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September-October 2007
[31.10.2007]Fujitsu has released ATA Diagnostic Tool 7.0 and Windows Diagnostic Tool 1.0![30.10.2007]S.M.A.R.T. Vision 2.20 has been released! Here's what's new: updated GUI, hot-plugging support, HDD temperature display, minor changes and bugfixes.
[29.10.2007]DVDInfoPro 4.7.0.0 has been released! New features include: SAMSUNG (TSSTcorp) PI/PO parity scanning, extended CPU information, ImgBurn CD IBG file graphing, numerous bugfixes, etc.
GPU Caps Viewer 1.3.0 has been released! Here's what's new: four new OpenGL stress test demos, GPU core temperature display for all NVIDIA cards (Geforce 5/6/7/8+) and ATI Radeon 2k series and up, improved NVIDIA drivers detection, minor improvements, etc.
[28.10.2007]OpenGL Extension Viewer 2.32 has been released! This version includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.
[25.10.2007]HWiNFO 5.10 has been released! It has a lot of new features and improvements, including: support for SSE4.1 and SSE4.2 extensions, support for Intel DTS, identification of Intel Core 2 Solo, support of Intel 82945GME, SiS 671, nVidia MCP73 and Intel P31 chipsets, updated device database, bugfixes, etc.
[24.10.2007]SensorsView Pro 3.1 has been updated with build 10241!
[23.10.2007]CD/DVD Diagnostic 3.0.0 build 49 is available for download!
Hitachi has released Drive Fitness Test 4.11! Changes include: new products support, disabled ATAPI drives scanning.
[22.10.2007]GPU-Z 0.0.9 has been released! New features include: bug report submissions, numerous IGP adapter info, info for GeForce 8800 GT, updated icon, bugfixes, etc.
Geekbench 2.0.7 is available for download!
System Information for Windows (SIW) 1.71 has been released! Here's what's new: Monitor Test module, minor changes and bugfixes.
TaskInfo 7.2.0.250 is available for download! It has a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.
[21.10.2007]EVEREST 4.20 has been released! New features include: full support for the upcoming 45nm Intel Core 2, Core 2 Extreme and Xeon processors codenamed "Harpertown", "Penryn", "Wolfdale" and "Yorkfield", enhanced support for Intel Itanium and Itanium 2 systems, support for the latest ATI and nVIDIA DirectX 10 graphics processors (including ATI Radeon HD 2300, 2400, 2600 and 2900 Series, nVIDIA GeForce 8300, 8400, 8600 and 8800 Series, nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT codenamed "G92"), AES multi-threaded data encryption benchmark, new bandwidth efficient mode for Remote Control, System Stability Test with flexible hardware monitoring, support for the latest technologies (including PCI Express 2.0, DDR3-2400 memory modules, DDR3 Intel Extreme Memory Profile, Windows Home Server and Windows Server 2008, Intel "Bearlake" G31/G33/P31/P35 and Intel "Beachwood" X38 chipsets).
Thaiphoon Burner 4.0 build 1020 Final has been released!
[19.10.2007]PassMark WirelessMon 2.1 build 1000 has been released! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.
[18.10.2007]Futuremark Corporation has released PCMark Vantage! Here are just some of its key benefits:
- Unparalleled ease-of-use: Single Click Benchmarking
- Unified Benchmarking for desktop, laptop PCs and workstations
- Newly developed to natively support 32 and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista
- System Information tool that displays advanced system configuration information
- Advanced Online Results Browser functionality with Result Analyzer
[17.10.2007]OCCT Perestroika 1.1.1b is available for download! This release includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.
SensorsView Pro 3.1 has been updated with build 10161!
[16.10.2007]GPU-Z 0.0.8 has been released! Here's what's new: support for new ATI and NVIDIA devices, improved ATI driver version detection for Vista and XP, minor changes and bugfixes.
DU Meter 4.0 has been released! This version is nearly a complete rewrite of DU Meter. Here are some of the new and improved features: improved user interface, mini mode, improved precision, finer granularity of saved historic data (hourly network traffic reports are available), improved network traffic reports (including support for XML and Adobe PDF formats), report auto-generation, greatly expanded alerts capability, full Windows Vista compatibility (a gadget for Windows Sidebar is included), and more!
