News archive


May-June 2005

[30.06.2005]SiSoftware Sandra 2005.SR2 (2005.7.10.60) has been released! This is a service release, which contains support for the latest technologies and hardware, as well as a few improvements and bugfixes.

ASUS has released PC Probe 2.24.10/2.64.12!
S&M 1.7.2 Beta is available for download!

DVDInfoPro 4.21 has been released! Here's what's new: HD-DVD-R/ -RW / -ROM compatibility, ability to save snapshot in PNG, BMP, and GIF formats, PI/PO graphs can now be saved and re-loaded, a lot of minor improvements and bugfixes.

FRAPS 2.6.1 has been released! This version fixes a few bugs.

SciMark Standard Edition Complex has been updated to version 2005.06.24!

[29.06.2005]An updated version of PCIDEVS.TXT is available for download!
PassMark DiskCheckup 1.1 build 1004 is available for download!

CPUSpy 1.042 has been released! It includes minor improvements and bugfixes.

[28.06.2005]Futuremark Corporation has released PCMark05! It is a totally new product that features the most advanced workloads, including HD video transcoding, digital music encoding, advanced threading and trace-based hard disk performance tests.
PCMark05 enables truly objective performance comparisons between the latest PC platforms and architectures and supports all the latest technologies. PCMark05 features tests with advanced threading which enable accurate benchmarking of the latest PCs with multi-core and hyper-threaded CPUs. Read on.

Our friends over at nvWorld.ru have released RivaTuner 2.0 RC 15.6 (1.23Mb)! RivaTuner is the most powerful tweaking utility for NVIDIA and ATI display adapters running under Windows 98 / Windows 98 SE / Windows ME / Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The purpose of this utility is to give you access to all the undocumented features of Detonator and Catalyst drivers.
This new version has a lot of new features and improvements, including:
  • Added ForceWare 77.xx driver family support up to the latest official 77.72 drivers.
  • Updated databases for Detonator and ForceWare driver families. Added databases for ForceWare 72.14, 77.13, 77.50, 77.62 and 77.72 drivers.
  • Added experimental 64-bit OS support. Now the most of RivaTuner's features are also available under Window XP x64 edition.
  • Added Catalyst 5.5 and 5.6 drivers detection.
  • Updated RivaTunerStatisticsServer v1.2 bundled utility.
  • Updated NVInfo v1.5 bundled DOS utility.
  • Unlocked previously available experimental NV47 (aka G70) GPUs support. Now all RivaTuner's features including tweaking, diagnostics, hardware monitoring, overclocking and even pipeline control via the NVStrap driver are also officially available on NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series.
  • Updated NVStrap driver v1.9.
  • Minor UI changes and improvements.
And much more!

[27.06.2005]Central Brain Identifier 7.50 Final has been released! It has a lot of new features and improvements, including: ability to tune up speed parameters of the VIA V-Link interface for VIA KT266/A, KT333, KT400 and KT600 chipsets (you can easily change the speed rate, bus width, command priority, link disconnection and control its frequency boosting the link performance), option to set the Bank Interleave parameter for VIA KZ133, KT133A, KX133, KT266/A, KT333, KT400/A and KT600 chipsets, ability to enable/disable instruction sets, including MMX, 3DNow!, SSE2, Long Mode, NX-bit, etc.

MemTest86+ 1.60 has been released! New in this version: detection of Pentium D, Athlon & Opteron Dual Core, 90 nm Athlon 64 / Sempron, 90 nm Opteron, experimental detection of Intel E8500, detection of VIA KT880, BadRAM patch (learn more about it here), bugfixes, etc.

[26.06.2005]OpenGL Extension Viewer 2.18 has been released!

Crystal Dew World has updated its products:
Belarc Advisor 7.0p is available for download!

[24.06.2005]Alchemy Eye 7.0 has been released! New features include: Network Scan function that scans your LAN (specified IP range) for computers and network devices and automatically adds found objects into the program for monitoring; ability to specify folder path in the export file; bugfixes.

