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July-August 2006

[31.08.2006]PassMark ModemTest 1.3 Build 1011 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

Nero CD-DVD Speed 4.60 has been released! New features include: improved support for HD DVD, BD-RE and BD-R(E) DL, support for new Asus drives, new icons, small improvements and bugfixes.

nVidia Corporation has released nTune 5.00.11.06! nTune is the ultimate utility for accessing, monitoring, and adjusting your system components, including temperature and voltages with clear, user-friendly control panels. Overclock your system for highest performance or underclock it for near silent operation. All changes are performed within the Microsoft Windows (XP and XP x64 Edition) interface – enabling full functionality without the need to make changes in the BIOS and reboot your system.
This release supports the following products: nForce 220, nForce 220D, nForce 415 and nForce 420D; nForce2 and nForce2 400; nForce2 Ultra and nForce2 Ultra 400; nForce2 400R and nForce2 Ultra 400Gb; nForce3 150 and nForce3 PRO 150; nForce3 250, nForce3 250Gb and nForce3 PRO 250; nForce4 Pro 2200, nForce4 Ultra, and nForce4 SLI; nForce 590 SLI, nForce 570 SLI, nForce 570 Ultra, nForce 550.
[30.08.2006]PassMark PerformanceTest 6.0 build 1012 is available for download! It includes an HTML help for Windows Vista and Longhorn Server, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[29.08.2006]DVDInfoPro 4.6.1.5 is available for download! This release contains some minor improvements and bugfixes.

[28.08.2006]Alchemy Eye 8.2 has been released! Here's what's new: Microsoft Exchange monitoring, ability to specify authentication information for the File Existence monitoring type, minor changes.

ASTRA32 1.41 has been released! New features include: extended information about network interface (link speed, status, gateway, DNS, WINS addresses, etc.), improved MS Windows Vista support, support for SPD Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP), reading of SPD information on Intel ICH8 hub, ATI IXP SB200, IXP SB300 and IXP SB400 south bridges, DMI/SMBIOS 2.5 support, detection of Intel Core 2 (Kentsfield), Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Duo (Allendale), Intel Celeron D (Cedar Mill), AMD Athlon 64 FX (Windsor), AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Windsor), AMD Athlon 64 (Orleans, Toledo, Manchester), AMD Turion 64 X2 and AMD Sempron (Manila) processors, detection of Streaming SIMD Extension - 4 (SSE-4), Phoenix BIOS for Sidus support, updated devices database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

ASTRA 5.21 is available for download! Here's what's new: support for SPD Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP), reading of SPD information on Intel ICH8 hub, ATI IXP SB200, IXP SB300 and IXP SB400 south bridges, DMI/SMBIOS 2.5 support, detection of Intel Core 2 (Kentsfield), Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Duo (Allendale), Intel Celeron D (Cedar Mill), AMD Athlon 64 FX (Windsor), AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Windsor), AMD Athlon 64 (Orleans, Toledo, Manchester), AMD Turion 64 X2 and AMD Sempron (Manila) processors, detection of Streaming SIMD Extension - 4 (SSE-4), Phoenix BIOS for Sidus support, updated device database, bugfixes, etc.

[27.08.2006]The time has come to change our poll! Here are the results of the last poll:
Do you have Windows XP 64-bit installed?
  1. I've got a 32-bit CPU - 45.08%
  2. No - 36.86%
  3. Yes - 18.06%
You can always find these results at their permanent address.
This time we ask you about your PC's processor: My CPU is...

[25.08.2006]Belarc Advisor 7.2.1.0 is available for download!

Futuremark Logo [24.08.2006]Futuremark Corporation has announced that Sapphire has become the first board manufacturer to join the 3DMark Benchmark Development Program! The 3DMark Benchmark Development Program (BDP) enables Futuremark to build partnerships with leading hardware and technology manufacturers in order to design unbiased professional benchmark software. Futuremark provides BDP Members with specifications and pre-production versions of benchmarks and, in turn, evaluates the feedback provided by the Members. Read on.

