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September-October 2011

[31.10.2011]D3DGear 4.10 has been updated with build 1353!

[30.10.2011]OCCT Perestroika 4.1.0 beta 1 is available for download!
ATI Tray Tools 1.7.9.1573 is available for download!

[29.10.2011]CPU Speed Professional has been updated to version 3.0.4.4!

[27.10.2011]D3DGear 4.10 has been updated with build 1350!

[26.10.2011]OCCT Perestroika 4.0.0 Final has been released! This version includes an updated GUI, new and updated tests, real-time graphs, fan monitoring, etc.

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.00 has been released! New features include: Automatic Online Update, support for LGA2011 Intel Sandy Bridge-E processors, preliminary support for AMD Krishna and Wichita APUs, preliminary support for Intel Atom Cedarview processors, preliminary support for Intel Ivy Bridge and Intel 7-Series chipsets, enhanced support for Western Digital hard disk drives, revamped ACPI table enumeration and decoding, support for VMware Workstation v8, GPU details for AMD Radeon HD 6625M and nVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M.

[25.10.2011]OCCT Perestroika 4.0.0 RC2 is available for download!
[24.10.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.85.1667 beta is available for download! Changes include: Extreme Memory Profile v1.3 support, improved support for Intel Ivy Bridge, Nehalem-EX, Westmere-EX processors, improved support for Intel Tolapai EP80579, improved and fixed support for Intel Cedarview, Pineview processors, improved and fixed chipset information for Intel San Clemente 5100, extended chipset information for Intel Poulsbo UL11L, US15L, US15W, motherboard specific sensor info for Dell Inspiron 518, improved motherboard specific sensor info for ASRock boards, bugfixes, etc.
[23.10.2011]D3DGear 4.10 has been updated with build 1348!

FRAPS 3.4.7 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[22.10.2011]wPrime 2.06 has been released! This update corrects a parsing bug which causes wPrime to hang when parsing the CPU-Z output file on some systems.

Hard Drive Inspector 3.93 is available for download! This version includes support for Seagate FreeAgent Go Flex and Samsung Story Station 3.0 USB external drives.

[20.10.2011]PassMark BurnInTest 7.0 build 1003 is available for download!

[19.10.2011]D3DGear 4.10 has been updated with build 1346!

CrystalDiskInfo 4.1.3 is available for download!

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.85.1661 beta is available for download! Changes include: VIA Processor Number detection for Nano X2 U4025, chipset information for Cyrix MediaGX IMC, Intel Nehalem-EX, Westmere-EX IMC, motherboard specific sensor info for Gigabyte A55-DS3P, A55-S3P, A55M-DS2, H61M-DS2, bugfixes.
[18.10.2011]Speccy 1.13.276 has been released!

[17.10.2011]NetWorx 5.2 is available for download!

[16.10.2011]D3DGear 4.10 has been updated with build 1344!

[15.10.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.85.1657 beta is available for download! Changes include: Intel Processor Number detection for Mobile Celeron 797, 827E, 867, B720, B815, extended physical CPU information for AMD Zambezi, detection of Intel GMA 3600/3650 video chip, improved chipset information for Intel Patsburg C600, X79, Sandy Bridge-E/EP IMC, SMBus support for Intel Sandy Bridge-E/EP, improved monitor vendor and model name detection, bugfixes.
Belarc Advisor 8.2.6.1 is available for download!

[13.10.2011]MSI Afterburner 2.2.0 beta 8 is available for download!

[12.10.2011]D3DGear 4.10 has been updated with build 1342!

[11.10.2011]HWiNFO32 3.88 has been released! New features include: support for AMD FT2 (Krishna) processors, improved support for for Nehalem and later CPUs, support for nVidia GeForce 610M and GeForce GT 630M, improved hardware monitoring, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[10.10.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.85.1653 beta is available for download! Changes include: improved chipset information for Intel Patsburg C600, X79, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus Rampage IV Extreme, bugfixes.
CrystalDiskInfo 4.1.1 is available for download! Changes include: improved Intel and SandForce SSD support, support for up to 48 disks, bugfixes.

[09.10.2011]BurnInTest for Linux 3.0 build 1003 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. This build includes a couple of minor improvements and bugfixes.
[08.10.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.85.1651 beta is available for download! Changes include: motherboard specific sensor info for Asus E35M1-I, P8H61-M LX2, identification of AMD E1-xx, E2-xx (aka Zacate), Intel Processor Number detection for Core i3-2350M, 2367M, Core i5-2430M, Core i7-2670QM, Pentium 967, B960, GPU information for AMD Radeon HD 7300 Series (Wrestler).
Fresh Diagnose 8.58 has been released! It updates the PCI card database.

