Dr. Hardware 2026 26.7.0
- NEW: 64-bit AVX benchmark; measures and compares processor performance using
IA32, SSE2, AVX, AVX2, and AVX512 instructions
- Support for Ryzen AI Max 400 Mobile APUs (Gorgon Halo), Ryzen AI 400 Mobile
APUs (Gorgon Point), new Ryzen 200 Mobile APUs (Hawk Point 200), Ryzen 100 Mobile
APUs (Hawk Point Refresh), Ryzen 9000 APUs (Granite Ridge), Ryzen 4000 Zen2
desktop processors (Renoir), and Ryzen 7000 X3D APUs (Raphael)
- Support for new Intel Arc G3 (Panther Lake), Xeon 6 (Raptor Lake) and Xeon
6P (Granite Rapids) processors
- Rating test: various adjustments for current system requirements
- PCI analysis: execution accelerated; support for device resources
Dr. Hardware 2026 26.4.1
Bugfix:
- Dr. Hardware kernel driver loading issue
- consideration of AMD Ryzen Zen 5 processors for rating test
Dr. Hardware 2026 26.4.0
- Support for new Intel Core Ultra 300 processors (Panther Lake)
- Support for new Intel Core Ultra 200 Mobile and Desktop processors (Arrow
Lake Refresh)
- Support for further AMD Ryzen AI 300 APUs (Krackan Point)
- Support for Temperature sensors on recent AMD Ryzen (Zen 5) processorc
- Support for capacity of NVME drives according to specs
- Benchmark tables updated
Bugfix:
- various details about new AMD (Zen 5) processors
- RAPL power related data on various AMD processors
- Processor Tree: embedding of AMD Zen 5 processors
- NVME drives: some data of Power Descriptors
Dr. Hardware 2026 26.2.0
- Support for Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Processors (Panther Lake)
- Support for new Intel Core Ultra Series 1 UL/HL Embedded Processors
(Meteor Lake)
- Support for new AMD Ryzen AI Max 300 (Strix Point) and AI 400 Notebook APUs
(Gorgon Point)
- Support for new Intel Xeon 6 processors (Granite Rapids)
- NEW! Information about AI related AMD and Intel processor features
- Preliminary Support for Windows 11 updates 26H1 and 26H2
- improved support for AMD Epyc 4004 (Raphael) and 4005 (Grado) processors
- Support for AMD 3D V-Cache(tm)
- Support for NVME Express Specification 2.3 - now with information about
power consumption and further controller features
- Processor comparision table: new fields for modern CPUs
- Support for new processor features and separate AI section
- various minor updates (processor steppings, Intel Graphics Devices etc)
Bug fixes:
- Intel Lunar Lake, Panther Lake, Bartlett Lake, Whiskey Lake processors - missing
data
Dr. Hardware 2026 26.0.0
- Support for new Intel
Core Ultra 2 processors (Arrow Lake)
- Support for new Intel Xeon 6 processors (Granite Rapids)
- Extended support for Intel Core i3 4th Generation Processors (Haswell)
- Support for AMD Ryzen 10 Mendocino and Ryzen 100 Rembrandt Mobile APUs
- DDR4 modules: extended information about XMP profiles
- Support for SMBios 3.9
- New: Informations about Hardware security, mainboard memory layout,IPMI and
TPM
- Windows 11 Compatibility check updated
- Support for Windows 11 25H2 Update
- various updates, improvements etc.
Bugfix:
- SDRAM Serial Presence Detect Test
Dr. Hardware 2025 25.6.0
- Support for new AMD Ryzen 5000 desktop processors (Cezanne)
- Support for new AMD Ryzen 8000 mobile processors (Dragon Range)
- Support for AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 workstation and desktop processors
(Shimada Peak)
- Support for AMD Epyc Siena 8004 Embedded processors
- Support for AMD Epyc Grado 4005 processors
- Support for Intel Bartlett Lake Embedded Core Series 2 processors
- Support for Intel Twin Lake Mobile processors
- improved and extended support for Intel Core Ultra 200S/H/U Arrow Lake processors
(identification, details, temperature)
- Support for new Intel Xeon 6 server processors (Sierra Forest, Granite Rapids-SP,
Granite Rapids-D, Raptor Lake)
- Support for Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids HBM (Xeon Max) processors
- Support for new Intel Raptor Lake Core processors
- Support ffr Intel Series 800 chipsets Q870, B860, H810, W880, HM870, WM880
- preliminary support for Intel Xeon Knight Corner and Knight Ferry
Dr. Hardware 2025/25.3.0
- Support for AMD Ryzen
Series 200, 9900, AI 300 and AI 300 Max Mobile processors
(Hawk Point, Strix Halo, Fire Range, Krackan Point)
- Support for AMD Epyc Turin Dense processors
- Support for further AMD Ryzen mainboard chipsets
- Support for Performance/Efficiency Cores on AMD processors
- Support for further Intel Arrow Lake Mobile and Desktop Core Ultra processors
- Support for IT8688E and IT8689E sensors (PC Health)
- updated information about Windows Updates
- various updates, improvements etc.