NEW: Victoria is a full-featured HDD information and diagnostic utility that supports IDE and SATA drives!

[23.06.2005]HWiNFO32 1.54 has been released! New in this version: support for nVidia nForce4 Intel Edition, detection of AMD Secure Virtual Machine feature (Pacifica), recognition of VIA K8M890 and P4M800CE chipsets, detection of BluRay BD-R and BD-RE read/write capabilities, detection of nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX and Quadro FX 4500, enhanced support for nVidia G70, bugfixes, etc.

CPUSpy 1.042 Beta is available for download! This release includes minor improvements and bugfixes.
Crystal Dew World has updated its products to fix Pentium XE (Dual Core + HTT) support and improve Dual Core support:
[22.06.2005]Seagate has released SeaTools Desktop Edition 3.02.03!

Futuremark Logo Futuremark Corporation has announced that the Microsoft Windows Game Advisor 3.0 is now available at windowsgaming.com. Taking the guesswork out of choosing new Windows computer games, the Game Advisor is a powerful Web-based tool that sorts through a variety of genres and age-group choices to present the best matches for gamers of all levels, and with one click, determines if a game will run on the user's computer. The Windows Game Advisor 3.0 offers several new features designed to make choosing a game simple and fun. By popular demand, the Game Advisor now lets users review and rate their favorite games and search reviews and comments from fellow gamers, creating a valuable community of reliable gaming knowledge. For additional suggestions, the Game Advisor now recommends game titles based on your search history. Read on.

Another piece of news from Futuremark is about the forthcoming release of PCMark 05! The company has announced a new naming scheme for PCMark05 and all its future products.
  • Basic: Freeware version with limited functionality.
  • Advanced: For Home use only with with extended functionality.
  • Professional: For Business use with full functionality and additional features.
Please note: Users who have ordered PCMark04 Pro within 30 days before launch will receive PCMark05 Advanced for free!

Crystal Dew World has updated its products to support Athlon 64 X2 (Manchester) processors:
RightMark CPU Clock Utility 1.6 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).
New in this release: P-States Transitions management with user-definable P-States table feature, unified PST/ODCM management scheme (when both PST and ODCM are used), more configuration options for AMD K7 CPU family, power management-related chipset configuration options for Intel Centrino platform (i855/i915M series), FID/VID transition stabilization time setting for Intel Pentium 4 and Pentium M processors, independent AC and Battery settings for Transmeta processors, command-line parameters support, minor improvements, etc.
[21.06.2005]Advanced Administrative Tools has been updated to version 5.81! It has some minor improvements and bugfixes.

An updated version of PCIDEVS.TXT is available for download!
OverSoft CPU Informer 0.86 has been released! New in this version: support for Sempron Socket 754 (Victoria and Palermo(rev. E6) cores) and Sempron Socket 939 (Winchester(rev. D0) and Venice(rev. E6) cores), Intel power management technology recognition (TM1, TM2, ODCM, C1E, EST), Intel Pentium M and Celeron M rating calculation, bugfixes and code optimizations.

[20.06.2005]IOzone Filesystem Benchmark 3.242 is available for download! It has several minor improvements and bugfixes.

Bench'emAll! 2.648 has been released! Here's what's new: BenchmarkScripting technology, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory support (via BenchmarkScripting), minor GUI changes, updated protection system.

[19.06.2005]SIV 3.04 has been released! New features include: AMD Athlon X2 support and updated AMD Athlon and Opteron Code Names, the display of the CPU Logo, Windows Logo and Chipset Logo along with their sounds, support for Intel 945G and improved i955X chipset support, improved the reporting of Performance Acceleration Technology for i875 and i865 chipsets, display of the physical memory, support for Winbond W83627EHG and improved W83627EHF reporting, bugfixes, etc.

Crystal Dew World has updated its products to support Sempron processors based on the Victoria core and fix some bugs:
[18.06.2005]Palm: Speedy 5.2 is available for download! This release has some source code optimizations and includes benchmark values for Palm LifeDrive and Garmin iQue 3200.

Palm: SysInfo 4.1 has been released! It has a lot of minor improvements.