[06.10.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.85.1649 beta is available for download! Changes include: identification of Intel Xeon L340x (aka Clarkdale), Intel Processor Number detection for Xeon E3-1290, L3403, L3406, W3503, W3505, physical CPU information for Intel Harpertown, Wolfdale-DP, extended physical CPU information for Intel Conroe-L, Merom-L, chipset information for AMD A45 (Hudson-D1), extended chipset information for Intel Ironlake IMC, Lynnfield/Clarksfield IMC, Sandy Bridge IMC, GPU information for AMD Radeon HD 6450A (Caspian), nVIDIA GeForce 610M (GF119M) and GeForce GT 630M (GF108M).
[05.10.2011]System Stability Tester 1.4.0 has been released!

[04.10.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.85.1647 beta is available for download! Changes include: Automatic Online Update, Intel Processor Number detection for Core i3-2332M, 2394M, Pentium G632, G694, improved support for AMD Black Edition CPUs, GPU information for Intel Lincroft IGP, extended GPU information for AMD Sumo, Wrestler, Trinity, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus M4A87T, M4A87T Plus, M5A99X Evo, P8Z68-V LX.
[03.10.2011]OpenGL Extension Viewer 4.04 has been released!

[02.10.2011]System Information for Windows (SIW) 2011 build 0916a is available for download!

[01.10.2011]Monitor Asset Manager 2.60.0.972 has been released!

[29.09.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.85.1641 beta is available for download! Changes include: detection of AMD Catalyst 11.9 driver, GPU information for Matrox P690, identification of AMD Opteron 42xx (aka Valencia) and Opteron 62xx (aka Interlagos), improved chipset information for AMD K15 IMC, sensor support for Fintek F81865 sensor chip, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P8H61-M LX, P8H61-M Pro, P8H61 Plus, P8H61 Pro, P8H61-V, P8H67-M LX, P8Z68 Deluxe/Gen3, P8Z68-V/Gen3, P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3, Intel D410PT, D425KT, D510MO, D525MW, D945GSEJT, DZ68AF, DZ68PL, DZ68ZV, bugfixes.
[28.09.2011]GPU Caps Viewer 1.14.3 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[27.09.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.85.1639 beta is available for download! Changes include: identification of AMD FX-xxxx (aka Zambezi), TDP limit detection for AMD K15, Intel Processor Number detection for Core i7-2700, 2700K, improved chipset information for AMD K15 IMC, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus M5A88 Series, M5A97 Series, P8Z68-M Pro and Gigabyte A55M-S2H(P), bugfixes.
[26.09.2011]CrystalDiskInfo 4.0.3 is available for download! Changes include: improved Windows 8 support, Alert Mail for .NET4.

[23.09.2011]GIGABYTE EasyTune 6 B11.0902.1 is available for download!

[22.09.2011]PassMark BurnInTest 7.0 build 1002 is available for download! It includes some minor improvements, as well as support for Windows 8 developer preview.

D3DGear has been updated to version 4.10!

[21.09.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.85.1632 beta is available for download! Changes include: motherboard specific sensor info for Asus P8Z68-V LE and Invix PMH55MA, bugfixes.
[20.09.2011]SiSoftware Sandra 2011 SP5 (2011.10.17.80) has been released! It includes some improvements and further support for hardware and software APIs.

[17.09.2011]System Information for Windows (SIW) 2011 build 0916 has been released!

AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.85.1629 beta is available for download! Changes include: improved monitor information, Intel Centrino Mobile Technology 7th Generation (Huron River) compliancy test, identification of Intel Itanium 93xx (aka Tukwila), Intel Processor Number detection for Itanium 9300 Series (Tukwila), physical CPU information for Intel Madison, Montecito, Montvale, Tukwila, bugfixes.
[16.09.2011]GPU Caps Viewer 1.14.2 is available for download! It includes a number or minor improvements and bugfixes, as well as support for Radeon HD 6770 (Juniper XT) and HD 6750 (Juniper PRO).

PassMark DiskCheckup 3.1 Build 1001 is available for download!

[15.09.2011]Hard Disk Sentinel 3.70 has been released! Here's what's new: improved support for SSD, daily minimum temperature display, improved LSI RAID controller support , Intel SAS RAID controller support, Intel Z68 RAID controller support, support for VIA VT6421 RAID controller, improved detection for older hard disks, support for more than 100 new hard disks and SSD, minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.

