Overclocker's Tool Kit.

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ATI Tray Tools 1.3.6.1067 Beta

• Support for ATI Control Center
• Support for TV Out and displays with profiles
• Options to change Theater mode together with TV Out
• Overclocking with templates including FAN Control
• Automatic Overclocking when application required 3D mode
• Temperature monitoring
• Artifact Tester with ability to find maximum stable clocks for GPU and Memory.
• Game profiles with desktop shortcut creation.
• Direct3D settings with templates, GUI form and tray popup
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• OpenGL settings with templates, GUI form and tray popup menu
• Hardware low level color correction
• Hardware tweaks. Setting PCI latency timer
• Radeon Information Show information about memory type, active rendering pipe lines and more
• System wide Hot Keys. (Load profiles any profiles/work with colors/run any application)
• Refresh Lock system with ability to set separate refresh rates for each resolution.
• Tweak for overriding Pixel and Vertex Shaders
• Speed improvement tweaks for Anisotropic/Trilinear Filtering. Support for Catalyst A.I.
• Support for system options, VPU Recover, DMA Copy and so on
• Support Display Rotation.
• Support for MMC applications
• Support for HYDRAVISION applications
• Monitoring Graphs. (GPU/Env temperature. GPU/Mem speed, Main CPU Usage).
• Unique OnScreen Display module with ability to show information about speed and temperature. Support Plugins API.
• A lot of useful things. Like Save/Restore Desktop icon positions and more
• Audio Recorder
• Screenshots system
• Powerful Plug-Ins support. (API for VC++/Delphi included)
• PCI Register Set. Allow to program any registers in any PCI device at start up time. For advanced users only!
• Source code for plugins as examples.
• Shared memory allow other application to retrieve information about clocks, temperatures and general 3D settings.

Note: Free for personal, non-commercial use only.

What's New in This Release?;

• Fixed localization for CrossFire dialog window
• Updated ini files handling procedures to be more compatible with Windows Vista
• Improved compatiblity with IE7 under Vista with UAC enabled... [read full changelog ]

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Unclewebb has done some great work with the Wolfdale's in helping us understand the temperature issues. see Reading the CPU Temp Values He's now released a program RealTemp For 45nm CPU's the TjMax is more accurate than Coretemp , using 95C instead of the 105C used by Coretemp, so correctly reporting 10C cooler.

There is also a guide and option to calibrate your Idle temps. see Real Temp - Documentation

Current Version is 2.60

As you can see settings can be easily access and set see the Documentation link above for more info.

I'd say this is a better option certainly for 45nm users than Coretemp at the minute as it get the temps right out the box.

Update: Intel release TjMax

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Memtest HCI

Online Manual

This is where I've found this memtest tool particularly useful. It runs within windows & checks available memory.
Memtest86+ v Memtest HCI

!st Run


Depending on what memory you have installed it's usual to run with 2 instances in order to grab windows's ram.
Running with 2 instances & errors
Unlike when running Prime95 you'll find it very slow to try browsing etc., . I find it best to run overnight or for a few hours when I'll be a way from the PC.



Usage
Like Prime95 the longer it runs eror free the lower the probability of errors.
it works in % coverage
100% coverage (a quick test to make sure your RAM is functioning reasonably)
Test for 1 hour (detects the majority of memory errors)
Test overnight (this will catch virtually all errors in your memory)

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Memtest86+ v Memtest HCI
Neither is perfect , it's as well to understand the weaknesses.

Memtest86+
Strength:-
Tests nearly all memory as it runs in it's own environment, using much less ram than windows
Wide variety of tests but :-
Weakness
Doesn't test memory as it is used in windows. Only tests 5 & 8 come close to emulating windows operation. This often means that you can pass this memtest86+ but still have issues in windows.

Memtest HCI
Strength:-
Runs in window so no no issues with emulation of windows memory usage, complements 86+ weakness.
Weakness
Only tests windows free memory - The full version will run outside the OS , like 86+, though in fairness it isn't that dear.

Only by running both for longish periods do you get comfort that memory is ok.