Dr. Hardware 2025/25.0.0
- Support for Intel Core Ultra Arrow Lake desktop processors
- Support für Intel Core Ultra Lunar Lake mobile processors
- Support for AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Processor (Granite Ridge) Zen 5
- Support for AMD Ryzen 300 Series Processor (Strix Point) Zen 5
- Support for AMD Epyc 9005 Series Processor (Turin) Zen 5/5c
- Support for new Intel Raptor Lake Embedded Processors
- Support for neue Intel Sapphire Rapids Xeon W Workstation Processors
- Support for Intel Chipsets Z890, HM770, WM790 and W790
- Support for AMD Chipsets X870, B850 and B840
- Support for 6th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (Granite Rapids)
- updated support for SMBios 3.8 (Final Version)
- various updates, improvements etc.
Bugfix:
- Support for AMD Ryzen Zen 5 Processors
Dr. Hardware 2024/24.4.0
- Support for new Intel Meteor
Lake Core Ultra 5 and 7 Mobil3 processors
- Support for new Intel Raptor Lake processors
- Support for 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors (Emerald
Rapids)
- Support for 4th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors (Sapphire
Rapids)
- Support for AMD Ryzen 8400 processor series (Hawk Point/Zen 4)
- Support for AMD Ryzen Embedded 5 and 7
- Support for further Ryzen 5000 Cezanne processors
- Support for Intel C260 chipset
- Support for SMBios 3.8
- Support for new processor features
- Windows version history update
- Update Intel Raptor Lake graphics devices
- Security: Updated detection of anti virus software
Bugfix:
- Socket detection on some AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors
- various informations on some AMD Ryzen Family 19h processors
Dr. Hardware 2024/24.0.0
- Support for Intel Core 14th Gen processors (Meteor Lake/Raptor
Lake Refresh)
- Support for Intel Ice Lake Xeon processors (FCBGA2227/FCBGA2579)
- Support for all new AMD Ryzen 7040 (Phoenix) and 7045 (Dragon Range) processors
- Support for AMD Threadripper (PRO) 7000 WX prcessors (Storm Peak)
- refined support of SMBios data at processor socket detection
- preliminary Support for Intel Panther and Clearwater Lake processors
- Support for Seagate FARM (Field Accessible Reliability Metrics) on SATA and
SAS harddisks
- NVME drives: Support for Power descriptors and new NVME 2.0 features
- Windows 11 Compatibility test: Update of supported prccessors
- Support for Windows 11 23H2 Update
- New system benchmark reference values
Bug fix:
- some NVME details
- detection of AMD Threadripper (PRO) 5000 WX
- Revision of some AMD Ryzen processors
Dr. Hardware 2023/23.7.0
- Support for Intel Alder Lake-N Processors
- updated detection of Intel Raptor Lake Processor models and steppings
- detailed infos about Intel Raptor Lake and further Intel Alder Lake processors
- Support for AMD Ryzen 7020C Chromebook Processors
- Support for Ryzen V3000 Embedded Processors
- Support für new AMD Processor features
- Thermal sensor support for numerous recent Intel Processors
- Support for numerous new Intel Graphics Devices
- Update Processor tree
Bugfix:
- Support for Intel chipsets QS57 Express, 3400, 3420, 3450 Server
Dr. Hardware 2023/23.3.0
- Support for new Intel Raptor Lake desktop, mobile and embedded processors
(Raptor Lake-HX/H/P/U)
- Support for Intel Raptor Lake desktop chipsets H770 and B760
- Support for Intel 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire
Rapids)
- Detailed support for Intel Denverton Atom processors
- Support for new AMD Ryzen and Athlon Zen 2, Zen 3 and Zen 4 processors (Dali,
Picasso, Mendocino, Raphael, Barcelo-R, Rembrandt-R, Phoenix, Dragon Range)
- Intel and AMD processor tree update
- New system benchmark reference values
Bugfix:
- some AMD Ryzen Raphael data
