SiSoft Sandra 2003 is uitgekomen. Deze populaire synthetische benchmark-utility wordt veel gebruikt om de theoretische snelheid van je systeem te testen. Zo kun je bijvoorbeeld kijken watvoor effect een verandering in de BIOS-settings heeft.
Versie 2003.1.9.26 heeft de volgende release notes meegekregen:
[break] Je kunt de shareware versie van SiSoft Sandra hier downloaden.
- Gauge overall system in a flash with the combined performance index wizard to quickly gauge overall system performance and compare and contrast upgrading options.
- Supports the latest technologies (AGP 3, Hyper-Threading), chipsets (Intel 7500, 845GL/GV/GE/PE; SiS 648, 655, 746; VIA KT400, P4X400), controllers (SiS 963; VIA 8233A/C, 8235/L), Clock generator ICs and devices on the market.
- Detailed context sensitive help for Tips/Warnings/Errors.
- Detailed technical definitions.
- Extensive reference results: over 50 different reference results from legacy to cutting edge systems. Can save you own and combine with your own results.
- Burn-in wizard: improved monitoring options, can see in real-time the changes in system state as burn-in progresses. Can program terminate conditions in case of out-of-range conditions.
- Cooling system information: Can estimate thermal resistance to determine the performance of the cooling system, thus ensuring proper cooling for the processor(s).
- Multi-platform: Both ANSI (for legacy systems) and Unicode (native for Windows 2000/XP) versions included in a single improved installer.
- Improved graphing options: users can compare the results in log, or inverse mode as well as standard linear mode.
