The Ultimate B.B.D.O.T.S.M.M. Software Guide

[quad master]

Hi Guys

These are the list of softwares that are used for making ur comp work much better.

Now what is this B.B.D.O.T.S.M.M.

B - Benchmarking
B - BIOS
D - Drivers
O - Overclocking
T - Tweaking
M - Monitoring
M - Misc softwares

- Mods , If u & many ppl find this useful please Sticky it.

- Also i dont take ne responsibilty of damage caused to ur hardware by these
programs.

- You are free to add more to this.

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Benchmarking
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3DMarks 2001 SE
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Uses DirectX 8.1, old but still used sometimes

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=14 [Build 330]

3DMarks 2003
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Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=13 [Build 3.6.0]
Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=67 [Patch 3.6.0]
Updates 3DMark03 (3.1.3 -> 3.5.0) to 3DMark03 3.6.0

3DMarks 2005
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Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=11 [Build 1.2.0]
Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=12 [Patch 1.2.0]
Updates 3DMark05 (1.0.0 & 1.1.0) to 3DMark05 1.2.0

Aquamark3 - The Reality Benchmark
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Very cool benchmark that uses DirectX9, DirectX8 and DirectX7

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=24

Fraps 2.6.4
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Fraps Real-Time Video Capture / Benchmark Util

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=55

PCMark05 - Build 1.0.1
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Measures general performance of your PC

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=135

Rthdribl
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Rthdribl is a "Real-time High Dynamic Range Image-Based Lighting" demo. DirectX(R) 9.0 high-precision texture formats and version-2.0 of Pixel Shader represent real-time true HDR rendering.

Technical features of the demo are:
- True HDR (High-Dynamic Range) Rendering
- IBL (Image-Based Lighting)
- Glare Generation (Afterimage, Bloom, Halo, Ghost, and Star)
- Automatic Exposure Adjustment
- Iris shaped Depth of Field blur
- Realistic Motion Blur
- FSAA (Full-Scene Anti-Alias)
- Fresnel Effect (Specular Reflectance) etc.

Home:- http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/index.html

Download:- http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/archi...hdribl_1_2.zip[/QUOTE]


SiSoft Sandra
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System ANalyser Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=75 [v2005 SP2a (1060)]

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Bios Downloads
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DFI
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All the DFI BIOS for NF4 Mobos with explaination.
Link:- http://www.dfi-bios.tk/

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Mobo & GPU Drivers
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All GPU Drivers
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Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/browse.php?c=4

Includes
ATI - WHQL / Release Drivers
ATI - Beta Drivers
ATI - 3rd Party Drivers
NVIDIA - WHQL / Release Drivers
NVIDIA - Beta Drivers
NVIDIA - 3rd Party Drivers


Ati Catalyst
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Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=18 [32Bit]
Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=28 [64Bit]
Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=24 [Modified]

NForce 4 Chipset Drivers
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All AMD & Intel Chipset Drivers

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/browse.php?c=13
Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=19

nForce Audio Driver - 4.62
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- WHQL certified
- Complete package including Audio driver, NVMixer, and Installer
- Support for nForce, nForce2, nForce3, and nForce4 including dual-processor systems
- Addresses issues in various games and applications

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=154

nVidia BIOS Modifier (v3.1)
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This tool must be used by ADVANCED users ONLY! This tool works correctly
with BIOSes of 6x00 / 7x00 series cards ONLY (including QUADRO series,
built on NV4x and higher) !!! BIOSes of 5x00 and older aren’t supported.

Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1118

Nvida Forceware
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Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=10 [32Bit]
Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=28 [64Bit]
Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=2 [Modified]

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Overclocking & Tweaking
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A64Tweaker
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WPCREDIT tweaks for the A64

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=106 [0.60 Beta]

Ati Tool
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As the name implies ATITool is an overclocking utility designed for ATI
video cards. Design target is to write a light-weight application for
the enthusiast - so no questionable registry tweaks.

Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=725 [v0.24]

Ati Tray Tools
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1. Tray based app for tweaking Radeon cards.
2. ATI Tray Tools is a small utility that can be found in the windows
tray which then allows instant access to options and settings.