[17.06.2005]Monitor Asset Manager 1.26 is available for download!

CPU RightMark Lite 2005 has been updated to version 1.2! It includes support for x86-64 platform and SSE+SSE2 and SSE3+SSE2 Renderer code paths (as x86-64 platform offers no native MMX support).

RightMark Memory Analyzer 3.55 has been released! Changes include: new skinned UI design, checking for actual presence of x86-64/EM64T CPU features, recognition and logo for Intel Pentium D processors, support for Intel 945P/G and NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition chipsets, rewritten recognition code for AMD K8 CPU cores, new version of RTCore.sys driver for compatibility with future RightMark products.

MHDD 4.5 has been released! New features include: RPM measurement for SCSI drives, CONFIG command (allows to view and modify device configuration), IDE CD-ROM detection and scanning, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[16.06.2005]PassMark WirelessMon 1.0 has been updated with build 1004!

S&M 1.7.1 Beta is available for download! Here's what's new: ability to save and load monitoring data, minor improvements, etc.

PC Wizard 2005 1.65 has been released! It has a lot of new features and improvements, including: support for Intel Pentium D, Pentium XE, AMD Turion, Opteron 252, Athlon 64 X2 and Opteron Dual-Core CPUs, support for nVidia nForce4 SLI Intel Edition, SIS 648FX, 649, 655FX, 655TX, 656, Intel i945P/G, i955X Express and i854 chipsets, DVD Double Layer, Blu-Ray and MRW recognition, Multi GPU videocards and NVIDIA SLI information, SMSC EMC6D103, SMSC LPC47M192, ABIT µGuru preliminary support, Virtual PC and WM Ware detection, Data Prevention Execution mode information, bugfixes, etc.

Belarc Advisor 7.0o is available for download!

FRAPS 2.6.0 is available for download! Here's what's new: custom movie frame rate selection (record from 10 to 100 fps), option to capture video with or without hardware mouse cursor, new 64-bit video capture engine under Windows x64, numerous bugfixes, etc.

[15.06.2005]Central Brain Identifier 7.5.0.6 Build 0612 R6 is available for download! New features include: full clock ratio encoding table for AMD64 processors, OPN number report for standard and low-power mobile AMD Sempron processors with Sonora, Albany and Roma codenames, P-Rating calculation for AMD64 processors based on the Venice core, small improvements and bugfixes.
Intel has released the Chipset Identification Utility 3.05, which allows to identify the specific Intel chipset that is located on your motherboard.
DVD Identifier 4.0.1 is available for download! This release fixes the DVD-R DL (dual layer) write capabilities detection that failed on some drives.

[14.06.2005]SIV 3.04 is on it's way, according to the author, Ray Hinchliffe! The changes so far include: AMD Athlon X2 support and updated AMD Athlon and Opteron Code Names, the display of the CPU Logo, Windows Logo and Chipset Logo along with their sounds, support for Intel 945G, improved the reporting of Performance Acceleration Technology for i875 and i865 chipsets, and more!
Ray is currently looking for Beta Testers with Dual Core CPUs, either Pentium D, Athlon X2 and Opteron. If you're interested, please, drop a line to webmaster@benchmarkhq.ru or visit siv.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk for more information!

Nero CD-DVD Speed 4.00 has been released! Here's what's new: greatly improved user interface, more detailed disc information, improved accuracy, small improvements and bugfixes.

EVEREST Home Edition Beta Build 357 is available for download! New features include: Intel Processor Number detection for 64-bit Celeron D and Mobile P4, motherboard specific sensor info for AOpen EX18/EY18/EZ18, ASRock P4S55 Series, Asus P4S533-VL, Asus P5WD2 Series, Gigabyte 8IPE775 Series and Tyan S1590S Trinity 100AT, detection of ATI Catalyst 5.6 driver, GPU information for 3Dlabs Permedia, Permedia 2 and ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT (M28), new ATi video chips detection, bugfixes, and much more!
PassMark WirelessMon 1.0 build 1003 has been released! It corrects an initialization bug related to Windows XP with no Service Packs applied.