- Generation of graphics processor of Intel Tiger Lake processors
- wrong temperature for NVME drives in some cases
- small bug in AMD processor tree
Dr. Hardware 2023/23.0.0
- Support for AMD Ryzen 7000
Zen 4 processors (Raphael)
- Support for AMD Epyc 9004 (Bergamo, Genoa, Genoa-X) and 7003X (Milan-X) Server
processors
- Improved support for 4th Generation AMD Threadripper (PRO 5000)
- Support for Intel Raptor Lake-S processors
- Support for Intel Alder Lake-PS processors (HL and UL models)
- Support for Intel Tiger Lake U Refresh processors
- Support for new Intel Xe Iris eligible graphics processors
- Support for Intel Z790 Raptor Lake chipset
- Support for Intel Tiger Lake chipsets C252, C256, H310D, RM590E, R580E, Kaby
Lake B365
- Preliminary Support for Intel Meteor Lake and Granite Rapids processors
- Improved detection of AMD processor revisions
- AMD processor L2/L3 Set associative Cache information updated
- Support for new processor features
- Detects TPM header and PCIe Docking ports on several mainboards
- Support for Windows 10 22H2 update
- Support for Net Framework Version 4.8.1
- Epyc processors added to CPU tree
- New system benchmark reference values
Bug fixes:
- Intel Parker Ridge processor support
Dr. Hardware 2022/22.8.0
- New: Service, to generate a short description of the computer,
optimized to use it as basis for a small ad on auction platforms (Section: Tools)
- Support for AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (Vermeer-X) and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- Support for new Intel Core i Alder Lake and Atom Parker Ridge Processors
- Support for Intel HM670 and WM690 chipsets
- Further details about Intel Series 600 chipsets (USB/OC support, PCI Express
Lanes etc)
- Support for SMBios 3.6.0 (Official Release)
- improved Support for AMD FX Processors (detection etc.)
- new system benchmark reference values
Dr. Hardware 2022/22.6.0
- detailed Support for new Intel Core i3, i5, i7, i9, Pentium and Celeron Alder
Lake Desktop, Mobile and Embedded Processors (supporting Socket FCBGA1744, FCBGA1781
and FCBGA1964)
- Support for Intel Server Atom P5000 Processors (Snow Ridge)
- Support for AMD Ryzen 3,5,7 and 9 Rembrandt and Barcelo Mobile APUs (Ryzen
5000 and 6000 Series)
- Preliminary support for AMD Zen 4 Processors
- Preliminary support for AMD Series 600 Chipsets
- detects new Intel Alder Lake Processor Graphics Devices
- Preliminary support for Windows 11 Version 22H2
- AMD Processor tree updated
Bugfix:
- Assignment of Zen 3 architecture to AMD Milan Epyc processors
- Small UI bug
Dr. Hardware 2022/22.3.0
- detailed Support for new Intel Core i3, i5, i7, i9, Pentium and Celeron Alder
Lake processors
- detailed Chipset and CPU informations about Alder Lake processors
- improved Support for Intel Rocket Lake and Alder Lake processor stepping
- detects new Intel Alder Lake graphics processors
- Revision Support for all Intel Series 500 und 600 chipsets
- Support for SMBios 3.6
- Support for AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 processors (Chagall)
- Support for further AMD processor features
- Support for AMD Cache Topology (enumeration of processor caches with detailed
infos)
- extended and corrected Support for Intel Series 5 Desktop/Mobile and 3400
(Ibex Peak) Server chipsets
- extended Support for Intel Dual Core Pentium T2xxx/T3xxx (Merom)
- Details about internal Graphics Device on Intel Cherry Trail Atom processors
- new system benchmark reference values
Bugfix:
- Intel Alder Lake Processor Support (various fixes)
- small bugs in processor database
- Chipset analysis: incorrect data in rare cases
- Validation of keys from previous program versions
- Rating test - table: error in colum header captions
Dr. Hardware 2022/22.0.0