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=42 [v1.0.3.730]
Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=733

ClockGen
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Link:- http://www.cpuid.org/clockgen.php [all releases]
Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=104 [nf3 only]
Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=105 [nf4 only]

NVIDIA NVFlash
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Flashes your video card bios

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=50 [v5.13]
Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=850 [v5.06]
Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=896 [v5.10]
Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=972 [v5.13]

ForceWare Coolbits 2.0
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Coolbits 2 unleashes hidden function within ForceWare drivers, it
enables several new Direct3d and OpenGL configuration tabs, and even
more tweaking capability from the nVidia taskbar settings panel.
Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815


nVHardPage SE
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nVHardPage nVidia videocard tweaker is tweaking utility for nVidia display adapters
running under Windows 98 (SE) / Windows ME / Windows 2000 and Windows XP. With this
tweak utility you can enable/disabe hidden features in nVidia control panel, tweak
nVidia Direct3D and OpenGL settings and overclock your nVidia display adapter.

Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=362 [v3.2]

nVida nTune
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Nifty monitoring / overclocking tool for all nForce boards

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=58 [v 2.05.15.08]

PowerStrip
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A powerful software tool for your video card

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=29 [v 3.61]

RadLinker & RadClocker
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Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=609

Tweaker for ATI Radeon based graphics cards

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=89 [v2.033]

Rage3D Tweak CCC v1.1
Rage3D Tweak CCC is a brand new tweak application that integrates directly
into ATI's Catalyst Control Center (CCC) driver application and adds key tweak
functions to the existing interface. This tweaker has been developed in the
spirit of the former Rage3D Tweak application we developed and supported over
the last many years. This application is a plug-in which consists of two new
tree elements which will appear under a Rage3D heading in the advanced display
view of the CCC. The two new sections are: Overclocking, and OC Testing.

Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1177

Riva Tuner
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Rivatuner is one of the (if not the) best Tweak Utilities available for NVIDIA
GeForce and ATI Radeon based videocards.

Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163 [v2.0 RC 15.7]

SysTools
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Did not search , gr8 software

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Stability Testing
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Prime 95
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Excellent stability testing program for overclockers

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=103 [v24.14]

Memtest x86
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Based on memtest86 - software tool aimed at memory failures detection

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=61 [with bootdisk img]

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=60 [cdrom iso]

SuperPI
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Super PI calculates pi up to 33.55 million digits

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=36 [v1.1e]

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Thermal & Speed Monitoring
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CPU-Z
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Shows CPU, Motherboard, Memory, and System Info

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=26 [v1.30]

Central Brain Identifier
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Central Brain Identifier is designed to provide detailed identification
and obtaining the most complete information about all AMD processors.
It recognizes more than 50 various models of the AMD processors. It shows
not only the general information about the processor, but also allows to
etermine its important technical features, such as processor core name,
core revision, a nominal processor frequency, the date of announce, an OPN
number, the components of the PowerNow! Technology and also independently
computes an XP-Rating for processors having a Model Number.

Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1148

MBM 5
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Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=7 [v 5.3.7.0]

NvTempLogger
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This is a simple program that is used to watch the temperature
(Core and Ambient) of NVIDIA based GPUs. You have the options to
check the graph for the last 10 mins approx. or make a log file
for as long as you like or export it to an Excel graph and sheet.

Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1194

SpeedFan
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Monitors fan speeds, temperatures and voltages

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=51 [v 4.25]

WCPUID 3.3
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Displays CPU Frequency, Multiplier, Chipset, etc.
Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=25 [v3.3]

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Misc
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Intel Chipset Identification Utility - 2.91
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Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=32

Driver Cleaner Professional 1.2
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Driver Cleaner Professional Editon is a program which helps you to
remove parts of drivers that are left after uninstalling the old drivers.
The program is for ATI, nVidia, Creative, Realtek, SIS, 3Dfx, S3 and more
drivers. First you need to uninstall the drivers from the control panel,
then reboot. After rebooting, run the program. If you really want a good
description of what steps you should take, then you really need to read
the readme file included in the zip file and installation as it contains
a detailed step by step description. The program also fully supports
windows themes and other kind of themes.

Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=745

DirectX Eradicator 2.0
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This utility is designed to safely uninstall DirectX runtime components
from Microsoft Windows (32-bit) operating systems. DXE gives you the
ability to remove and restore DirectX "on-the-fly". Thinking about
reformatting? Try this first. You just might be able to save yourself
from a lot of hassle.

Link:- http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=626

Hyper-Threading Technology Test Utility - 1
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Tests if Hyper-Threading is present and working on a PC

Link:- http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=17

Generic Utlilities @ Guru3D
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=8

General Tools @ Guru3D
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=14

Guru3D Handy Tools
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=5

Right Mark Utilities
Home:- http://cpu.rightmark.org/

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RightMark CPU Clock Utility v1.8
RM Clock Utility (formerly known as AMD64CLK)

RightMark CPU Clock Utility (RMClock) is a small GUI application designed for real-time CPU frequency, throttling and load level monitoring and on-the-fly adjustment of the CPU performance level of the supported CPUs via processor's power management model-specific registers (MSRs). In automatic management mode it continuously monitors the CPU usage level and dynamically adjusts the CPU frequency, throttle and/or voltage level as needed.