PassMark BatteryMon 2.0 build 1007 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[13.06.2005]System Information for Windows (SIW) 1.50 Final has been released! New features include: new PCI module that uses Craig Hart's pcidevs.txt, improved dual core processors support, identification of Athlon 64 X2 and Pentium D, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[12.06.2005]DVD Identifier 4.0 has been released! New features include: full support for Blu-Ray's BD-R (recordable) and BD-RE (rewritable) discs, support for 8x DVD+RW and DVD+RW DL (double layer), functional and cosmetic improvements to the user interface, huge amount of all sorts of changes, fixes and improvements.

Advanced HostMonitor 5.34 has been released! It has a few improvements and bugfixes. Visit the official page for details.

[10.06.2005]OverSoft CPU Informer 0.8 has been released! It has a lot of improvements, including: fully redesigned user interface, VIA C3 and VIA C7 detection, new Sempron M core (Albany, Roma) detection, core voltage detection, SuperIO sensor info and processor/system temp measurement, HyperTransport multiplier detection, L2 cache size reporting for AMD's and Intel's Dual Core Processors, bugfixes, etc.

Crystal Dew World has updated its products to support Intel's XD bit and fix some bugs:
[09.06.2005]Intel has released the Processor Identification Utility 2.0!

Centrino Hardware Control, a nice utility for Intel Centrino Mobile Technology-based notebook owners is available for download! Centrino 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.
Note: Centrino Hardware Control works on all notebooks with Intel CPU's. Some features are only available on newer Pentium M CPU's (Centrino). You must have Microsoft's .NET Version 1.1 Framework installed.
[08.06.2005]PC Surgeon 4.20 has been released! Here's what's new: "Recover Deleted Files" function to scan disk sectors for deleted files and attempt to recover them, "Wipe Deleted Files" option, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[07.06.2005]PassMark BurnInTest 4.0 build 1028 is available for download! This update includes a couple of bugfixes.

An updated version of PCIDEVS.TXT is available for download!
[06.06.2005]Crystal Dew World has released CrystalMark 2004 (0.9.109.256A)!

DVDInfoPro 4.16 is available for download! This release fixes some bugs.

[05.06.2005]Central Brain Identifier 7.5.0.5 Build 0604 R5 is available for download! New features include: support for AMD Pacifica technology, small improvements and bugfixes.
ASTRA32 1.11 has been released! Here's what's new: correct detection of USB 1.0 devices, updated devices database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

ASTRA 5.02 is available for download! It includes several minor improvements and bugfixes.

CDCheck 3.1.5.0 has been released! This version has a few improvements and bugfixes.

Jungle's BrainScanner 1.1.0 has been released! It is a unique experimental tool that provides handling, editing and storing code matrices of the AMD64 processors (including Opteron, Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 FX).
CPU-Z 1.29 has been released! New in this version: VCore report on some uGuru mainboards, improved clocks computation, improved support for the latest AMD CPUs and Celeron D 3x1 (EM64T), improved support for SiS 649, 650 and 656 chipsets, Intel 915PM chipsets, minor improvements, etc.

[03.06.2005]PCI32 1.2 has been released! Here's what's new: totally overhauled bus type detection (much better at determining bus type (PCI, AGP, PCIe, CardBus or PCI-X) correctly), PCI-X bus type guessing, a few other minor bugfixes and code cleanups.

[02.06.2005]Hard Drive Inspector 1.3 build 846 is available for download! It has a couple of minor improvements.

Network Activity Diagram 2.3 has been released! New features include: Italian, Portuguese and Russian languages support, Auto-Hide When Idle diagram window mode, ability to switch bits/bytes per second speed display mode, improved user interface, bugfixes, etc.

[01.06.2005]Crystal Dew World has updated its products to support VIA C7 (Esther) and fix some bugs:
[31.05.2005]DVDInfoPro 4.15 has been released! Here's what's new: updated GUI, detection of BD-R/RE/ROM (Blu Ray) drives, minor improvements and bugfixes.

