6.2a is available for download!

[04.05.2012]Prime95 v.27.7 has been released!

[03.05.2012]GIGABYTE EasyTune 6 B12.0424.1 is available for download!

GPU-Z 0.6.2 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[02.05.2012]GPU-Z 0.6.1 has been released! Here's what's new: support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690, GTX 670, GT 640, GT 630, GeForce 605, Quadro 3000M, GTX 675M, GTX 670M, support for AMD Radeon HD 7970M, HD 7450, full support for Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge integrated graphics, improved NVIDIA Kepler Boost Clock detection, minor changes, bugfixes, etc.

Find MAC Address 3.7.0 has been released!

Prime95 v.27.6 has been updated with build 4!

[01.05.2012]TaskInfo 10.0.0.336 has been released!

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