Dead Pixel Tester 2.30 has been released! It includes some new test patterns, slightly improved gradient test screens, minor changes and bugfixes.
[15.10.2007]TaskInfo 7.2.0.244 is available for download! It has a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.
[14.10.2007]SIV 3.25 has been released! New features include: support for AMD Opteron X4 (Barcelona), improved support for AMD Phenom, Intel Core 2 (Penryn), (Wolfdale), (Yorkfield) and Intel Xeon (Harpertown), (Dunnington), support for SMSC LPC47B397, SCH5307 and SCH5317 sensor chips, support for Dell BIOS based Fan Speed and Temperature reporting, support for nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI (C55XE), improved support for Intel X38 and 3200 chipsets, minor changes and bugfixes.
[11.10.2007]GPU-Z 0.0.7 has been released! Here's what's new: Update Checker, improved shader detection for ATI cards, support for future ATI GPUs, minor improvements.
Futuremark Corporation has released a new unified hotfix for all the latest benchmarks: 3DMark03, 3DMark05, 3DMark06 and PCMark05! The hotfix updates the following:
- Updated GPU core/memory clock detection library for enhanced compatibility and support for new hardware
- New files are:
- Direcpll.dll (4.10.1.93)
- Entech.sys (5.0.1.1)
- Entech64.sys (5.0.1.1)
[10.10.2007]Belarc Advisor 7.2.20.10 is available for download!
NEW: GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU!
[09.10.2007]Seagate has released SeaTools for Windows 1.1.0.7!
Fresh Diagnose 7.68 has been released! It includes a new module called Opened Shared Files (Snapshot section).
SensorsView Pro 3.1 has been updated with build 10081!
[08.10.2007]CrystalDiskMark 1.0.4d is available for download!
Thaiphoon Burner 4.0 build 1007 has been released! New features include: support for DDR3, support for Intel Extreme Memory Profiles, Intel XMP Enhancer technology designed to work with XMP profiles (allows to create your own XMP profiles for your DDR3 RAM modules), Drag-n-Drop support, bugfixes, etc.
[07.10.2007]OCCT Perestroika 1.1.1 has been released! Here's what's new: support for some new processors, support for up to 32 cores, support for Windows Vista 64-bit, Chinese, Brazilian and Esperanto languages support, minor changes and bugfixes.
[06.10.2007]Palm: Speedy 6.4 is available for download!
[04.10.2007]RightMark CPU Clock Utility 2.30.1 is available for download! RMClock is a small 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 release fixes a few bugs.
Process Monitor 1.25 is available for download!
[03.10.2007]DVDInfoPro 4.641 has been released! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.
PC Wizard 2008 1.80 has been released! It has a wealth of new features and improvements, including: IA-64 compatibility, support for Intel 945GU, Intel PM/GM965, Intel P35/P31/G33/G31, VIA P4M800/CE, ATI RC610/RS690/RS700/SC710 and SiS 671 chipsets, support for nVidia Geforce G80/G84/G86, ATI Radeon R600/RS690/X1200/X2300, support for SMBios 2.6, improved Wi-Fi support, support for SDRAM-DDR3, preliminary support for the latest Intel processors (including New Pentium, New Celeron, New Core 2 Duo (Penryn/Wolfdale/Yorkfield/Harpertown), New Core 2 Duo Mobile, A100/A110, Itanium, Itanium 2, Itanium 2 Dual-Core), preliminary support for AMD Athlon 64 X2 BE, Athlon 64 Mobile TK, Geode GX/LX/NX, Phenom X2/X4/FX, minor improvements, and more!
[02.10.2007]Hard Disk Sentinel 2.10 Final has been released! Here's what's new: option to start short hardware S.M.A.R.T. self-test on IDE/S-ATA hard disks, option to backup current configuration and registration details, HTTP server (WebStatus) option (allows to examine disk status from a remote computer/phone/PDA via a web browser), option to automatically create and update XML file with the current results and configuration, bugfixes, etc.