Crystal Dew World has released:
EVEREST Home Edition 2.01 has been released! This is a minor service release that brings several fixes and feature enhancements to support the latest hardware and software technologies. New features include: firmware download links for optical drives, EVEREST integration into Control Panel, Orange Solid Fill and Orange Gradient Fill tests in Monitor Diagnostics, support for AMD Pacifica (Secure Virtual Machine) technology, support for new 90 nm AMD Sempron processors, support for ATI Radeon X550, ATI Radeon X800 VE, Intel GMA 950 video adapters, chipset information for VIA K8M890, P4M800CE, SMBus support for VIA VT82C586B south bridge, bugfixes, etc.

[30.05.2005]NEW: OverSoft CPU Informer is a CPU identification utility!

[29.05.2005]Central Brain Identifier 7.5.0.5 Build 0529 R5 is available for download! New features include: AdminControl 1.0 Final support, improved identification of dual-core AMD Athlon 64 X2.
Note: AdminControl plugin allows to remotely identify AMD processors.
Crystal Dew World has updated its products:
[28.05.2005]Crystal Dew World has released:
HD_Speed 1.4.2.50 Final has been released!

[27.05.2005]BAPCo has released MobileMark 2005! Recognizing the increasing diversity in the use of notebook computing, BAPCo has delivered two new additional test modules to MobileMark 2005, DVD and Wireless browsing. These new modules are provided in addition to the existing core Office productivity and Reader run modes.
The new DVD module is the first DVD playback battery life test to feature professionally authored, studio quality content which has been provided by BMW. This content together with the DVD module allows users to evaluate the DVD playback time of a notebook.
The new Wireless browsing module allows users to measure web browsing battery life in a wireless environment. This is the first standardized test to measure battery life in a mobile PC under wireless connectivity.
MobileMark 2005 also features a new GUI (Graphical User Interface) and a new pre-run analysis tool to ensure correct system setup and to minimize errors.
BAPCo's MobileMark 2005 is available for $499.95 USD. Registered users (for a limited time period) may upgrade for $399.95 USD. Please visit http://www.bapco.com for further details.
MobileMark 2005 is distributed by Futuremark.

PassMark WirelessMon 1.0 build 1002 has been released!

HD_Speed 1.4.2.49 beta is available for download!

[26.05.2005]Advanced Administrative Tools 5.80 has been released! It has a lot of improvements and bugfixes. Visit the program's homepage for detailed list.

PassMark WirelessMon 1.0 build 1001 has been released! It has some minor improvements and bugfixes.

Central Brain Identifier 7.5.0.4 Build 0525 R4 is available for download! This release supports a new plugin called AdminControl. The plugin allows to remotely identify AMD processors.
[25.05.2005]Palm: Speedy 5.1 is available for download! This release includes benchmark values for Palm Tungsten E2 and Tapwave Zodiac 2, bookmarks in the user manual (PDF file) for easier browsing through the documentation, corrected benchmark values for Palm Tungsten E.

Palm: SysInfo 4.0 has been released! The biggest improvement in this major release is the Device utility, which now has 2 new functions (usage statistics and stylus calibration).

[24.05.2005]CrystalCPUID 4.4.5.253 is available for download!

[23.05.2005]ASTRA32 1.10 has been released! Here's what's new: Windows XP x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition support, reading of SPD information on Intel ICH7 hub, SiS 5595, SiS 961, SiS 962, SiS 963 south bridges, nVidia nForce4, SMSC Victory66 chipset and ALI 1543 south bridge, extended information about PCI-E and PCI-X devices, support for up to 9 external UDMA/SATA controllers and up to 24 IDE devices, detection of Intel Pentium D, Intel Pentium Extreme Edition, Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (Prescott), Intel Pentium M (Yonah), AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Opteron (Denmark, Italy, Egypt), AMD Athlon 64 (Venice) and AMD Turion 64, detection of DVD+R DL, BD-ROM/BD-R/BD-RE read-write features, support of DMI/SMBIOS 2.4 standard, minor improvements and bugfixes.

