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May-June 2009

[30.06.2009]Real Temp 3.30 RC10 is available for download!
LinX 0.6.0.2 is available for download!

Hard Disk Sentinel 2.90 has been released! Here's what's new: random seek test, detection of disks configured to RAID arrays on ARECA RAID controllers, support for Silicon Image PATA and SATA controllers, improved support for SSD drives, improved reports, numerous minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.

System Spec 2.67 is available for download!

[29.06.2009]Real Temp 3.30 RC8 is available for download!
[28.06.2009]Advanced HostMonitor 8.14 is available for download! New features include: WatchDog application, HM Monitor test method, minor improvements and bugfixes. Visit the official page for details.

[27.06.2009]LinX 0.6.0.1 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[26.06.2009]LinX 0.6.0 has been released! New features include: ability to change the Linpack process priority, unlimited number of Linpack threads, updated libiomp5mp.dll file, command line support (run "LinX.exe /?" for details), minor improvements and bugfixes.

Belarc Advisor 8.1.2.0 has been released!

[25.06.2009]CPU Speed Professional 3.0.3.0 is available for download!

Hard Drive Inspector 3.27 build 238 is available for download! It improves support for Windows 7 and adds support for Western Digital Elements Desktop and WDE1UBK drives.

[24.06.2009]Real Temp 3.30 RC6 is available for download!
System Spec 2.66 is available for download!

CrystalDiskMark 2.2.0l is available for download! It adds support for Slovak language.

Find MAC Address 2.1.0.34 is available for download!

[23.06.2009]PassMark BurnInTest 6.0 build 1010 rev.2 has been released! It includes a couple of minor improvements.

GIGABYTE EasyTune 6 B09.0421.1 is available for download!

HWiNFO32 3.00 has been released! New features include: Apple computer hardware monitoring, improved Windows 7 support, completely rewritten System Summary page, support for ADT7473 and ADT7476 sensors, reporting of supported DDR3 Module Nominal Voltage (VDD), recognition of Vortex86DX and Vortex86MX CPUs, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[22.06.2009]Ray Hinchliffe, the author of SIV, is currently working on native 64-bit versions of SIV for both ia64 (Intel Itanium) and x64 (Intel64 and AMD64) and he is looking for beta testers! If you wish to participate, please, visit http://rh-software.com/.

SetFSB 2.2.123.90 is available for download! This release adds support for ICS9148BF-26 (Gigabyte GA-6ZXC), ICS9LPRS133BKLF (MSI X58 Eclipse SLI) and ICS9248BF-96 (Fujitsu FMV DESKPOWER C5/86WL) clock generators.

[21.06.2009]Fresh Diagnose 8.10 has been released! This version shows information about monitors plugged to the computer.

[20.06.2009]MaxxPI² - Preview - Single 1.41 is available for download! It adds Batch Mode.
HWM BlackBox 1.1.6 has been released! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.

[19.06.2009]EVEREST Ultimate Edition 5.02.1771 Beta is available for download! Changes include: detection of ATI Catalyst 9.6 driver, detection of new nVIDIA GeForce 9400M G video chip, detection of nVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M and Quadro FX 3700M video chips, physical CPU information for new AMD Opteron (aka Istanbul), SPD memory information for Asus F50GX, K50IN notebooks, HD Audio codec information for nVIDIA GT218, sensor support for Fintek F71858 sensor chip, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P6T7 WS Supercomputer and Intel DX58SO, bugfixes.
PassMark BurnInTest 6.0 build 1010 has been released! Here's what's new: changes to the CPU measurement algorithm to better raise Core i7 and some newer Xeon CPUs to a higher power state before taking the measurement, new build of Rebooter included in package, V1.3.1003, bugfixes, etc.

[18.06.2009]GMABooster 2.0b has been released!

D3DGear 3.39 is available for download!

[17.06.2009]Belarc Advisor 7.2.24.23 is available for download!

ASTRA 5.43 is available for download! Here's what's new: support for DDR3 memory modules, detection of Intel Dual-Core Xeon (Bloomfield), Intel Quad-Core Xeon (Bloomfield), AMD Six-Core Opteron, detection of memory modules manufacturing location for some vendors, updated device database, bugfixes, etc.