[01.10.2007]Alchemy Eye 8.9 has been released! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.
[30.09.2007]System Analyser 5.3s has been released! New features include: preliminary support for SMBios version 2.6a, updated device database, minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.
[29.09.2007]Process Monitor 1.24 is available for download!
CrystalDMI 1.0.0 has been released!
[28.09.2007]Futuremark Corporation has announced PCMark Vantage, the next version of its award-winning PCMark benchmark suite! PCMark Vantage provides you with the correct tools for performance measurement of every type of Personal Computer with Microsoft's new Microsoft Windows Vista operating system from Office Productivity computers and Gaming Machines to PCs configured for the creative user. With an easy to use interface and clear scoring, you will be able to select exactly the type of tests you want to use and then choose the right upgrade components or complete PC that will fit your needs. This easy-to-use product gives you the same tools and knowledge that virtually every professional tester in the industry uses. The benchmark is not released yet, but here are some of its key benefits:- Unparalleled ease-of-use: Single Click Benchmarking
- Unified Benchmarking for desktop, laptop PCs and workstations
- Newly developed to natively support 32 and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista
- System Information tool that displays advanced system configuration information
- Advanced Online Results Browser functionality with Result Analyzer
Akella presented a DX10 tech demo-benchmark of the upcoming naval action sim PT Boats: Knights of the Sea! The final game will support both DX10 and DX9, but this demo is a demonstration of what the final game will look like in DirectX 10. The demo features all the visual effects and some of the highly detailed models that will be available in the game. The main DX10 graphics features of PT Boats: Knights of the Sea tech demo-benchmark: Advanced ocean rendering, Soft particles Reflections, light beams and advanced transparency, Advanced HDR for gunfire and sun reflection. The benchmark supports all the latest DirectX 10 graphics cards. Thanks to Jan Loncik @ PC_SPACE.sk!
[27.09.2007]USBlyzer 1.1 has been released! Here's what's new: ability to verify the general compliance of all standard USB descriptors with the USB Specification, the content of the USB Properties panel can now be exported to the HTML report, a lot of minor improvements and bugfixes.
[26.09.2007]Hard Drive Inspector 2.50 build 435 has been released! It includes an updated Russian language module.
Prime95 v.25.5 is available for download!
An updated version of PCIDEVS.TXT is available for download!
- Download PCIDEVS.TXT v.652 (164Kb)
[25.09.2007]Process Monitor 1.23 has been released! This update adds a new option, /WaitForIdle, to better support scripted execution. It also adds the /HookRegistry switch for forcing Process Monitor to use Registry hooking on Vista, which enables Process Monitor to see SoftGrid virtual Registry operations.
Crystal Dew World has updated its utilities:
Belarc Advisor 7.2.20.9 is available for download!
RightMark Audio Analyzer 6.0.6 has been released! Here's what's new: new parameter "Level change" to show the same level difference as in "Adjusting level" windows independently from ajusting levels, improved stability, minor changes.
[24.09.2007]AMD64 CPU Assistant 0.8.0.273 has been released! It has a number of minor improvements and bugfixes, including better process handling and support for IT87xx chips. AMD64 CPU Assistant Lite 0.2.0.269 is also available for download.
[23.09.2007]NextSensor 2.7.2.0 build 0923 is available for download!
SensorsView Pro 3.1 has been updated with build 9201!
[21.09.2007]HWiNFO32 1.76 has been released! New features include: support for nVidia MCP73, SiS 671 and Intel P31 chipsets, VIA C7-D support, support for Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP), improved support for Itanium (IA64) systems, improved support for some ITE and Winbond HW monitoring chips, minor improvements and bugfixes.
Hitachi has released Drive Fitness Test 4.10!
[20.09.2007]Drive Health 2.4.128 is available for download!
PassMark BurnInTest 5.3 Build 1011 rev2 is available for download! It includes a few changes to the Multi-Process torture test.
[19.09.2007]TestLAB 2008 8.0.1 has been released! This version includes a number of new features and improvements, as well as support for Windows Vista.