ASTRA 5.01 has been released! New in this version: reading of SPD information on Intel ICH7 hub, SiS 5595, SiS 961, SiS 962, SiS 963 south bridges, nVidia nForce4, SMSC Victory66 chipset and ALI 1543 south bridge, extended information about PCI-E and PCI-X devices, support for up to 9 external UDMA/SATA controllers and up to 24 IDE devices, detection of Intel Pentium D, Intel Pentium Extreme Edition, Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (Prescott), Intel Pentium M (Yonah), AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Opteron (Denmark, Italy, Egypt), AMD Athlon 64 (Venice) and AMD Turion 64, detection of DVD+R DL, BD-ROM/BD-R/BD-RE read-write features, support of DMI/SMBIOS 2.4 standard, bugfixes, etc.

NEW: MASMO.PrimeBench allows to benchmark the CPU/RAM sybsystem by calculating prime numbers!
Thanks to Masmo!

MEMORyAL 4.2.1.1 is available for download!

[22.05.2005]Crystal Dew World has released:
MHDD 4.4 has been released! Here's what's new: recognition of removable IDE/SATA media, cache size detection, improved BIOS compatibility, increased speed for SCSI functions, HPT 37x controller detection, bugfixes, etc.

[21.05.2005]Central Brain Identifier 7.5.0.4 Build 0521 R4 is available for download! This release includes a couple of bugfixes, as well as improved identification of core revisions for AMD64 processors.
System Analyser 5.3h has been released! Here's what's new: identification of dual-core Pentium XE (Smithfield), DVD+RW DL recognition, ICH7 SMBus support, updated device database, bugfixes, etc.

SIV 3.03 has been released! New features include: EM64T and AMD64 support, improved existing PCI Express chipset support, support for Intel ICH7, 6300ESB, 945 and 955X.

SciMark Standard Edition Complex 2005.05.16 is available for download!

[20.05.2005]System Information for Windows (SIW) 1.50 Beta has been released! New features include: new PCI module that uses Craig Hart's pcidevs.txt, improved dual core processors support, identification of Athlon 64 X2 and Pentium D, minor improvements and bugfixes.

S&M 1.7.0 Beta has been released! Here's what's new: extended PSU test, bugfixes, etc.

PassMark BurnInTest 4.0 build 1025 is available for download! This update includes some minor improvements and bugfixes.

HWiNFO 4.96 has been released! It has a wealth of new features and improvements, including: support for VIA P4M800, PT894 + VT8287, ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (RS480) and Intel 854 chipsets, SATA bus support for some nForce chipsets, Virtual Machine Extensions (Vanderpool) support, support for SiS180 SATA Controller, preliminary support for future Intel products (Lakeport, Glenwood, Mukilteo, Calistoga, Twin Castle, Smithfield, Yonah), support for AMD Athlon64 X2 (Toledo), Dual-core Opteron (Denmark, Italy, Egypt) and Turion64 Mobile (Newark, Lancaster), detection of nVidia nForce4 Intel Edition, minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.

[19.05.2005]CD/DVD Diagnostic 2.1.4 build 20 is available for download!

MAXON Computer has released CINEBENCH in a 64-Bit final release version for the Windows 64 operating system! All 64-Bit CPUs such as Intel's Pentium 4 and Xeon with EM64T expansion as well as AMD 64 and AMD Opteron are supported. Windows XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition is reqired.

HD_Speed 1.4.1.49 beta is available for download!

[18.05.2005]SpeedFan 4.24 has been released! New in this version: uGuru support, better detection of ITE IT8702F, support for ALi M1563 SMBus with M1681, improved NS PC87366 support, Danish translation, minor improvements and bugfixes.

Advanced HostMonitor 5.30 has been released! It has a few improvements and bugfixes. Visit the official page for details.

Belarc Advisor 7.0m has been released!

[17.05.2005]Hitachi has released Drive Fitness Test 4.04!

[16.05.2005]A bugfix release of RightMark Memory Analyzer 3.5 is available for download!