[23.08.2006]EVEREST Ultimate Edition 2006 BETA Build 693 is available for download! New features include: feature to publish sensor information for external applications (Hardware Monitoring / External Applications), Logitech keyboard LCD support, ATI CrossFire information, nVIDIA SLI information, Byelorussian language module, identification of Intel Core 2 Solo (aka Merom-L), Intel Xeon UP 3000 Series (aka Conroe, Conroe-2M) and new Intel Xeon UP (aka Kentsfield), SMBus support for VIA VT8237A, new hardware monitoring items (GPU Memory, Memory Utilization, optimized CPU clock measurement, GPU3 and GPU4), and much more!
[22.08.2006]The Linux/Unix version of SPECviewperf 9 is now available for download!

[21.08.2006]RightMark Memory Analyzer 3.7 has been released! New features include: new RightMark Multi-Threaded Memory Test, support for AMD Athlon 64 X2 NPT DDR2 memory controller, support for Intel Core 2 processors, support for Extended Performance Profiles (EPP) SPD extension, new CPU Database entries, bugfixes, etc.

RightMark CPU Clock Utility 2.15 has been released! RMClock is a simple utility designed for realtime CPU frequency monitoring and realtime adjustment of the CPU multiplier (FID) and voltage level (VID) of the supported CPUs via processor's power management model specific registers (MSRs).
This new release includes a wealth of new features and improvements, including: support for Intel Core 2 processors, AMD K8 dual-core TSC synchronizer functionality, CPU core temperature display for AMD K8, Intel Core and Intel Core 2 processors, support for power management of AMD K8 NPT (revision F) processors, detection of new revisions of Presler (Cedar Mill) and Yonah cores, minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.
Hard Drive Inspector 1.88 Build 954 is available for download! This version adds description for some S.M.A.R.T. attributes.

An updated version of MVSoft PC Information 2.1.1.2 is available for download!

[20.08.2006]HMonitor 4.2.5.2 has been released! New in this version: support for Winbond W83687THF, Fintek F71805F & F71872F, National LM96000 and SMSC EMC6w201 sensor chips, preliminary support for ITE IT8716F and IT8718F sensor chips, support for nVidia nForce MCP51, MCP55 and Intel ICH8/R/DH/DO southbridges, support for Abit AN8 32X mainboard, minor improvements, etc.

CPU-Z 1.36 has been released! New features include: Intel 5000X/P/Z/V SPD support, Intel Pentium D 925 & 945 CPUs support, AMD K8 family HyperTransport link speed report.

[18.08.2006]SciMark Standard Edition Complex has been updated to version 2006.08.08!

[17.08.2006]System Information for Windows (SIW) 1.63 Build 618 is available for download!

Central Brain Identifier 8.2.0.3 Build 0816 is available for download! This release includes support for the latest dual core AMD Opteron Socket F processors (including 16 new OPN numbers related to the recently announced Opteron series).
[16.08.2006]Notebook Hardware Control 2.0 Pre-Release-03 is available for download! Notebook Hardware Control is a nice utility that allows to easily control the hardware components of your Notebook (AMD and Intel). Notebook Hardware Control helps you to:
  • prolong the battery lifetime and cool down the system with CPU Voltage Control and ATI Clock Control;
  • full processor speed control with custom dynamic switching and CPU Speed Control (CPU policy);
  • monitor the battery charge level and system temperature;
  • control and monitor the Hard Drive with S.M.A.R.T management, acoustic & advanced power management and Hard Drive temperature monitoring;
  • reduce noise with Notebook FAN Control.
Here's what's new: improved ACPI Control System, minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.
Note: Notebook Hardware Control works on all notebooks with Intel and AMD CPU's. Some features are only available on newer Pentium CPU's. You must have Microsoft's .NET Version 2.0 Framework installed.
[15.08.2006]PassMark BurnInTest 5.1 Build 1012 is available for download! It includes a couple of minor improvements and numerous bugfixes.

