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SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.

It works along the lines of other Windows utilities, however it tries to go beyond them and show you more of what's really going on. Giving the user the ability to draw comparisons at both a high and low-level. You can get information about the CPU, chipset, video adapter, ports, printers, sound card, memory, network, Windows internals, AGP, ODBC Connections, USB2, 1394/Firewire, etc.This new version also support multi-platform benchmark results (Win32 x86, Win64 IA64, WinCE ARM) with more to follow (Win64 AMD64; Win32 Alpha).

• New benchmark:
  
• Flash Removable Storage/Flash Benchmark
  
• Internet/ISP Connection
  
• Peerage Benchmarks
  
  
• New features:
  
• Flash Removable Storage/Flash Benchmark
  
• Two dedicated Internet benchmarks: Internet/ISP Connection & Peerage Benchmarks
  
• The existing memory benchmark has been modified to support NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Addressing) as found on the new AMD64 machines and existing IA64 machines.
  
• Multi-platform benchmark results (Win32 x86, Win64 IA64, WinCE ARM) with more to follow ([/b]Win64 AMD64; Win32 Alpha)[/b]; can compare and contrast benchmark results on all platforms from any versions.
  
• Data Repository across all Professional/Engineer versions.
  
• Multi-language combined installer (English, French, Nederland, Russian) with more languages to follow.
  
• Support for AMD Opteron multi-processor architecture (AMD Athlon 64/Opteron CPUs; AMD 8131, SiS 755/760, VIA K8T400/M chipsets; AMD 8111, SiS 963/S/L south bridges; NUMA up to 32/64 nodes; ACPI 2.0; SMBus 2.0)
  
• Support for Intel Pentium 4 400MHz architecture (Intel P4 2.4-3.2GHz CPUs;Intel 875P, 865P/PE/G chipsets; ICH5/5R south bridges)
  
• Support for Intel Pentium M mobile architecture (Intel PM 1.3-1.6GHz CPUs; Intel 855PM, 855GM chipsets)
  
• Support for SiS embedded architecture (SiS 55x SOC)
  
• Support for Intel Itanium 2 architecture (Intel E8870 chipset; NUMA up to 64 nodes; ACPI 2.0)
  
• Support for USB 2.0 HiSpeed USB controllers (enhanced EHCI; USB hubs)
  
• Support for Windows 64-bit XP/2003 IA64 and AMD64 in the 32-bit version through dedicated device drivers ensuring full functionality even under WOW64. The installer seamlessly sets up the correct device driver for the target OS.
  
• Support for WinSock ports (TCP & UDP) & process bound listing.
  

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Download: Download Standard Version
News source: Overclocker AU

AIMutation features:

• Plug-ins that add new and exciting features to AIM.
  
• Transparency on Windows 2000/XP.
  
• Make transparent windows opaque when they're active.
  
• Modify the Login Logo with an image of your choice.
  
• Use Login Logos from skins.
  
• Log IM conversations
  
• Add start and finish timestamps to logs.
  
• Group IM windows into a single tabbed interface.
  
• Flash IM windows when you receive messages.
  
• Fast and convenient tab switching through Ctrl+Tab keyboard shortcut.
  
• Set IM windows to be 'Always On Top'
  
• Set 'Always On Top' option automatically for all IM windows.
  
• Set transparency level automatically for all IM windows.
  
• Skin AIM with your own graphics!
  
• Hide the ad window on the buddy list.
  
• Hide the various buttons on the buddy list.
  
• Cloning.
  
• And more to come soon!