SPEC/GPC's OpenGL Performance Characterization (SPECopc) project group has released SPECviewperf 8.1, featuring a major code clean-up, new VBO example code, improvements to the EnSight viewset, and wider platform support (including Linux 32 and 64, Solaris X86, and Windows 64)! Read on...

[15.05.2005]Central Brain Identifier 7.5.0.4 Build 0515 R4 is available for download! New features include: low-power SFF (Small Form Factor) Socket A processors identification, full identification of mobile AMD Athlon 64 processors based on the E3 revision, OPN numbers display for several server and desktop AMD64 processors, bugfixes.
Lavalys has released EVEREST Corporate Edition Version 2.00 and a brand new product named EVEREST Ultimate Edition 2005!
  1. EVEREST Corporate Edition is to cover network inventory, network management, remote troubleshooting (helpdesk). New features include: Security Alerts to warn system administrators when any unusal user or system activity is detected throughout a corporate network; LCD & CRT monitor diagnostics to calibrate focus, geometry, gamma, colors and more! Learn more.
  2. EVEREST Ultimate Edition is a bleeding-edge diagnostics and benchmarking solution. Used by several review sites and hardware vendors (incl. OCZ, Corsair Memory, HP, Maxdata, Siemens, etc) to diagnose and benchmark PC configurations. CPU & FPU benchmarks support the latest dual-core AMD and Intel processors, and also support up to 32-way SMP systems and Intel HyperThreading technology. Learn more.

HMonitor 4.2.1.3 has been released! Here's what's new: nVidia nForce4 SMbus support, history plots for temperatures and fans, support for HP Pavilion ze4900 and Acer Ferrari 3000 notebooks, minor improvements, etc.

EVEREST Home Edition 2.00 Final has been released! New features include:
  • Support for the latest chipsets such as Intel i945, i955X, i854, E8500; ATI RS400, RS480; nVIDIA nForce4; VIA CN400, PT894.
  • Support for the latest processors such as dual-core AMD and Intel processors; AMD Turion 64; VIA Esther.
  • Support for the latest GPU's such as ATI X850; nVIDIA G70- nVIDIA video cards temperature, voltage and fan-speed monitoring.
  • Support for nVIDIA SLI technology.
  • Arabic, Simplified Chinese and Slovak localizations.

[14.05.2005]The first version of ClockGen for Abit mainboards equipped with uGuru has been released! This first version concerns the AS8 and AS8-V models.
ClockGen is a set of overclocking tools that allow to dynamically overclock such devices as CPU, memory, AGP and PCI bus.

Crystal Dew World has released:
[13.05.2005]RightMark Memory Analyzer 3.5 has been released! New features include: RightMark Memory Stability Test included into the package, recognition and logo for Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 840 CPU, support for Intel 955X chipset, minor improvements.

PassMark MonitorTest 2.2 (build 1006) is available for download! It fixes some bugs.

[12.05.2005]WebServer Stress Tool 7.0.2.174/175 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

GCPUID 1.9.0192 has been released! Here's what's new: Athlon64 X2 support, dual core Opteron support, PCI Scan function, register dump option, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[11.05.2005]RightMark Audio Analyzer 5.5 has been released! The most interesting feature is the advanced spectrum analyzer of any WAV-file for custom users tests.

An updated version of PCIDEVS.TXT is available for download!
MHDD 4.3 has been released! Here's what's new: SCSI Terminal, completely rewritten ATA/SCSI Terminal scripting engine, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[10.05.2005]VSO Inspector 1.0.9 is available for download! This release has some minor improvements.

IPMonitor 5.5 (Build 510) is available for download! It includes vastly improved internal Web server that provides authenticated access to the monitoring results using a Web browser and allows you automatically refresh the monitoring results at specified intervals, and a few other minor improvements.

NetInfo 5.5 (Build 510) has been released! It includes vastly improved Connections tool that lets you automatically update the connections listing at specified intervals, and a few other minor improvements.

TaskInfo 6.1.0.140 Beta has been released! It has some minor improvements and bugfixes.

