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September-October 2010

[31.10.2010]Dr.Hardware 2010 Build 10.5d (German version) has been released! Here's what's new: updated GUI, several new report output formats (MS Word, XML, etc.), support for the latest Intel and AMD processors (including Core i5, i7-8xx), improved support for DDR3, updated device database, bugfixes, etc.
[30.10.2010]SetFSB 2.3.155.121 is available for download! This release adds support for RTM880T-792 (ASUS K50AF) clock generator.

CrystalDiskInfo 3.9.2 is available for download!

[29.10.2010]SetFSB 2.3.154.120 is available for download! This release adds support for RTM880T-794 (MSI WIND U230) clock generator.

[28.10.2010]Monitor Asset Manager 2.53.0.861 has been released!

GPU Caps Viewer 1.9.3 has been released! It includes support for Radeon HD 6870 (Barts XT GPU) and HD 6850 (Barts PRO GPU).

OpenGL Extension Viewer 3.33 has been released! This version adds support for OpenGL 4.1.

[27.10.2010]PassMark PerformanceTest 7.0 build 1019 is available for download! It fixes a few bugs and adds detection for Radeon 6850 and 6870 video cards.

[26.10.2010]TechPowerUp Radeon Bios Editor 1.26 has been released! New features include: preliminary support for Radeon HD 6850 and 6870, minor changes, bugfixes, etc.

PowerStrip 3.88 has been released!

ATI Tray Tools 1.7.9.1499 is available for download!

CPU-Z 1.56 has been released! New features include: support for Intel Core i3/i5/i7 "2000" series processors (Sandy Bridge) with new logos, Intel Core i7 970 "Gulftown", AMD Phenom II, Athlon II and Sempron II "Caspian" processors, support for Intel P67 chipset.

[25.10.2010]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.00.1130 beta is available for download! Changes include: anti-virus and firewall software support for AVG 2011, detection of ATI Catalyst 10.10 driver, extended reference OpenCL Extensions list (for Catalyst 10.10), GPU information for new nVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS (GT218), improved GPU information for AMD Radeon HD 68xx (Barts), HD Audio codec information for AMD Barts, nVIDIA GF106, Intel Processor Number detection for Pentium G6960, improved motherboard specific sensor info for ASRock boards, bugfixes.
[23.10.2010]NEW: NVIDIA Inspector is a small and handy tool that displays hardware information for nVidia-based graphic cards!

[22.10.2010]PassMark RAMMon 1.0 build 1001 is available for download!

[21.10.2010]M.Bicak, the author of MaxxPI² has released a new benchmark, MaxxLinpack², which is based on the Intel Linpack technology. It will be integrated into the final version of MaxxPI² benchmark suite (currently in internal beta testing phase).
Futuremark logo [20.10.2010]Futuremark has released a new trailer for 3DMark 11, the latest version of their industry standard benchmark for real-time 3D graphics! The "High Temple" tech demo trailer shows advanced tessellation and lighting effects rendered in real-time by 3DMark 11's native DirectX 11 engine. 3DMark 11 is due to be released later this year. Watch the trailer.

[19.10.2010]HWiNFO32 3.61 has been released! New features include: possibility to report SMART data and monitor temperature for drives in Intel RAID Array, preliminary Ivy Bridge support, improved hardware monitoring, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[18.10.2010]GPU-Z 0.4.7 has been released! Here's what's new: improved support for AMD Radeon HD 6850 and HD 6870, support for NVIDIA GeForce GT 430, GT 420, voltage controller support for Colorful iGame GTX 460, TMU count and die size for GF106, minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.

[17.10.2010]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.00.1123 beta is available for download! Changes include: support for USB 3.0, improved Disk Benchmark, improved RAID member enumeration for Intel ICH/PCH RAID controllers, S.M.A.R.T. information for Intel ICH/PCH RAID controllers, chipset information for nVIDIA nForce 720D (MCP72D), extended GPU information for nVIDIA GF108 family, bugfixes.
[16.10.2010]Advanced HostMonitor 8.72 has been released! It has a number of minor improvements and bugfixes. Visit the official page for details.

[15.10.2010]IOzone Filesystem Benchmark has been updated to version 3.353!