- New: Support for
carbon footprint of the pc related to its manufacturing process
- New: Windows 11 Compatibility Test
- New: User interface redesigned
- Support for Intel Alder Lake-S Desktop processors
- Support for Intel Series 600 Chipsets (Alder Lake): Q670, Z690, H670, B660,
H610, W680, X699, W685, R680E, Q670E, H610E
- Support for SMBios 3.5.0
- Support for Intel Tiger Point-LP chipset
- Support for many new Processor features
- General Support for Intel Hybrid Processors (Native Model ID, Core Types)
- Preliminary Support for Intel Sapphire Rapids Server processors
- Serial Presence Detect: updated capacity calculation, extended Support for
NVDIMM memory modules
- Mainboard Analysis: support for Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Version
- Rating-Test updated
- Detection algorithm for Virtual Machines improved
- System and Harddisk Benchmark: new reference values
- Support for Windows November 2021 Update (21H2)
- Improved Windows 11 Support:
- Net Framework 4.8 detection
- Version naming
Bugfixes:
- PCi Express Version on Intel Series 500 Chipsets
- Icon assignment in navigation bar on very big displays with scaled system
font
Dr. Hardware 2021/21.9.0
- Support for new AMD Ryzen
PRO 5000G APUs
- Support for new Intel Rocket Lake Xeon E and Tiger Lake Core i3/i5/i7 and
Xeon W processors
- improved support for AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO processors (Socket, Stepping,
Chipset incl. details)
- improved socket identification on various AMD processors (Epyc, Threadripper)
- SSD/SATA Analysis: Workaround for avoiding extremely long timeouts during
SCSI to ATA Translation Inquiry on some systems
- improved support for Intel Pentium 4 processors (Year of manufacturing, Process
technolgy, TDP)
- Detailed support for Intel 945/946 desktop and mobile chipsets (Lakeport/Calistoga)
- System Benchmark: new reference values
Dr. Hardware 2021/21.8.0
- Support for further AMD Ryzen Renoir APUs
- Support for AMD AGESA version
- Detailled support for Intel Pineview Atom processors, further Whiskey Lake
Core i3 processors, Skylake and Kaby Lake Refresh Pentium and Celeron processors
- Detailled support for Intel Grantsdale and Alderwood chipsets (915/925)
- Details about Intel processor graphics on Kaby Lake processors
- Support for Nuvoton NCT6683D, NCT6686D and NCT6687D sensor chips
- Support for Windows 11
- detects, whether app is running in Virtual Machine (+ VM identification of
Microsoft Hyper-V, VMWare, VirtualBox)
- Windows/Apps: Support for the user(s), apps have been installed for and whether
it was installed in the common or (x86) program folder
- improved support for AMD K8 and K10 processors (incl. processor tree)
- Bios Viewer: Support for memory addresses above BIOS area (00100000h bis FFFFFFFFh)
- System Benchmark: new reference values
Bugfix:
- AMD K8 processors in processor tree
- Pixel Clock of AMD Ryzen APUs
- Little bug in Windows/Apps
Dr. Hardware 2021/21.6.0
- Support for new Intel Tiger Lake Desktop and Mobile processors
- Support for some further Intel Comet Lake processors
- Support for further Intel Cascade Lake Server and Workstation Xeon processors
(Scalable Xeon/2nd Gen)
- Details about Intel processor graphics of Comet Lake processors
- Support for Intel Ice Lake Scalable Xeon Server processors/3rd Generation
- Detailled support for Intel Gemini Lake and Gemini Lake Refresh Pentium and
Celeron processors
- Extended support for Intel Apollo Lake, Elkhart Lake and Cherry Trail Pentium,
Celeron and Atom processors
- Support for AMD 3000 Series Mobile APUs (3015e/3020e) and further Athlon APUs
(Dali)
- Processor temperature support for AMD Ryzen Family 19h
- Specific SMART support for some Intenso SATA SSDs and general SMART support
