FAQs, Monitoring Programs, Benchmarks, Bios/Drivers, & Other Apps for ALL

[SupermanCK]

LATEST UPDATE (02/13/2004):

1) Monitoring programs:

• <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://mbm.livewiredev.com/">Motherboard Monitor (MBM)</a>
• <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.asus.com.tw/">Asus Probe</a> ASUS mobo owners only
• <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php">SpeedFan</a>. Enjoy 🙂
• <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/index.html">lm_sensors</a> - Linux User Only
• <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="">http://www.voodoofiles.com/7693">MCO</a>[/BULLET
  2) System benchmarks:
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.cpuid.com/pcw">PC Wizard </a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.php?location=update">Sisoftware Sandra 2003</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32">Aida</a>, <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php">Aida Main Page</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://gamershq.madonion.com/download/?pcmark2002.shtml">PC Mark 2002</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.passmark.com/index.html">PassMark</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://home.planet.nl/~wande160/">CPUBench</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.tweakers.net/meuktracker/1525">NBench 2.0</a> - For AMD Users
  3) Video benchmarks:
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.aquamark3.com/">Aquamark3</a> - NEW upcoming!!! - but no available benchmark yet
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.futuremark.com/download/">3DMark2000 v1.1, 3DMark2001 SE, 3DMark2003</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.guru3d.com/q3bench/">Q3Bench@Guru3D</a> - If you have a copy of Quake III
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.guru3d.com/files/">Codecreatures Benchmark Pro @ Guru3D</a> - under Benchmarks &amp; Demo's
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://nvidia.com.pl/cgi-bin/get.pl?ftp://ftp.nvidia.pl/pub/Dema_NVIDIA/crytek_x_isle.zip&amp;">X-Isle Benchmark via Nvision</a> (18mb.zip), <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://home.attbi.com/~d2rook/pics/x-isle_v13.zip">X-Isle v1.03 Patch</a>.
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.novalogic.com/games.asp?GameKey=C4">Comanche 4</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.glexcess.com">GLExcess</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.seriouszone.com">Serious Sam - demos download</a> - it's all on the left menu
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.unrealtournament2003.com/?downloads">Unreal Tournament 2003 DEMO</a>, <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MzY4">UT2k3 Benchmarking Utility @ HardOCP</a>, <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDQy">UT2k3 Benchmarking Utility 2.1 @ HardOCP</a> - scroll to bottom for the download link
  4) Stability tests:
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.kiki-koko.com/cpueatncool">CPU Eat 'n' Cool</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm">Prime95</a> - run for X hours to your satisfaction 🙂, good for determining max CPU load temperature 🙂
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.futuremark.com/download/">3DMark2001 SE</a> - do loop tests for X hours
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.opusware.net/downloads.htm">Hot CPU Tester 3.3</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://benchmarkhq.ru/cgi-bin/click.cgi?172">Toast</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://benchmarkhq.ru/cgi-bin/click.cgi?152">Super Pi</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href=""><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.passmark.com/products/bit.htm">Passmark</a>
  http://]http://www.passmark.com/products/bit.htm">Passmark</a></U">http://www.passmark.com/products/bit.htm">Passmark</a>[/BULLET</a>[/L]
  5) Other useful application:
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html">WCPUid</a> - tells your CPU info and few Memory info.
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.htm">CPU-z</a> - tells your system components, settings
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.tcdlabs.com/hdtach.htm">HD Tach</a> - bench your hard disks, IBM hd owners beware, this program is known to kill your drive.
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.memtest86.com/">Memtest86</a> - bench your memory and stability
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.goldmemory.cz/">GoldMemory</a> - bench your memory for stability and errors
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=663">Intel Application Accellerator</a> - increase HD performance
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=861">Intel Chipset ID Utility</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=816">Intel Inf Driver</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network.htm">Net Stat Live and HyperTrace</a>
  6) Chipset/Video drivers:
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=drivers">Nvidia</a> - Latest WHQL Driver for all OS, <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.entechtaiwan.com/ps.htm">Powerstrip</a>, <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_coolbits/">Nvidia "Coolbits" Registry Hack</a> - Adds Overclocking tab to Detonator driver settings panel
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html">ATi</a> - Lastest Drivers, <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.rage3d.com/files/">Rage3D</a>, <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://radeontweaker.sourceforge.net/">RadeonTweaker</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/home.cfm">Matrox</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://xabregamers.free.fr/modules/mydownloads/">SiS Xabre</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2">Via</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp?">Microsoft DirectX 8.1b</a> - Type in "DirectX" and choose your operating system.
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=51608b06-ae0d-4652-b9a0-eae0aa6ae6d7&amp;DisplayLang=en">Microsoft DirectX 9.0</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=816">Intel Chipset Drivers</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.omegacorner.com/">Omega's driver</a> - these are the best set of nvidia driver that i have tested!
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.warp2search.net/download.php">Latest video drivers w/o WHQL</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.reactorcritical.com/">Reactorcritical</a> for latest Nvidia &amp; ATI drivers, and other pertinent news
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.x-bios.3dgames.ru/modules.php?name=X_BIOS_FileArchive&amp;op=download&amp;ini=1?=english&amp;dir=files/other&amp;fname=v4.15.zip&amp;dc=NVFlash 4.15">NV flash</a> - (bios flasher), <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.guru3d.com/xbios/">NV Bios Editor</a>, <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://x-bios.3dgames.ru/">website they came from</a>
  7) Bios:
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.abit.com.tw/abitweb/webjsp/english/download_search_process.jsp?pTYPE=Bios">Abit</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/BIOS/">Asus FTP</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.epox.com/html/support.asp?lang=1">Epox</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.giga-byte.com/support/support.htm">Gigabyte</a> - follow Bios/Driver Link
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Support_Intel.asp">Intel</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://support.iwill.net/index_e.html">iWill</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_list.php">MSI</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.spacewalker.com/english/download.htm">Shuttle</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.soyousa.com/downloads/">Soyo</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.supermicro.com/TECHSUPPORT/BIOS/bios.htm">Super Micro</a>
  8) Misc. (maybe) useful apps and links
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.bleedinedge.com">BleedinEdge.com</a> - BleedinEdge Website by ppl like us
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.sjbentley.btinternet.co.uk/asus.htm">Wcpredit &amp; Wcprset info</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://nvidia.com.pl/download.html?Programy ">Nvision</a> - many fun stuff here
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html">BenchmarkHQ</a> - benchmarks and more
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www6.tomshardware.com/column/01q4/011124/index.html">Unlocking the XP\MP Processor with video</a> - AMD ONLY, and need <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.divx.com">DIVX</a> to play.
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.hexus.net/review.php?review=278">P4 voltage wire trick @ hexus</a>, or <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www2.justnet.ne.jp/%7Ekiti/Paso/00pen4-3/northwood01.htm">2nd link @ justnet</a>, or <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.virtual-hideout.net/articles/p4northwood_ocing_adventure_part2/index.shtml">3rd link @ virtual-hideout.net</a>. - INTEL ONLY
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.benchtest.com/calc.html">CPU Wattage Checker</a> - This site helps calculate CPU Wattage
    AMD Usefuls
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ocinside.de/index_e.html?/html/workshop/socketa/socketa_resistors.html">Unlocking and Mulipliers</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.beachlink.com/candjac/TbredDecode0.htm">Overclocking &amp; Decoding</a>
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.amdboard.com/amdid.html">CPU Indentification</a>
    Intel Usefuls
  • <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sspec/p4p.htm">Intel Processor Finder</a>
  