Belarc Advisor 8.1.16.2 is available for download!

[14.10.2010]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.00.1114 beta is available for download! Changes include: preliminary GPU information for AMD Radeon HD 6850 (Barts) and HD 6870 (Barts), bugfixes.
SIV 4.13 has been released! New features include: support for Intel Core i5 M400 (Arrandale) series and the HM57 chipset, support for Intel QST, [QST Status] page that shows detailed QST information, [Ping Network] page that allows a specified range of IP Addresses to be pinged, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[13.10.2010]Prime95 v.26.3 has been released!

[12.10.2010]CrystalDiskInfo 3.9.1 Beta is available for download!

MaxxPI² - Preview - Single 1.80 is available for download! This release includes a number of minor improvements.
[11.10.2010]NetWorx 5.1.4 has been released!

Hard Drive Inspector 3.85 is available for download! It adds support for Buffalo JustStore Portable HD-PVU2 external drives.

[10.10.2010]BatteryBar 3.4.3 has been released! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.

[09.10.2010]Geekbench 2.1.8 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

CrystalDiskInfo 3.9.0 has been released!

[08.10.2010]Western Digital has released Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows 1.22!

Fresh Diagnose 8.46 has been released! This version includes a new module - "User Rights".

[06.10.2010]NEW: FinalWire has released AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.00 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users! As a descendant of the award-winning AIDA16 and AIDA32 software, and the successor to the widely popular diagnostic utility Lavalys EVEREST, the brand new AIDA64 version leaps forward into the next decade by introducing a collection of 64-bit processor and memory benchmarks, an enhanced 64-bit system stress test module, and a further expanded hardware database.
"After the splitting up of Lavalys, we at FinalWire are happy to continue our efforts of delivering a dependable monitoring software to our faithful users" said Tamas Miklos, managing director of FinalWire. "Since the introduction of our first diagnostic utility ASMDEMO in 1995, we have built a passionate community of hobby users, hardware enthusiasts, and professional overclockers. Using the valuable feedback we have collected from them in the past few years, we have created a software for the new decade of 64-bit multi-core systems."

[05.10.2010]Seagate has released SeaTools for DOS 2.22 (ISO)!

NVIDIA BIOS Editor (nibitor) 5.8 has been released! Here's what's new: support for GeForce GTX 460 and GeForce GTX 480M, minor improvements and bugfixes.

SetFSB 2.3.153.119 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[04.10.2010]CrystalDiskInfo 3.9.0 Beta 5 is available for download!

HWM BlackBox 2.1 has been released! This version adds support for the latest hardware and fixes a few bugs.

CoreTemp 0.99.8 has been released! Here's what's new: completely new settings dialog, Hibernation option in the Overheat protection dialog, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[03.10.2010]Thaiphoon Burner 6.9.0.0 build 1001 has been released! New features inlcude: DCT Tuner feature to estimate overclocking capabilities of DRAM controllers of the AMD Family 10h and Family 11h processors (it provides the easiest way to alter timing parameters and frequencies of two DRAM controllers operating in ganged or unganged mode), improved support for nVidia-specific SMBuses.

[02.10.2010]CrystalDiskInfo 3.9.0 Beta 4 is available for download!

HWMonitor Pro 1.10 has been released! Here's what's new: new tree structure with devices and sensors, support for APC UPS batteries, Sony VAIO notebooks monitoring, support for Winbond W83783S and Nuvoton NCT6776 sensor chips.

Real Temp 3.60 has been released! New features include: Core i Turbo multiplier and Turbo TDP/TDC overclocking for Extreme / K series CPUs, ATI GPU monitoring, improved NVIDIA GPU monitoring with CrossFire and SLI support, updated RealTemp GT for the 6 core Gulftown CPUs, separate i7 Turbo GT multiplier monitoring tool for 6 core Gulftown CPUs, bugfixes, etc.

StatWin Professional 8.2.7 is available for download!

Belarc Advisor 8.1.16.1 is available for download!

[30.09.2010]SetFSB 2.3.153.118 is available for download! This release adds support for SL28541BQC (Samsung R518) and ICS9LPRS397DKLF (HP Compaq 6730b) clock generators.

wPrime 2.04 has been released! This update fixes a bug which would cause wPrime to hang when video cards of multiple vendors were installed. It upgrades CPUz to 1.55 which adds Sandy Bridge support.