ASTRA32 2.03 has been released! New features include: support for DDR3 memory modules, detection of Intel Dual-Core Xeon (Bloomfield), Intel Quad-Core Xeon (Bloomfield), AMD Six-Core Opteron, detection of memory modules manufacturing location for some vendors, updated devices database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[16.06.2009]GMABooster 2.0a has been released! Here's what's new: GMABooster Power Plan Assistant, a component capable of realtime switching of GMA core clock based on a selected Windows Vista/7 Power Plan; ability to switch between 166/200/250/400 MHz without any limitations (no need to restart a computer in order to reset GMA core clock back to its default value); new Quick Preset for 166 MHz.

[15.06.2009]IntelBurnTest 2.2 has been released! New in this version: improved logging, "high" and "very high" stress levels, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[14.06.2009]MSI has released Dual Core Center 2.0.5.9!

[13.06.2009]Real Temp 3.30 RC4 is available for download!
[12.06.2009]Opti Drive Control 1.22 has been released! Here's what's new: option to set the jitter scan speed for LiteOn drives, small improvements and bugfixes.

[11.06.2009]Unigine Corp. has updated its "Tropics" demo, which is based on the Unigine technology! The demo supports all modern graphical APIs (DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 10.1, and OpenGL) and provides benchmarking capabilities. To run the demo you'll need the latest video drivers, as well as Microsoft's .NET framework 2.0. Linux version is also available. Another beautiful "Sanctuary" demo based on the same engine is also available for download!


CrystalDiskInfo 2.7.4 is available for download!

[10.06.2009]LinX 0.5.9.1 has been released! It includes a couple of minor improvements and bugfixes.

CrystalDiskMark 2.2.0k is available for download!

EVEREST Ultimate Edition 5.02.1765 Beta is available for download! Changes include: support for nVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M video chip, physical CPU information for AMD Athlon II X2 (aka Regor), chipset information for nVIDIA Ion (MCP7A-IO), extended and fixed chipset information for VIA CX700, VX700, VX800, VX820, SPD memory information for ASRock AMCP7A-ION motherboard and Asus K40IN notebook, motherboard specific sensor info for Supermicro H8DI3+, X7DGU, X8DA3, X8DAH, X8DAL, X8DT3, X8DTH, X8DTL, X8DTN, X8DTT-IBX, X8DTU, X8SAX, X8ST3 and X8STi Series, enhanced sensor support for Winbond W83795 sensor chip, sensor support for Dell SMI of Vostro 1300, Vostro 1310, bugfixes.
[09.06.2009]HDD Observer 3.2.1 has been released! It includes an improved disk defragmenter feature.

Opti Drive Control 1.21 has been released! Here's what's new: jitter reporting for Plextor drives, small improvements and bugfixes.

Core2MaxPerf 1.4 has been released!

CPUTempWatch 1.0.9 is available for download!

[08.06.2009]The June 2009 updates are available for 3DMark03, 3DMark05, 3DMark06, 3DMark Vantage, PCMark05 and PCMark Vantage! These patches update the system information detection component to the latest version for each of these benchmark products. This fixes numerous issues related to hardware detection in the benchmarks. Benchmark scores are NOT affected by this update. All scores are comparable with previous results.

CrystalDiskInfo 2.7.3 is available for download!

SetFSB 2.2.120.89 is available for download! This release adds support for ICS9LPRS954BGLF (ASUS P5KPL-AM), CY28346ZI-2 (IBM ThinkPad T42 2373-7WG), CV184-2APAG (NEC Express5800 S70 Type FL) clock generators.

[07.06.2009]Fresh Diagnose 8.08 has been released! This version improves support for CD/DVD/HD-DVD/Blue-Ray/DVD-RAM Drives.

[06.06.2009]Opti Drive Control 1.20 has been released! New features include: support for BD scanning with LiteOn BD-ROM drives, improved detection of BD features and DVD region control, improved read speed detection, small improvements and bugfixes.

[05.06.2009]CPU-Tweaker 1.2 beta 9 is available for download!

[04.06.2009]MaxxMEM² - Preview 1.05 has been released! This memory benchmark is the little brother of MaxxPI², it contains the same Memorybenchmark routine as MaxxPI² does. So your results will be comparable to Memory / Latency benchmarks done by MaxxPI².
DVDInfoPro has been updated to version 6.123! It fixes a few bugs, adds support for some new drive models and improves support for Windows 7.