for all SATA SSD drives
Bugfix:
- DEP (Data Execution Prevention) Status inquiry
Dr. Hardware 2021/21.5.0
- Support for new Tiger Lake H Mobile processors (Core i5,7,9 and Xeon) and
Intel Rocket Lake Workstation Xeon processors
- Support for Turbo Max for all AMD Ryzen processors
- Support for further AMD Ryzen Renoir and Cezanne processors
- Detailled Support for AMD EPYC processors (Naples, Rome, Milan, Snowy Owl)
- Support for Intel chipsets W580, Q570, HM570, QM580, WM590 and H420E
- SMART Support for WD Blue, Green, Red SSDs
- SCSI: detailed information about native SCSI harddisks (various Log Sense
and Mode Sense data including HDA temperature)
- SCSI Benchmark: Support for current Windows versions (native SCSI drives only)
- User interface optimizations
- Support for many further integrated Intel Graphics devices
- Details about Intel Graphics controllers on Tiger Lake and Rocket Lake processors
- Socket and Turbo Max support for Intel Skylake processors, support for Skylake
Pentium/Celeron processors
- Support for Intel Lakefield Mobile processors
- Support for Intel Nehalem and Westmere Core i3/5/7 processors (TDP, socket,
Turbo Max)
- Windows/Security: DEP (Data Execution Prevention) Support and Status added
Bugfix:
- SCSI: Misdetection of CD ROM device type in some cases
- Misdetection of a few Intel Skylake Core i processors
- Device names of some Intel Graphics controllers
- Socket and Code name of some Intel Tiger Lake processors
- potentially wrong data for some newer chipsets
- sligthly imperfect placement of several Intel processors into processor tree
Dr. Hardware 2021 21.4.5
- Support for new Intel Tiger Lake Core i5/7/9 and Comet Lake Core i3 and Pentium
Gold processors
- Support for AMD Ryzen 5000G Desktop and Ryzen PRO 5000U Mobile APUs
- Improved Support for AMD Ryzen Lucienne APus
- Support for new Intel and AMD processor features
- Support for further Intel Cache/TLB descriptors
- Support for Intel H310C Chipset
- improved Microarchitecture/Codename designation for Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge
and Comet Lake processors
- SATA/SSD Analysis:
- Temperature statistics for harddisks added (Min/Max values, Lifetime Min/Max
values etc.)
- Support for Airflow Temperature
- System Overview: improved with more concise information
- System test: refined evaluation of high harddisk temperatures
- Details about AMD chipsets (Features, Processor support, Bus speed, TDP etc.)
- Support for further AMD Hudson/Bolton Fusion Controller Hubs (FCH), more accurate
description
- Revision for Intel Series 5,6,7,8,9,100,200,300,400 and 500 Chipsets added
- Support for new Processor microarchitectures in Processor tree
- Detailed information (TDP, Socket, Turbo frequency) about further Intel Sandy
Bridge and Ivy Bridge Gladden processors
- Support for Intel GMA 900 and GMA 3100 Graphics Controller
- PC Health: preliminary Support for IT8688E, IT8689E and IT8695E Sensor chips
- Windows: Support for 21H1 Update
- Security: Support for Windows Defender Firewall
- System Benchmark: new reference values
Bug fixes:
- Naming of DDR-2-667 memory chips
- Detection of some Intel Pentium Gold processors (Comet Lake)
- ZEN Generation of some AMD Ryzen processors
Dr. Hardware 2021 21.4.0
- Support for AMD Ryzen 5000H/U Mobile Processors (Cezanne)
- Support for Intel Core i5 Rocket Lake S processors
- Support for Intel Series 500 Chipsets (H510, H570, B560, Z590)
- Support for Core Steppings (Revision) of practically all newer Intel and AMD
processors
- Support for Intel Comet Lake and Tiger Lake microarchitecture updated
- detailled information about all newer Intel chipsets (Code name, Bus, Segment,
USB/PCI Express/DRAM/SATA/eSATA/M.2/Overclocking Support etc.)