Geekbench 2.1.7 is available for download! This release fixes a problem that prevented Geekbench from scaling beyond 32 cores.

Process Monitor 2.93 is available for download!

[29.09.2010]Alchemy Eye 10.9.1 has been released! Here's what's new: ability to drag&drop folders in the monitors folder tree, bugfixes, etc.

[28.09.2010]CrystalDiskInfo 3.9.0 Beta 2 is available for download!

[25.09.2010]NEW: PassMark RAMMon is an easy to use Windows based application that allows users to quickly retrieve the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data from their RAM modules!

[24.09.2010]AMD64 CPU Assistant 0.10.2.365 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

DVDInfoPro has been updated to version 6.515!

[23.09.2010]PhysX FluidMark 1.2.2 has been released! The main feature of FluidMark 1.2.2 is the compilation with the latest PhysX SDK 2.8.4.4. Other changes include: new post processing (post-FX) effect, minor improvements and bugfixes.

DVDInfoPro has been updated to version 6.514!

MVSoft PC Information 2.4.1.5 is available for download!

Seagate has released SeaTools for Windows 1.2.0.4!

[22.09.2010]CPU-Z 1.55.2 beta is available for download! This release improves support for the latest Intel Sandy Bridge processors.
BatteryBar 3.4.2 has been released! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.

[21.09.2010]Real Temp 3.59.6 is available for download!
CrystalDiskInfo 3.9.0 Beta 1 is available for download!

VSO Inspector 2.1.0.6 is available for download!

[20.09.2010]DVDInfoPro has been updated to version 6.513!

SetFSB 2.3.151.117 is available for download! This release adds support for RTM875T-606 (HP DV9500) clock generator.

[19.09.2010]GPU Caps Viewer 1.9.2 has been released! This version adds support for NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450.

[18.09.2010]CrystalDiskInfo 3.8.0c is available for download!

[16.09.2010]System Spec has been updated to version 2.79!

CrystalDiskInfo 3.8.0a is available for download!

Belarc Advisor 8.1.16.0 is available for download!

[15.09.2010]Prime95 v.26.2 has been released!

Opti Drive Control 1.50 has been released! Here's what's new: improved tests, support for Plextor PX-8xx series, improved support for BD and DVD-RAM, minor changes, bugfixes, etc.

[14.09.2010]SiSoftware Sandra 2010 SP3 (2010.10.16.67) has been released! Changes include:
  • AVX instruction set (Sandy Bridge): extensive support in all benchmarks: Multi-Media (integer & float), Memory Bandwidth (integer & float, buffered and unbuffered/streaming), Cache & Memory (non-streaming).
  • Support for up to 256 threads on Windows 7/Server 2008 R2.
  • Blu-Ray test disks in addition to the DVD and CD-ROM test disks.
  • OpenCL: supports nVidia 3.1 and ATI/AMD 2.2 SDK versions.
  • Ranking Engine: is now on-line and localised in all the languages Sandra supports.

SIV 4.12 has been released! New features include: [Sectors] page with Disk Drive Physical and Logical sector information, [DirectX] page, improved hardware monitoring, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[13.09.2010]HWiNFO32 3.60 has been released! New features include: possibility to directly log sensor data into separate CSV file, improved Sandy Bridge support, improved hardware monitoring, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

Fresh Diagnose 8.45 has been released! It updates the network adapters database.

[12.09.2010]TechARP.com has published x264 HD Benchmark Ver. 3.19!

[11.09.2010]Thaiphoon Burner 6.8.4.2 build 0909 has been released!

[10.09.2010]Phoronix Media has released Phoronix Test Suite 2.8.1!
[09.09.2010]EVGA Precision 2.0.0 has been released! New features include: floating tooltips based help system for advanced EVGA Precision settings window, ability to pause hardware monitoring module via "Pause" command in the context menu of hardware monitoring window, multilanguage system and sample Russian localization pack, improved GUI, a lot of minor changes and bugfixes.