System Spec has been updated to version 3.04!

Belarc Advisor 8.2.6.0 is available for download!

[14.09.2011]PassMark BurnInTest 7.0 build 1001 has been released! It has a wealth of new features ind improvements, including:
  • Touch screen test: BurnInTest now supports the testing of touch screens using the separate PassMark MonitorTest product as a Pre-test plugin. PassMark MonitorTest allows single touch tests and multi touch pan, zoom, rotate and tap gesture tests.
  • Improved CPU test: the number of CPUs (Packages x cores x threads) that can be tested has been increased to 256; other improvements.
  • Improved memory test: a new memory adjacency cell test is now included to help detect more memory errors where accessing a memory cell changes the value of an adjacent memory cell; the memory tests have been optimized to test with higher loads on memory and to run more quickly.
  • Improved diks test: a new disk test mode, Quick physical drive test, is now available for the physical disk test; improved S.M.A.R.T. monitoring, etc.
  • Improved network tests: test up to 12 NICs (up from 6), test IPv6 on Vista and later (as well as IPv4), etc.
  • Improved Optical drive test.
  • Improved system information and temperature monitoring.
  • And much more!

PassMark PerformanceTest 7.0 build 1025 is available for download! This is a bugfix release.

[13.09.2011]DU Meter 5.20 has been released! The utility is available now in 5 languages: English, French, German, Spanish and Russian, which may be selected at the outset of the installation process. This new version also includes several bug fixes and optimizations.

[12.09.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.85.1625 beta is available for download! Changes include: anti-spyware software support for Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, software license support for Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Intel Processor Number detection for Core i5-2310, sensor support for Dell SMI of OptiPlex 790, motherboard specific sensor info for Asus F1A55-V, M4A785TD-V Evo, P8H61/USB3, motherboard specific sensor info for eMachines ER1401, GPU information for new nVIDIA GeForce GT 555M (GF116M), bugfixes.
[11.09.2011]Phoronix Media has released Phoronix Test Suite 3.4!
[10.09.2011]NEW: Open Hardware Monitor is a free open source software that monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of a computer!

[08.09.2011]GIGABYTE EasyTune 6 B11.0822.1 is available for download!

[07.09.2011]CoreTemp 1.0 RC2 is available for download!

Fresh Diagnose 8.57 has been released! It updates the monitor database.

System Spec has been updated to version 3.03!

[06.09.2011]AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.85.1618 beta is available for download! Changes include: extended Western Digital HDD database, Intel Processor Number detection for Atom N435, Core i7-2640M, 2760QM, 2860QM, 2960XM, GPU information for AMD FirePro 2270 (Cedar), Radeon E6460 (Seymour), Radeon E6760 (Whistler), FirePro 3800 (Redwood) and nVIDIA GeForce GT 520M (GF108M), extended chipset information for AMD K12, K14 IMC, Extreme Memory Profile v1.2 support, motherboard specific sensor info for Biostar H61MGC, H61MLC, Gigabyte A55M-S2V, improved motherboard specific sensor info for ASRock boards, bugfixes.
HWiNFO32 3.86 has been released! New features include: support for nVidia GeForce GTX 460 v2, GeForce GTX 570M, GeForce GT 520MX and GeForce GTX 580M, improved hardware monitoring, updated device database, minor improvements and bugfixes.

[05.09.2011]EVGA Precision 2.0.4 has been released! Here's what's new: EVGA On-Screen Display server 4.2.2, improved extendibility, support for Korean and Japanese languages, minor improvements, bugfixes, etc.

[04.09.2011]Phoronix Media has released Phoronix Test Suite 3.4 Milestone 3!
[03.09.2011]PassMark BurnInTest 7.0.0.19 Beta is available for download! It includes a lot of minor improvements and bugfixes.
[02.09.2011]Find MAC Address 3.5.0.92 is available for download!

[01.09.2011]GPU-Z 0.5.5 has been released! Here's what's new: full support for AMD A-Series Fusion processors, detection of ASUS MARS II, support for NVIDIA GeForce GT 560 Ti OEM, GT 545, GT 530, GeForce GTX 580M, GT 555M, GeForce 520MX, GT 520M, 410M, 305M, Quadro 5000, Quadro 4000M, Quadro 400, support for AMD HD 6290, Radeon E6760 & E4690, FirePro V8800, FirePro V3700, FirePro 2460 (FireMV), minor changes, bugfixes, etc.

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