[14.08.2006]VSO Inspector 1.1.4.66 has been released! New features include: Blu-Ray support, Check for new firmware feature, System tab.

[13.08.2006]SIV 3.15 has been released! Here's what's new: improved Windows Vista Beta 2 Build 5384 support, Intel Core 2 Extreme (Conroe) and Intel Xeon Dual Core (Sossaman) reporting and Engineering Sample recognition, Intel Itanium 2 DC (Montecito) support, Intel Core 2 and Intel Core Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS) based Temperature reporting, improved Intel i965 (Northbridge) and ICH8 (Southbridge) chipset support, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[12.08.2006]Central Brain Identifier 8.2.0.1 Build 0811 is available for download! New features include: new methodology of AMD NPT (Socket AM2, Socket F and Socket S1) processors identification based on BrandID processor specific numbers, identification of 7 new models of AMD Opteron 1xx rev. CF/E6, support for ITE IT8716F, throttling detection, minor improvements and bugfixes.
[11.08.2006]Fresh Diagnose 7.40 has been released! This version includes a new module called MIME Types.

[10.08.2006]Maxtor has released Powermax 4.23!

[09.08.2006]Belarc Advisor 7.2.0.1 is available for download!

System Information for Windows (SIW) 1.63 Build 617 is available for download! It has an updated language pack.

[08.08.2006]HWiNFO 5.03 has been released! It has a lot of new features and improvements, including: preliminary recognition of Dual-Core Intel Xeon LV (Sossaman) processor, recognition of AGEIA PhysX accelerator card, recognition of Intel 3000/3010 (Mukilteo-2/2P) chipset, preliminary recognition of Intel Crestline chipset, support for drives larger than 128 GBytes, recognition of nVidia nForce 570/590 SLI, 570, 550, nForce Pro 3050 and 3600 chipsets, support for Cedar Mill D0, Tulsa B0, Yonah D0 and Merom/Conroe B1 steppings, support for AMD Athlon64 X2 and Turion64 X2 BH-G0 revision CPUs, support for ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 (RD580) chipset, bugfixes, etc.

NextSensor 2.5.1.0 Build 0808 has been released! This version fixes a couple of bugs and adds an option to select the temperature sensor type (TCPU, TNB or TAUX) for ITE I/O chips.

Belarc Advisor 7.2 has been released!

[07.08.2006]System Information for Windows (SIW) 1.63 has been released! Here's what's new: SMBus support for VIA 686A, VIA 8233A, VIA 8235 and VIA 8237, "Export to TXT" option, Swedish and Ukrainian languages support, minor improvements and bugfixes.

SPEC/GPC's OpenGL Performance Characterization (SPECopc) project group announced plans for SPECviewperf 10 during a press conference at the SIGGRAPH 2006 trade show in Boston. SPECviewperf 10 is anticipated for release in the fourth quarter of 2006. The SPECopc group expects that SPECviewperf 10 will include the following new features and upgrades: new Maya and 3ds Max viewsets based on traces of the SPECapc application benchmarks, with bigger models, greater complexity and better textures; an updated CATIA viewset based on CATIA V5 R16 with a more realistic data stream and the ability to mix immediate and vertex array modes; ability to measure multisampling performance for high-quality imaging; ability to measure multiscreen performance. Learn more.

[05.08.2006]Hitachi has released Drive Fitness Test 4.08!