  Thank you for your additional inputs:
  Thanks Packy, CrawlingEye, Jaybee, jyrgen, DAPUNISHER, MrPeepers, SP33Demon, CrazySaint, jhites, wasnlos, Nighthawk69, alexruiz, Lastride, ErikaeanLogic, and other AT peeps...
  and thank you AT Mods for sticky too 😎
  
  HTH for all Newbies ATer 😀
  
  Feel free to link up more if you think it is appropiate! I will input them as i see more links
  LMK if any broken links. Enjoy.

 

[THUGSROOK]

very nice post 🙂

 

[dbwillis]

Yeh, thanks,,FedEx jsut dropped some toys off at my place this AM..cant wait to get home tomorrow AM and unpack, it'll be like xmas again!

(P4B533/1.6a/Samsung/GF2ti)

 

[THUGSROOK]

🙂

 

[Mikki]

SupermanCK, great post, I've ended up with all of them over the last couple weeks. I don't have Quake (not my kinda game), but I do have Jedi Knight II (also not my kinda game, but I'm a Star Wars nut). They aren't the same benchmark are they? JK2 is supposed to be based on the Q3 engine, but I've noticed that Quake bench scores are a lot higher than JK2 bench scores. Ain't no sense in running JK2 benches when I have no one to compare it too....
🙂

 

[THUGSROOK]

🙂

 

[Mikki]

Excellent point, don't really use it to compare to others anyway. Thanks 😉

 

[SupermanCK]

Updated!!! 🙂

 

[dbwillis]

Thanks, I grabbed the XIsle bench..Ill run it on both my systems and compare...(p4s533 and p4b533)

 

[THUGSROOK]

🙂

 

[dbwillis]

Yeh, the one I DL'd is 18MB, its got the FPS and stuff in the upper right corner...it also had the 4 different dino's..reflection one, see through one, detailed with shadow one and the other..I "think" (hope!) its the right one
I could throw it on my site for DL, but its capped at 128k :0(
I cant confirm the version till I get home in 3.5hrs

 

[SupermanCK]

dbwillisLink?

 

[THUGSROOK]

post a linky from where you found it.
where did you find it?

i tried crytek and nvidia, did a search everywhere - nothing for days 🙁

......youre good 😉

 

[THUGSROOK]

 

[Packy]

My favorite for monitoring is SPEEDFAN. Heck, even has S.M.A.R.T. monitoring. Enjoy 🙂

 

[DAPUNISHER]

bump till/if it gets a sticky 🙂

 

[THUGSROOK]

B U M P

keep up the great work!

🙂

 

[SupermanCK]

New updates...
X-Isle Demo Benchmark <---Thanks Thugs again
Microsoft DirectX 8.1b <---Search for DirectX and pick your O/S
Codecreatures Pro Benchmark <---Very impressive and extremely heavy on video card
SpeedFan Monitoring Program <---Thanks Packy
Q3Bench 2.0 linked
Nvidia Driver
ATi Video Driver
Matrox Video Driver

 

[THUGSROOK]

wow - pretty soon the main post is gonna need an INDEX and be cross referenced !

😀

 

[SupermanCK]

More Updates
Most Mobo Bios Page...
yeah thugs...hee hee

 

[Athlon4all]

Should add VIA's website for the 4-in-1's drivers

 

[SupermanCK]

Originally posted by: Athlon4all
Should add VIA's website for the 4-in-1's drivers

fixed...sorry...it was there...under chipset/drivers

 

[Packy]

This list is doing great 😀 Nice work, Carter!

[edit] Not sure if you want to include 3rd party modified drivers, but Omega's driver sets are well known 🙂

 

[CrawlingEye]

Add Rage 3d for leaked/beta ATi drivers. 🙂

 

[jaybee]

Here's one for both benchmark and cpu stress: Comanche 4. I hit my cpu temp alarm for the first time yesterday due to C4.

jaybee