'86 is useful for a quick & dirty test when say trying to find optimum ram voltage and timings. I use test#5 for this , start with a low voltage & keep upping voltage till test#5 runs ok. Test Timings by running test#8.

Running HCI for a while after '86 #5 & #8 have passed, is useful.
If memory has been stable for a while and you start having bsod's etc., I run HCI

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EVEREST Ultimate Edition
EVEREST Ultimate Edition Is a very comprehensive utility giving a wealth of information and benches , the only downside is you have to buy it currently EVEREST Ultimate Edition 4.50 Personal License is $35.

Everest Menory Benchmark , shown at top is one of the most widely used memory Benches.


Full details etc., are on the forums etc., from the above link.

I will add here fixes etc., that correct improve Everest

Handy Tweaks
1) Correct Core Temps - Change TjMax As mentioned elswhere the tJmax used in coretemp was overstated , it's the same with Everest. From Fiery Lavalys Developer
Tjmax temperature configuration in EVEREST / main menu / File / Preferences / Hardware Monitoring.

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Prime works by working with Fast Fourier transform(ffts)
These can be grouped into 2 sizes :-
Large FFts
>512k
When processing these the CPU must use memory because of the size. So the calculations are done by manipulating the value in ram. So though both memory & CPU are being used it's memory that is getting stressed more.

As a consequence if Blend fails on an fft (>= 512k) then the best starting point to correct it is memory.

Small FFts
<512k
The data in this case can be mainly processed by the CPU with less memory usage. Consequently a failure on small fft (<512k) is likely to be linked with CPU issues.


Prime95 has 3 methods of operation:-
Small Fft
Large FFt
Blend
as seen below:-


So we can now choose what test to run depending on circumstance:-

Small Fft - To mainly test CPU This will generate the highest CPU Temps as well.
Large Ffts - To mainly stress and test ram - you will notice a 3~4C drop in cpu temp.
Blend - Alternately runs sets of 6 Large then 6 small ffts. This will stress both CPU & memory
So if blend fails check what fft it failed on. and take action accordingly. as above.

Blend Running switch from Large ffts 768k to small 12k stress switching from memory to CPU :-

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Maxon Cinebench 4D Stresses a bit off everything by rendering some really high resolution / definition pictures in different ways, and then give you a score.

Who Should Use MAXON CINEBENCH?

There is a wide range of applications for a real world benchmarking tool like MAXON CINEBENCH. Anyone who needs to compare the performance of computer hardware should put MAXON CINEBENCH into his or her tool box. Contrary to abstract benchmarks, which only test specific functions of CPUs or GPUs, a real world benchmark applies a user's common tasks to measure a system's performance.

The results are ideal for use by companies or individuals for making purchasing decisions. Trade magazines or hardware-related websites are also welcome to add MAXON CINEBENCH to their array of testing procedures.

Just press the Start all tests button & leave it to run.
Finished :-
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If you need to check how fast your hard drives/ raid is performing these are for you

HDTACH
HDTach

Description
HD Tach is a low level hardware benchmark for random access read/write storage devices such as hard drives, removable drives (ZIP/JAZZ), flash devices, and RAID arrays. HD Tach uses custom device drivers and other low level Windows interfaces to bypass as many layers of software as possible and get as close to the physical performance of the device possible.

The trial version of HD Tach measures the sequential read speed (at various points on the device), the random access speed, interface burst speed and CPU utilization of the drive. The registered version adds sequential write testing.

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HDTUNE
HDTune
Manual



Everest
Included in EVEREST Ultimate Edition
Accessed from the tools menu Everest includes a comprehensive HD benching suite.

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Overclocker's Toolkit

Changelog 10/06/2008
1) Added Realtemp link & Documentation
2) Added Coretemp tjmax Adjustment
3) Added Everest & Temp/Tjmax fix
4) Added Mentest HCI
5) Added Memtest comparison
6) Added How to use Prime95 How to
7) Added Maxon Cinebench 4D
8) Added Hard Drive Bench Tools

If anyone has any issues or suggestions for the tool kit please let me know (PM or MSN)

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Hyperpi

A front end for SuperPi that works under Vista

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