Crystal Dew World has updated its products:
[04.08.2006]Notebook Hardware Control 2.0 Pre-Release-02 is available for download! Notebook Hardware Control is a nice utility that allows to easily control the hardware components of your Notebook (AMD and Intel). Notebook Hardware Control helps you to:
  • prolong the battery lifetime and cool down the system with CPU Voltage Control and ATI Clock Control;
  • full processor speed control with custom dynamic switching and CPU Speed Control (CPU policy);
  • monitor the battery charge level and system temperature;
  • control and monitor the Hard Drive with S.M.A.R.T management, acoustic & advanced power management and Hard Drive temperature monitoring;
  • reduce noise with Notebook FAN Control.
New features include: ACPI Control System, CPU Speed Control for Windows 2000 and Windows Vista (preliminary), nVidia Powermizer support, possibility to change the ATI Powerplay settings, minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.
Note: Notebook Hardware Control works on all notebooks with Intel and AMD CPU's. Some features are only available on newer Pentium CPU's. You must have Microsoft's .NET Version 2.0 Framework installed.
[03.08.2006]SiSoftware Sandra 2007 SP1 (2007.9.10.105) has been released! New features include:
  • Support for Intel Itanium 2 DC 9000 and AMD K8 M2 rev. G processors.
  • Support for ATI RS600, RD600, RC610, ATI RD400, RS400M/ML, RC400MB/MD, ATI RS400MB/MD, RC400MB/MD, ATI RC410(L/S/M/ML/MB/MD), RXC410, ATI RC410MB/MD/ME, ATI RC415(L/S), ATI RC415MB/MD/ME, ATI RD500, Intel Q96x, G965, P965, Intel 3100, 5000X/P/V chipsets.
  • Support for Intel Itanium 2 / 9000 and Xeon 7000 PIROM.
  • Audio controller (AC97, HD Audio) information.
  • Support for ATI SB600 IXP, Intel 801H ICH8, Winbond/ASUS W83627E/THF.
  • SLI/Crossfire support reporting.
  • Support for Intel 631xESB, 632xESB, Intel 801H ICH8.
  • I2c and monitoring chips support for nVidia GeForce GFX NV43, C51, NV46, NV47, G70, G71, G72.
And more!

Hard Drive Inspector 1.87 is available for download! This version adds support for the Ukrainian language.

[02.08.2006]BIOS Agent 3.55 is available for download!

SpeedFan 4.29 has been released! New features include: full support for AMD K8 (Sempron, Opteron, Athlon 64) internal temperature sensor, full support for Intel ICH8 SMBus, full support for NVIDIA MCP04, events can now send EMAILs using the built-in multithreaded server, SEND MAIL for events sends an email containing all current readings (temperatures, fans, fan speeds, voltages and hard disk status), support for new revisions of IT8712F, detection for some Analog Devices chips, support for hardware monitor at unusual addresses on W83627EHF, identification of some new Winbond W83627 revisions, bugfixes, etc.

[01.08.2006]Hot CPU Tester 4.3 has been released! Here's what' new: updated DefectTrack engine(V2.2.0) for the new generation of processors, code paths for Intel Core, AMD Athlon 64 X2 and AMD Athlon 64 FX, SSE3 test module (Combined with SSE2), improved Chipset test module for the new generation of chipsets, improved Memory burn-in test to utilize more memory bandwidth, bugfixes.

An updated version of NextSensor 2.5.0.0 Build 0802 is available for download! This release removes the advertisement banner.

ASUS has released PC Probe II 1.03.02!
[31.07.2006]HardwareOC has updated its benchmark line:
  • Half-Life 2 Benchmark 1.8. What's new: Advanced Bugtracker Technology, Half-Life 2 TweakGuide menu item, minor improvements and bugfixes. Download Half-Life 2 Benchmark 1.8 (3.6Mb).
  • Serious Sam 2 Benchmark 1.2. What's new: Advanced Bugtracker technology, minor changes. Download Serious Sam 2 Benchmark v1.2 (2.5Mb).
  • Far Cry Benchmark 1.6. What's new: Advanced Bugtracker technology, Custom resolution feature, minor improvements. Download Far Cry Benchmark 1.6 (1.5Mb).
  • Prey Benchmark 1.1. What's new: Prey TweakGuide menu item, Benchmarking guide menu item, minor improvements. Download Prey Benchmark 1.1 (50.4Mb).
  • Quake 4 Benchmark 1.3. What's new: Advanced Bugtracker Technology, HardwareOC demo (VERY intensive), Quake 4 TweakGuide menu item, minor improvements. Download Quake 4 Benchmark 1.3 (49.8Mb)