[03.06.2009]Thaiphoon Burner 6.3.0.1 build 0601 Final has been released!

[02.06.2009]ASUS has released PC Probe II 1.04.72!

[01.06.2009]CPU-Tweaker 1.2 beta 8 is available for download!

NetGong 6.9 (Build 601) is available for download! It supports enhanced integration with NetInfo, enabling users to easily find out more about monitored devices. Moreover, this release includes improved stability and security, and a few other minor improvements and bug fixes.

NetInfo 6.9 (Build 601) has been released! It supports enhanced integration with NetGong, enabling users to easily test availability and responsiveness of network devices. Moreover, this release includes improved stability and security, and a few other minor improvements and bug fixes.

[31.05.2009]EVEREST Ultimate Edition 5.02.1756 Beta is available for download! Changes include: identification of AMD Athlon II X2 (aka Regor), AMD Phenom II FX (aka Deneb) and AMD Phenom II X2 (aka Callisto), Intel Processor Number detection for Pentium E2210, chipset information for VIA VX855 and VX875, SPD memory information for Acer MCP7A motherboard, sensor support for Dell SMI of Studio 1537, Studio XPS 1640, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus M2N5-BN, DFI LANParty JR 790GX-M2RS, DFI LANParty JR 790GX-M3H5, MSI MS-9642, detection of new nVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT video chip, GPU information for new nVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT (G73GT), bugfixes.
Advanced HostMonitor 8.06 is available for download! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes. Visit the official page for details.

[30.05.2009]SetFSB 2.2.117.88 is available for download! This release adds support for ICS9LPR367AGLF (ASUS Nova Lite EP20) and SLG8LP625T (MSI MS-7304 [Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pa/La-Series]) clock generators.

Opti Drive Control 1.10 has been released! New features include: themes and customizable graph colors, option to set Y-scale to a fixed value in Disc Quality and CD Bler, bugfixes and small improvements.

[29.05.2009]CrystalDiskInfo 2.7.2c is available for download!

[28.05.2009]MaxxPI² - Preview - Single 1.40 is available for download! Here's what's new: updated OS detection routine, 256M calculation option for x64 systems.
[27.05.2009]HardwareOC has released Unreal Tournament 3 Benchmark 1.5! Here's what's new: v2.1 patch support, new VGA detection module, small improvements and bugfixes.
CrystalDiskInfo 2.7.2b is available for download!

ASUS has released PC Probe II 1.04.71!

[26.05.2009]EVEREST 5.02 has been released! New features include: temperature, voltage, fan speed, current and power consumption monitoring for the Gigabyte Odin GT series power supply units, nVIDIA SLI information under Windows Vista and Windows 7, full support for Logitech G19 keyboard with QVGA color LCD (Ultimate Edition only), GPU information for nVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition, GeForce G 103M and GeForce GTX 275 video chips, CPU clock measurement and benchmarks for Intel Core i7 "Bloomfield" and Xeon "Nehalem-EP" processors under Windows 7, logical drive free space monitoring and alerting (Corporate Edition only), temperature measurement for Fujitsu hard disk drives, anti-virus software details for AntiVir Personal, AntiVir Premium, PC Tools AntiVirus and PC Tools Internet Security, improved temperature monitoring on Apple iMac, MacBook and Mac Pro systems.

[25.05.2009]Hard Drive Inspector 3.26 build 235 is available for download! It adds support for Maxtor OneTouch 4 drives.

[24.05.2009]SetFSB 2.2.115.87 is available for download! This release adds support for CV110JPVG (Intel Nine Mile D945PLNM) clock generator.

CrystalDiskInfo 2.7.2a is available for download!

[23.05.2009]Thaiphoon Burner 6.3.0.0 build 0522 Final has been released! New features include: completely revamped XMP Enhancer Pro with support for XMP Spec Rev 1.1 and 1.2, improved DDR3 Timing Table Editor, minor changes and bugfixes.

[22.05.2009]HMonitor 4.4.3.3 has been released! Here's what's new: support for Windows 7, support for Intel 5000x/5100/5400 and nVidia nForce 750a & 780a chipsets, support for Intel Core i7 and AMD Phenom II processors, support for Asustek EeePC, HP Compaq Presario CQ60 notebook support, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[21.05.2009]ASUS has released PC Probe II 1.04.70!