[18.09.2007]Crystal Dew World has updated its utilities:
SpeedFan 4.33 has been released! New features include: completely rewritten detection and identification algorithms for ITE IT871xF chips, full SMBus support for ATI SB600, Intel ICH9 and nVidia MCP55, improved support for IT8716F and IT8718F hardware monitors, minor improvements and bugfixes.
[17.09.2007]Nero CD-DVD Speed 4.7.7.5 is available for download!
System Information for Windows (SIW) 1.70 has been released! New features include: "Sensors" support for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad, updated modules (CSV Report, HTML Report, XML Report, CPU, Storage and Logical Disk), minor improvements and bugfixes.
[16.09.2007]OpenGL Extension Viewer 2.31 has been released! Here's what's new: new installer for x64 version, new software update window and error log window after rendering tests.
[15.09.2007]Belarc Advisor 7.2.20.8 is available for download!
[14.09.2007]SIV 3.24 has been released! New features include: initial support for AMD Phenom X4 (Agena) and X2 (Kuma) processors, support for Intel Itanium 2 (Montvale), dynamic update of the Memory Speed for DDR, DDR2, DDR3 and RDRAM based systems, support for Windows Server 2008, improved support for ITE IT8716F environment controller, minor changes and bugfixes.
[13.09.2007]Intel has released the Processor Identification Utility 3.7!
Belarc Advisor 7.2.20.7 is available for download!
[12.09.2007]SiSoftware Sandra XII (2008) (2008.1.12.34) has been released! This update fixes a number of bugs.
[11.09.2007]Fresh Diagnose 7.66 has been released! It includes two new modules: Shared Resources and User Groups.
PassMark BurnInTest 5.3 Build 1011 has been released! It has a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.
FRAPS 2.9.2 is available for download! This release fixes a few bugs.
SensorsView Pro 3.1 has been updated with build 9111!
[10.09.2007]Futuremark Corporation has announced a long term cooperative partnership with the Telecommunication Software Test Center of China's Ministry of Information Industry. According to terms within today's announced agreement, Futuremark will provide its full collection of current and in-development handheld testing tools to the TSTC for creation of the first, state sanctioned handheld performance certification testing service. This testing service will improve mobile phone quality in China market. Read on.[09.09.2007]Hard Disk Sentinel 2.08 beta has been released! Here's what's new: option to start short hardware S.M.A.R.T. self-test on IDE/S-ATA hard disks, option to backup current configuration and registration details, HTTP server (WebStatus) option (allows to examine disk status from a remote computer/phone/PDA via a web browser), option to automatically create and update XML file with the current results and configuration, bugfixes, etc.
[08.09.2007]Central Brain Identifier 8.3.6.4 build 0908 R4 has been released! Here's what's new: support for the AMD Athlon Processor LE based on Revision DH-F3 (model numbers 1600 and 1620), identification of the AMD Athlon X2 LS-5xx0 processor family based on Revision BH-G2.
[07.09.2007]Samsung Drive Diagnostic Utility (Hutil) 2.04 is available for download!
[06.09.2007]ASUS has released PC Probe II 1.04.23!
- Download PC Probe II 1.04.23 (9.8Mb)
[05.09.2007]SiSoftware Sandra XII (2008) (2008.2.12.30) has been released! This update includes a number of bugfixes.
Dead Pixel Tester 2.21 is available for download! This release includes a couple of minor changes.
[04.09.2007]CPU-Z 1.41 has been released! New features include: CPU voltage monitoring, Intel Xeon Tigerton support, Intel IA64 CPUs support (Itanium / Itanium2), preliminary support for AMD K10 Phenom, NVIDIA MCP73 support, Intel XMP profiles support, memory modules nominal voltage detection.
RAMspeed 2.4.0 is available for download!
[03.09.2007]miceJUDGE 5.0 has been released!
HD Tune 2.54 has been released! Changes include: option to change block size, improved Vista compatibility, bugfixes.
[01.09.2007]CPUCooL 8.0.6 has been released! Here's what's new: support for some new chipsets and PLLs, bugfixes.
Belarc Advisor 7.2.20.6 is available for download!
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