Alchemy Eye 8.1 has been released! Here's what's new: ActivePerl script check type, "ActivePerl script execution" action, ability to execute server checks and perform actions using a different user account (impersonation).

NextSensor 2.5.0.0 has been released! New features include: independent monitoring of each core for dual core CPUs, option to select the temperature sensor type (thermal diode, bipolar transistor or thermistor (TCPU, TNB or TAUX)), minor improvements and bugfixes.

[30.07.2006]Hard Disk Sentinel 1.40 has been released! Here's what's new: HDD power on time display, option to save average and max. temperature statistics to JPG or BMP image, interface changes, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[28.07.2006]Intel has released the Processor Identification Utility 3.01!

Futuremark Logo [27.07.2006]Futuremark Corporation has announced that Freescale Semiconductor is joining its handheld benchmark development program. Freescale owns an extensive collection of technologies and products. Their embedded technology expertise and commitment to research has helped them provide integrated solutions to a wide array of industries around the world, including the delivery of semiconductors for half a billion wireless devices since 1998. Futuremark Corporation has created a family of industry standard handheld platform test suites which enable the full spectrum of companies in the delivery chain to properly validate their products' and technologies' performance. 3DMarkMobile06 is the OpenGL ES 1.0 and 1.1 graphics performance gauge. SPMarkJava06 is an extensive Mobile Java MIDP 2.0 and JSR184/M3G performance measurement tool. VGMark07, still in development, will provide vector graphics performance measurement. Read on.

Windows XP CD-R/RW Properties 1.0.005 is available for download!

[26.07.2006]BurnInTest for Linux 1.0 build 1006 is available for download! Just as its counterpart for Windows, BurnInTest for Linux allows all the major sub-systems of a computer to be simultaneously tested for reliability and stability.
[25.07.2006]NEW: PdnBench is a command-line utility that runs through several benchmarks that exercise various compute-intensive code paths from Paint.NET!
Thanks to PC_SPACE.sk! Dakujeme!

[24.07.2006]Ciusbet Hardware Benchmark 1.9 is available for download!

[21.07.2006]NEW: Dead Pixel Tester allows to test you screen for dead pixels by cycling through different colours!

[20.07.2006]Intel has released the Chipset Identification Utility 3.15, which allows to identify the specific Intel chipset that is located on your motherboard.
[19.07.2006]Belarc Advisor 7.1h build 7.1.8.10 is available for download!

Dr.Hardware 2006 Build 7.5.0e has been released! This version has a lot of improvements, including: identification of Intel Core Duo/Solo, Core Duo Xeon 5000, 7000, LV, Core 2 Duo, new Pentium D/EE processors, support for Intel 940GML, 945PL/GZ/PM/GM/GT/GMS, 946PL/GZ, 955X, 975X, P965, 5000P/V/X/Z chipsets, detection of NVidia nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition, 550/570/590 chipsets, detection of Intel VT / AMD IOMMU Virtualisation technolgies, detection of Centrino Duo Mobile Technolgy, support for Enhanced Performance Profile, improved detection of Transmeta processors, detection of Windows Vista, Server 2003 R2 and .NET, bugfixes, etc.

[18.07.2006]Crystal Dew World has updated its products:
OpenGL Extension Viewer 2.26 has been released!