OCCT Perestroika 3.1.0 has been released! New features include: graphic card name detection, Hyperthreading support in the CPU:LINPACK test, completly revamped GPU:3D test (it is now MUCH more effective), updated monitoring engine, bugfixes, etc.

IntelBurnTest 2.1 has been released! New in this version: optimized error-checking code, updated GUI, ability to override the number of threads for Linpack to use, minor improvements and bugfixes.

EVEREST Ultimate Edition 5.01.1742 Beta is available for download! Changes include: nVIDIA SLI information under Windows Vista & Win7, detection of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 (M92) video chip, detection of nVIDIA GeForce G 102M and GeForce G 103M video chips, GPU information for nVIDIA GeForce G 103M (G98M), identification of AMD SB710 south bridge, sensor support for Dell SMI of XPS 430, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus Crosshair III Formula and Gigabyte MA770T Series.
[20.05.2009]NEW: Opti Drive Control is a test and benchmark utility for optical drives, created by the author of Nero Disc Speed!

LinX 0.5.9 has been released! It contains some GUI improvements, a couple of minor changes and bugfixes.

PassMark BurnInTest 6.0 build 1009 has been released! Here's what's new: support for Windows 7, improvements to CPU speed measurement for a system in a low power state, improvements to Standard RAM test under very low memory scenarios, bugfixes.

[19.05.2009]TechPowerUp Radeon Bios Editor 1.21 has been released! New features include: fan support for 4770, some new DeviceIDs, bugfixes.

StatWin Professional 7.9 has been released! Here's what's new: context help, updated GUI, new reports, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[18.05.2009]EVEREST Ultimate Edition 5.01.1739 Beta is available for download! Changes include: detection of ATI Catalyst 9.5 driver, Intel Processor Number detection for Core 2 Duo E8235, sensor support for Gigabyte Odin GT PSUs, extended Apple SMC sensor information, new hardware monitoring items (Power Supply temperature, Temperature #13..#20, +12V #1..#4 voltages, +3.3V, +5V, +12V #1..#4 currents, +3.3V, +5V, +12V #1..#4 powers, Power Supply total power, ODD fan), enhanced support for Logitech G19 keyboard with QVGA color LCD, bugfixes.
SensorsView Pro 3.2 has been updated with build 16060!

CrystalDiskInfo 2.7.2 is available for download!

GMABooster 1.4a has been released!

SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP3c (2009.5.15.99) is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[17.05.2009]SetFSB 2.2.114.86 is available for download! This release adds support for ICS950209CF (Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo L) clock generator, MSI P45 Neo and Dell mini 10.

HWMonitor 1.14 has been released! Here's what's new: hardware monitoring support for Dell Latitude D400/D600/D830, Compal JHL90/91 & IFL90/91, support for Intel Management Engine (HECI), support for NS PC87366, Fintek F71889F and Maxim MAX1617 sensor chips.

[16.05.2009]Advanced HostMonitor 8.02 is available for download! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes. Visit the official page for details.

IntelBurnTest 2.0 has been released! Changes include: completely rewritten code, new, intuitive graphical user interface, Windows Vista/7 Aero friendly, built-in system freeze test (animated flame), real-time free system memory display, logging feature, bugfixes.

[15.05.2009]SIV 3.36 has been released! New features include: support for Intel Core i5 (Lynnfield) processors together with the Intel P55 and ICH11 chipsets, recognition of Windows 7, support for Intel Core Duo L2000 (Yonah) series of low power processors.

[14.05.2009]OCCT Perestroika 3.1.0 RC1 is available for download!
D3DGear 3.38 is available for download! This version adds support for Windows 7.

[13.05.2009]HWiNFO32 2.40 has been released! New features include: support for ATI RADEON HD 4770 (RV740), support for some new AMD K10 models, preliminary support for Intel Westmere-EP, Westmere-WS, Gulftown and Westmere-EX (Eagleton), support for nVidia GeForce G 103M (G98/D8M) and GeForce G102M (C79G), updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

MemSet 4.1 beta 2 is available for download!

CPU-Tweaker 1.2 beta 4 is available for download!

Belarc Advisor 7.2.24.22 is available for download!

[12.05.2009]CPU Speed Professional 3.0.2.9 is available for download!