60th Anniversary of Victory in the World War II

[08.05.2005]Our friends over at nvWorld.ru have released RivaTuner 2.0 RC 15.5 (1.23Mb)! RivaTuner is the most powerful tweaking utility for NVIDIA and ATI display adapters running under Windows 98 / Windows 98 SE / Windows ME / Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The purpose of this utility is to give you access to all the undocumented features of Detonator and Catalyst drivers.
This new version has a lot of new features and improvements, including:
  • Added ForceWare 76.xx driver family support.
  • Updated databases for Detonator and ForceWare driver families. Added databases for ForceWare 72.03, 76.10, 76.44, 76.45 and 76.50 drivers.
  • NV40BIOSSwUnitsMaskeliminator patch script has been replaced with NV4xBIOSSwUnitsMaskeliminator. Now the script may optionally remove software units mask from both NV40 and NV43 VGA BIOS images.
  • Added Catalyst 5.3 and 5.4 drivers detection.
  • Updated Catalyst 5.3 and 5.4 certified SoftR9x00 patch script. Take a note that ATIOverclockingAntiprotection and ATIOverclockingAntiprotectionRuntime patch scripts are discontinued and no longer updated, as new ATI drivers are no longer overclocking protected.
  • Improved NVStrap driver v1.8 provides Quadro capabilities unlocking for some new hardware protected NV40 based display adapters.
  • Added ATI R481, NVIDIA NV44 (AGP) and NV48 chips support.
  • Added support for AMD chipset based dual Opteron motherboards, having no northbridge chip located at native PCI bus 0, device 0, function 0. RivaTuner no longer treats such systems as invalid and no longer enters in infinite loop trying to access missing northbridge chip at its' usual location.
  • Minor UI changes and improvements.
And much more!

Crystal Dew World has released:
[07.05.2005]ASTRA 5.01 Beta is available for download! New in this version: reading of SPD information on Intel ICH7 hub, SiS 5595, SiS 961, SiS 962, SiS 963 south bridges, nVidia nForce4, SMSC Victory66 chipset and ALI 1543 south bridge, extended information about PCI-E and PCI-X devices, support for up to 9 external UDMA/SATA controllers and up to 24 IDE devices, detection of Intel Pentium D, Intel Pentium Extreme Edition, Intel Pentium M (Yonah), AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Opteron (Denmark, Italy, Egypt), AMD Athlon 64 (Venice), detection of DVD+R DL, BD-ROM/BD-R/BD-RE read-write features, support of DMI/SMBIOS 2.4 standard, bugfixes, etc.
[06.05.2005]MEMORyAL 4.2.1 has been released!

[05.05.2005]EVEREST Home Edition 2.0 Beta Build 325 is available for download! New features include: identification of Athlon 64 X2 (aka Toledo), Athlon 64 X2 (aka Toledo-512), Turion 64 ML (aka San Diego) and Turion 64 MT (aka San Diego), support for FSB667 Intel processors, chipset information for SiS 661GX, extended chipset information for Intel i945/i955X/E7230, basic chipset information for ATI RS400(M), Intel i854, Intel Twin Castle E8500, nVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition and Transmeta Efficeon, bugfixes, and much more!
[04.05.2005]CPU RightMark Lite 2005 1.1 has been released! New features include: further improvements to multi-threaded Renderer code featuring increased performance on SMP systems and newest multi-core CPUs with no performance penalty on existing Hyper-Threading technology processors, increased number of parallel Renderer threads (32).

PC Surgeon 4.10 has been released! Here's what's new: "Easy Tune-Up" feature that cleans IE, Disk, Registry, Temporary Files while setting system restore points and defragmenting memory.

[03.05.2005]DVD Identifier 3.6.3.1 has been released! It fixes a few bugs.

CliBench MK III SMP 0.7.17 is available for download! This is a small bugfix for the hard drive tests.

[02.05.2005]BIOS Agent 3.45 is available for download!

Belarc Advisor 7.0L has been released!

[01.05.2005]MemTest 3.2 has been released! It features a new testing technique which checks RAM twice as fast as in version 2.5.

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