Features
Real-time CPU clock and CPU/OS load level determination and monitoring (with optional logging).
Detection of virtually any form of CPU clock throttling.
Dynamic on-demand CPU performance state (P-state) transitions via real-time adjustment of the CPU multiplier (FID) and requested voltage level (VID).
Dynamic on-demand CPU clock modulation via real-time transitions between CPU clock throttling levels.
Advanced CPU-specific power management settings for AMD K7, AMD K8 and Intel Pentium M/Pentium 4/Xeon CPU families.
Support for multi-processor (SMP/HT/multicore) systems.

More Info:- http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmclock.shtml
Download:- http://cpu.rightmark.org/download/rmclock_18_bin.exe

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RightMark Memory Analyzer v3.6
Before this test packet was created there was no proper software for measuring vital system parameters such as CPU/Chipset/RAM providing steady and reliable (reproducible) test results and allowing for changing test parameters in a wide range. Vital low-level system characteristics include latency and real RAM bandwidth, average/minimal latency of different cache levels and its associativity, real L1-L2 cache bandwidth and TLB levels specs. Besides, these aspects are usually not paid sufficient attention in product technical documentation (CPU or chipset). Such test suite, which combines a good deal of subsets aimed at measuring objective system characteristics, is a must have for estimating crucial objective platform parameters.

More Info:- http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmma.shtml
Download:- http://cpu.rightmark.org/download/rmma36bin.rar

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RAMTester Utility 2005
The RAMTester tool checks reliability of memory modules under MS Windows (x86 and x64), working with virtual addresses. It writes various bit patterns into memory cells and then reads them and compares with reference. Note that the check is qualitative, so you might want to use utilities working with real addresses under DOS to obtain more quantitative data.

The new tool works only with free available physical memory at runtime, so you can check any amount of memory that doesn't exceed this limit. For the amount of currently free available memory you can check Windows Task Manager ("Physical Memory Available" in the Performance tab). The new utility works with SMP and HTT systems as well as various memory types, including SDRAM, DDRAM, RDRAM, etc.

More Info:- http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/ramtester.shtml
Download:- http://cpu.rightmark.org/download/rt20050915.exe

RM Gotcha (formerly known as RM Spy and RM Infiltrator)
RM Gotcha (formerly known as RM Spy and RM Infiltrator) helps CPU and mainboard testers determine CPU clock at any moment. RM Gotcha has only this particular purpose and is not a part of any monster suites. It's just an 120KB executable that needs no installation. Supports result logging. The "Start delay" feature enables users to conduct operations required to be done before the clock check. The Check period feature minimizes CPU load created by the utility.

More Info:- http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmgotcha.shtml
Download:- http://cpu.rightmark.org/download/rmspy10bin.exe

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CPU RightMark Suite
The CPU RightMark suite is meant for objective measurement of performance of modern and future processors in different computational tasks such as numerical modeling of physical processes and solving of 3D graphic problems. It focuses on testing the loaded FPU/SIMD units and the CPU/RAM tandem. As a result, we get pure CPU performance, an objective parameter obtained without the influence of other subsystems, like video and disc systems, except the memory one. It allows us to compare the true performance of different processors irrespective of a type of other system components. It's obtained by dealing only with the CPU and measuring the CPU time spent for execution of computational tasks.

Currently supported CPU Instructions sets:

(Solver module)
FPU
SSE2
SSE3

(Renderer module)
FPU/MMX
FPU/Extended MMX
Extended 3DNow!/Extended MMX
SSE/Extended MMX
SSE3/Extended MMX

More Info:- http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/cpurm.shtml

Download
CPU RightMark Lite 2005 v1.2 :- http://cpu.rightmark.org/download/rm...05_v12_bin.exe
CPU RM beta 5 version:- http://cpu.rightmark.org/download/cpurm_b5_bin.exe

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Complete List of Right Mark Utilities ca nbe found here
Link:- http://cpu.rightmark.org/download.shtml

Hope you guys liked it.

[dIgItaL_BrAt]

gr8 post.I vote for making it a sticky!

[vijay_7287]

what a post maybe they will make 2 sticky's out of this one (so much scrollin yaar!!!!)