[17.07.2006]EVEREST 3.01 has been released! Here's what's new: chipset and GPU VRM temperature monitoring, CPU diode temperature measurement for AMD K8 Rev. E4, E5, E6 processors, DMI Management Device and IPMI Device information, DIMM temperature monitoring in Stability Test, detection of EAX 4.0, EAX 5.0, I3DL2 and Sensaura ZoomFX technologies, support for .NET Framework 3.0, several improvements under Windows Vista Beta 2, bugfixes.

[16.07.2006]Intel has released Desktop Control Center 2.1.0003! IDCC enables you to perform stress tests to verify system stability and to conduct performance testing to measure the impact of system configuration changes. The easy-to-read system gauges provide feedback so you can observe the effects of various system modifications in real-time. This easy-to-use console dynamically displays temperatures, speed, and usage percentages, allowing you to verify system stability and check performance gains without rebooting into the BIOS.
The Intel Desktop Control Center version 2.1 is supported on these Intel Desktop Boards: D975XBX, D955XBK, D955XCS, and D945PVS. It is not backwards compatible with any previous versions of Intel Desktop Control Center.
If you have one of the following boards, please, use version 1.3.00.63: D925XECV2, D924XEBC2, D925XCV, D925XBC, D915PBL, D875PBZ, D865PERL.
[15.07.2006]An updated version of Belarc Advisor 7.1h is available for download!

nVidia Corporation has released nTune 5.00.08.06! nTune is the ultimate utility for accessing, monitoring, and adjusting your system components, including temperature and voltages with clear, user-friendly control panels. Overclock your system for highest performance or underclock it for near silent operation. All changes are performed within the Microsoft Windows (XP and XP x64 Edition) interface – enabling full functionality without the need to make changes in the BIOS and reboot your system.
This release supports the following products: nForce 220, nForce 220D, nForce 415 and nForce 420D; nForce2 and nForce2 400; nForce2 Ultra and nForce2 Ultra 400; nForce2 400R and nForce2 Ultra 400Gb; nForce3 150 and nForce3 PRO 150; nForce3 250, nForce3 250Gb and nForce3 PRO 250; nForce4 Pro 2200, nForce4 Ultra, and nForce4 SLI; nForce 590 SLI, nForce 570 SLI, nForce 570 Ultra, nForce 550.
[14.07.2006]Filemon 7.03 is available for download!

SIV 3.14 has been released! Here's what's new: reporting of the Windows Vista Edition (Home, Business, Ultimate, etc.), Tool Tips to clarify the information SIV shows and what action will result from a button press, Intel Xeon (Woodcrest) and (Clovertown) support, improved Intel Core 2 (Conroe) and (Merom) reporting, [PCMCIA], [ACPI] and [Monitors] pages, Intel i965 (Northbridge) and ICH8 (Southbridge) chipset support, improved reporting of the CPU speed and voltage for Intel Core, Core 2, Pentium D, Pentium 4 and Xeon processors, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[13.07.2006]ClockGen 1.0.4.7 has been released! Changes include: support for Asus P5WD2 (& Premium), P5WD2-E (& Premium), P5WDG2-WS, P5W DH (ICS 951423), support for ICS 954119, ICS 9PLRS509 (DFI 975X/G Infinity) and ICS 9PLRS587 (Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6), Run at Windows startup option, minor improvements.
ClockGen is a overclocking tool that allow to dynamically overclock such devices as CPU, memory, AGP and PCI bus.
Crystal Dew World has updated its products:
An updated version of Belarc Advisor 7.1h is available for download!

[12.07.2006]HardwareOC has released another utility - Prey Benchmark! It allows to benchmark the Prey game or demo. Key features:
  • Resolutions from 640x480 up to 2048x1536.
  • HD WideScreen resolutions (1280x768, 1920x1080, 1920x1200) support.
  • Two built-in demo, custom demo function.
  • Custom resolution feature.
  • 4 shader level (Low, Medium, High, Ultra).
  • Antialiasing and Anisotrophic filtering support.
The program supports both Windows XP 32-bit and 64-bit.
[11.07.2006]An updated version of System Information for Windows (SIW) 1.62 (Build 614) is available for download!