OCCT Perestroika 3.1.0 beta 6 is available for download!
Alchemy Eye 10.1.2 has been released! Here's what's new: File Date monitoring type, bugfixes.

PassMark PerformanceTest 7.0 build 1006 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

PassMark BurnInTest 6.0 build 1008 has been released! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.

System Information for Windows (SIW) 2009-05-12 has been released! New in this version: improved "Battery" module, improved "Installed Programs" module, support for NVIDIA ION platform, Intel "Clarkdale" processor preliminary support, preliminary support for Apple MacBook & MacBook Pro, minor improvements, bugfixes.

EVEREST Ultimate Edition 5.01.1732 Beta is available for download! Changes include: detection of Matrox G200eW video chip, identification of Mobile Intel Celeron T3xxx (aka Penryn-1M), Intel Processor Number detection for Core 2 Duo E7600, Mobile Celeron T3000, T3100, Pentium E6300, Xeon L5530, W3550, Xeon W3580 and W5590, SPD memory information for Haier T68D notebook, sensor support for Dell SMI of Precision 390, XPS 410, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P6T SE, EVGA E760, EVGA E761, Supermicro X8DA3 Series, Supermicro X8DAI Series, Supermicro X8DT3 Series, Supermicro X8DTT-IBX, bugfixes.
[11.05.2009]MaxxPI² - Preview 1.36 is available for download! It includes some minor GUI and CPU-Spinup code improvements.
OCCT Perestroika 3.1.0 beta 5 is available for download! It fixes a few bugs.
[10.05.2009]Crystal Dew World has updated its utilities:
[09.05.2009]IntelBurnTest 1.92 has been released! Changes include: updated Linpack binaries, check to make sure Linpack binaries were properly placed.

Active SMART 2.71 is available for download! It includes a number of minor improvements and bugfixes.

AMD Overdrive 3.0.2 has been released!

[08.05.2009]Fresh Diagnose 8.06 has been released! This version adds a new module called Hard Drives.

[07.05.2009]OCCT Perestroika 3.1.0 beta 3 is available for download! It fixes a few bugs.
Futuremark logo Futuremark has released an enhanced version of 3DMarkMobile ES 2.0, their OpenGL ES 2.0 benchmark! Created using Futuremark's innovative Kanzi engine, 3DMarkMobile ES 2.0 now includes two additional tests focused on user interface scenarios.
3DMarkMobile ES 2.0 is a benchmark that tests the 3D graphics performance of next generation mobile hardware running OpenGL ES2.0. Focused 3D workloads for game-like content, user interfaces and navigation tax OpenGL ES 2.0 hardware in a realistic and relevant way that enables impartial performance measurement and comparison between different solutions. It is used for product development, design evaluation and for media reviews of next generation mobile hardware devices. Read on.

[06.05.2009]Crystal Dew World has updated its utilities:
OCCT Perestroika 3.1.0 beta 2 is available for download! This release includes OCCT GPU v0.70 test.
D3DGear 3.35 is available for download!

[05.05.2009]MSI has released Dual Core Center 2.0.5.5!

CrystalDiskInfo 2.7.0 RC is available for download! Here's what's new: improved I-O DATA's USB-HDD support, x64 support, Windows 7 (RC1) support, minor changes.

Advanced HostMonitor 8.01 beta is available for download! It fixes a few bugs. Visit the official page for details.

[04.05.2009]EVEREST Ultimate Edition 5.01.1726 Beta is available for download! Changes include: support for new nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 video chip, detection of nVIDIA Ion video chip, preliminary GPU information for ATI Radeon HD 4770 (RV740), SPD memory information for Haier Z631 notebook, identification of MS Office 2007 SP2, sensor support for Asus Eee Box B208, bugfixes.
Hard Drive Inspector 3.25 build 231 is available for download! It fixes some bugs and adds support for USB/eSATA disks based on SunPlusIT chips.

SensorsView Pro 3.2 has been updated with build 16050!

[03.05.2009]CPUCooL 8.0.9 has been released! It includes support for some new processors, chipsets and PLLs.

[02.05.2009]CrystalDiskInfo 3.0.0 Dev.2 is available for download! This release adds support for Windows 7, improves UAC support, fixes some bugs, etc.
[01.05.2009]Western Digital has released Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows 1.13!

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