EVEREST Ultimate Edition 5.50.2253 Beta is available for download! Changes include: Intel Processor Number detection for Pentium G6951 and Pentium G6952, improved chipset information for Intel Ironlake and Ironlake-M, improved monitor vendor and model name detection, improved GPU core voltage and GPU fan speed measurement via ForceWare, motherboard specific sensor info for DFI LANParty DK 790GX-M2RS, bugfixes, etc.
[08.09.2010]Hard Disk Sentinel 3.30 has been released! Here's what's new: detection of SATA disks configured to RAID arrays on Silicon Image RAID controllers, improved network drive detection, improved detection of large RAID arrays, improved SSD support, updated device database, numerous minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.

Dacris Benchmarks 8.0.8509 (RTM, Update 7) is available for download!

[07.09.2010]MaxxMEM² - Preview 1.90 is available for download! This release includes a number of minor improvements.
PassMark MonitorTest 3.1 build 1000 has been released!

[06.09.2010]StatWin Professional 8.2.6 is available for download!

HMonitor 4.5.1.3 has been released! Here's what's new: ITE IT8721F sensor chip support, SmartUPS support, Gateway FX series desktops support, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[05.09.2010]Crystal Dew World has updated its utilities:
EVEREST Ultimate Edition 5.50.2249 Beta is available for download! Changes include: extended Reference OpenGL Extensions List, Intel Processor Number detection for Atom N550, Celeron E3500, Mobile Core i3 380M and Core i5 460M, physical CPU Information for Intel Pineview, GPU Information for AMD FireStream 9350 (Cypress), nVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M (GF100M), Quadro 5000M (GF100GLM), Quadro 6000 (GF100GL) and Tesla M2070 (GF100GL), GPU Core Voltage Measurement via ForceWare, motherboard specific sensor information for Gigabyte 770T-D3L and 770T-USB3, improved motherboard specific sensor info for ASRock boards, bugfixes, etc.
[04.09.2010]Phoronix Media has released Phoronix Test Suite 2.8.0! Changes include: new Analytics Capabilities, new test profiles, etc..
Phoronix Test Suite is one of the most comprehensive testing and benchmarking platforms available that provides an extensible framework for which new tests can be easily added. This software is designed to effectively carry out both qualitative and quantitative benchmarks in a clean, reproducible, and easy-to-use manner. This software is open-source and licensed under the GNU GPLv3. The Phoronix Test Suite consists of a lightweight processing core (pts-core) with each benchmark consisting of an XML-based profile with related resource scripts. Main features include:
  • 134 Test Profiles
  • Integrated Results Viewer
  • Autonomous Batch Mode Supported
  • PNG, JPG, Adobe SWF, SVG Graph Rendering Support
  • Global Database For Result Uploads, Benchmark Comparisons
  • Installed Software, Hardware Detection
  • System Monitoring Support
  • GTK2 Graphical User Interface + Command-Line Interface
  • Runs On Linux, OpenSolaris, Mac OS X, Windows 7 and BSD Operating Systems
And more!
[03.09.2010]Real Temp 3.59.5 is available for download!
System Spec 2.78 is available for download!

GPU-Z 0.4.6 has been released! Here's what's new: support for ATI FirePro V8750, support for GeForce GTS 455, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, GT 330, GT218 based ION, GTX 470M, GTX 460M, GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M, GT 415M, GeForce 310M, basic detection for AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series, fan RPM monitoring for NVIDIA cards, minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.

[02.09.2010]MSI Afterburner 2.0.0 has been released! New features include: ability to control up to 3 voltages on custom design MSI Fermi and other future custom design MSI graphics cards, core, memory and auxiliary PEXVDD voltage control for custom design MSI N480GTX Lighning series graphics cards with uP6225+uP6262 voltage regulators, MSI N470GTX Twin Frozr II OV3 series graphics cards with uP6218+uP6262 voltage regulators and MSI N460GTX Hawk series graphics cards with uP6262 voltage regulators, core voltage control for custom design MSI N460GTX Cyclone series graphics cards, fan tachometer monitoring for NVIDIA graphics cards, a lot of minor improvements and bugfixes.

[01.09.2010]CoreTemp 0.99.7.10 has been released!

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