Arthur Liberman, the author of GCPUID, has released another utility called Core Temp! It lets you monitor Intel's "Core", "Core 2" and all AMD K8 chips' die temperature. The temperature readings are very accurate as the data is collected from a Digital Thermal Sensor (or DTS) which is located in each individual processing core, near the hottest part.
[10.07.2006]IPMonitor 5.9 (Build 710) is available for download! It includes vastly improved "Audible Alert", "Message Alert", and "E-mail Alert" features that let you to send customized recovery notification once network connectivity is restored.

NetInfo 5.9 (Build 710) has been released! It includes Copy, Paste, and Select All capabilities, improved support for Firefox browser, and a few other minor improvements.

PC Wizard 2006 1.69 has been released! New features include: support for Intel Core 2 Duo "Merom, Conroe", Celeron M 420/430 processors, support for some Socket AM2 and Socket S1 processors, support for Intel i945GMS, i940GML, AMD K8 Bridge DDR2 IMC, support for Intel CPU Thermal Diode, identification of HyperTransport 3.0 and SMBios 2.5, DVD HD Reading and Writing features detection, preliminary support for Intel Xeon LV "Sossaman", Xeon "Woodcrest", Core 2 Duo "Allendale" and Core Duo U2500 processors, preliminary support for DDR2-SDRAM Enhanced Profile Performance (EPP), minor improvements and bugfixes.

[09.07.2006]An updated version of SiSoftware Sandra 2007 (2007.6.10.99) is available for download!

[08.07.2006]Advanced HostMonitor 6.10 has been released! This version has a number of new features and improvements. Visit the official page for details.

[07.07.2006]Fresh Diagnose 7.38 has been released! This version includes a Mail Accounts module.

An updated version of RightMark CPU Clock Utility 2.1 has been released! This is a bugfix release.
TaskInfo 6.2.3.190 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

PassMark BurnInTest 5.1 Build 1011 is available for download! It includes a couple of minor improvements.

[06.07.2006]NextSensor 2.4.0.2 Build 0706 RC is available for download! Here's what's new: ability to measure the second hard disk drive temperature, identification of many popular hard drive models (including Seagate Barracuda series, Western Digital, Hitachi and IBM drives), support for some new motherboards, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[05.07.2006]System Information for Windows (SIW) 1.62 has been released! Here's what's new: Dutch, Hungarian and Portuguese (Brazilian) languages support, experimental support for some ASUS and Winbond sensors, export to CSV, support for NVIDIA/Corsair Enhanced Performance Profile (EPP), minor improvements and bugfixes.

[04.07.2006]RightMark CPU Clock Utility 2.1 has been released! RMClock is a simple utility designed for realtime CPU frequency monitoring and realtime adjustment of the CPU multiplier (FID) and voltage level (VID) of the supported CPUs via processor's power management model specific registers (MSRs).
This new release includes a wealth of new features and improvements, including: battery life time and battery charging time estimation, option to display CPU load meter or CPU load graph icon, preliminary support for Intel Core 2 CPU family, battery info page and battery status icon, AltVID stabilization time auto-adjust feature for AMD K8 rev. E platforms, new default P-states tables for most AMD K8 CPUs, Intel Centrino (ICH4/ICH6/ICH7) CPU thermal and normal throttling settings, VIA C7 PowerSaver technology support, minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.
PassMark BurnInTest 5.1 Build 1010 is available for download! This release fixes a few bugs and includes an improved network test.

[03.07.2006]CDCheck 3.1.12.0 is available for download! This release fixes some bugs and adds a new command line parameter.

[02.07.2006]BIOS Agent 3.54 is available for download!

SciMark Standard Edition Complex has been updated to version 2006.06.26!

Intel has released the Processor Identification Utility 3.0!

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