- detailed Support for Intel Kaby Lake Xeon, Cascade Lake Xeon and many further
Ivy Bridge and Haswell mobile/desktop processors
- improved detection and extended analysis of all Intel Core Architecture processores
(Core Solo, Core Duo, Core 2 Solo, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad,
Core 2 Extreme Quad, Celeron M, Pentium M and various other Celeron and Pentium
models - thus support for Penryn, Penryn-XE, Penryn-QC, Merom, Merom-XE, Allendale,
Wolfdale-3M, Conroe, Conroe-L, Yorkfield-3M/6M/12M, Kentsfield, Yonah, Dothan,
Banias CPUs)
- extended information about microarchitecture (incl. process technology), TDP,
processor voltage, socket and FSB frequency for Kentsfield, Tigerton, Clovertown,
Woodcrest, Dunnington, Harpertown, Yorkfield and Conroe Xeon processors
- preliminary Support for Intel Alder Lake-S/P processors
- SMART Support for further ADATA, Kingston, Transcend, Crucial, KingSpec, KingDian,
Liteon, Patriot, Drevo, Zheino, Goodram and Phison SSD drives
- Socket info for all Coffee Lake, Kaby Lake and Amber Lake processors
- Support for Intel C602, C602J, C604, C606, C608, C621, C622, C624, C625, C626,
C627, C628, C629,C232, C236, C242, C246 Server and 8900 Series Communication
chipsets
Bugfixes:
- minor bugs in data for some Intel Coffee Lake and Kaby Lake processors
Dr. Hardware 2021 21.3.0
- New! Portable version available
- allows to copy files to desired folder and to start program from there
- registered users can use both the installable and the portable version with
their registration key (no additional costs)
- Important! Program folder must have write access rights (it can´t be
executed from r/o media like DVD thus)
- Monitor analysis considerably
enhanced:
- shows supported resolutions, pixel width and sync details
- Support for numerous further monitor vendors
- now with chromaticity diagram, visualizing the monitor´s color space
- Support for new Intel
processor lines
- Rocket Lake desktop processores
- Tiger Lake H35 Mobile processors
- Elkhart Embedded Processors (Atom, Pentium, Celeron)
- Jasper Lake-M Pentium and Celeron processors)
- Cooper Lake Xeon Gold/Platinum Server processors
- further Comet Lake Core i and XEON processors
- further Intel Coffee Lake Xeon and Skylake Xeon processors
- refined microarchitecture
determination on Intel Comet Lake and Tiger Lake processors
- detailed support for Ivy Bridge, Haswell and Broadwell desktop/mobile processors
- TDP, max Turbo Clock, Socket and Bus Type for hundreds of Intel Xeon E3/E5/E7
processors (Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Broadwell)
- Support for Intel Netburst based Xeon processors in processor tree
- improved support for Nvidia ION chipsets
- detects many new Intel graphics controllers
- SMART support for various Toshiba, ADATA, Kingston and JMicron SSDs
- new system benchmark reference values
Bugfix:
- bug in SATA analysis, which could cause no-data results
- potential bug in dvd drives detection
- small bug in AMD processor tree (Family 08h)
- Processor/Visualization: slightly incorrect CPU clock values
- USB: incomplete data in case of missing string descriptors
- minor bugs in navigation bar and toolbar
- several further minor bugs
Dr. Hardware 2021 21.2.0
- New: Shows user processor embedded into processor tree, containing all major
processor lines from 1978
- New: Improved and completely redesigned USB analysis
- USB Bus structure shown in treeview (incl. Host Controller, Root Hubs and
Sub Hubs)
- Indication of USB Speed for each port
- new: detects about 20.000 USB devices
- New: Devices/Graphics Adapter: detailed analysis via Open CL
- New: Device and SMART info for USB harddisks (that are internally (S)ATA drives)
- Support for new Intel Tiger Lake and further Ice Lake, Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake,
Whiskey Lake, Comet Lake, Comet Lake-S Core i, and Pentium and Celeron processors
- Support for AMD Ryzen 5000 (Zen 3), Ryzen 4000 Desktop, Ryzen 4000 mobile
APus (Renoir), Embedded Ryzen (Banded Kestrel), Embedded Ryzen V2000 APU´s
(Grey Hawk), Ryzen Refresh (Pinnacle Ridge, Matisse) incl. 3600XT, 3800XT, 3900XT
and Ryzen Threadripper 39xxWX, Ryzen Threadripper Colfax, Ryzen 3/Athlon Dali,
Hygon Dhyana Soc processors
- Full support for Intel 400 Series Desktop, Mobile and Workstation chipsets
(B460, H410, H470, Z490, Q470, HM470, QM480, WM490, W480)
- Support for Intel Iris Xe and Intel GMA Graphics Devices
- Support for max Turbo Boost clockrate for Tiger Lake, Comet Lake, Ice Lake,
Whiskey Lake, Amber Lake, Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake and Sandy Bridge processors
- Support for microarchitecture and lithography on numerous older processors
(Pentium, Pentium M, P6, Intel Core Microarchitecture)
- RAPL support for AMD Ryzen (energy consumption)
- GPU clock and max memory support added for AMD Ryzen CPUs/APUs
- improved RAPL report on many Intel processors incl. XEON models, more precise
measurements on various Intel Atom prrocessors
- Improved CPU temperature measurements on many Intel processors due to refined
TJMax determination
- Processor temperature measurements on AMD Ryzen models 30h, 60h and 70h
- Support for many new processor features (AMD and Intel)
- Updates: Intel Processor Microcode Updates, Rating Test, reference processors
for visualization
- (S)ATA Analysis: Support for bus type und assignment of physical to logical
drives
- (S)ATA Analysis: enhanced and updated SMART Support for numerous SanDisk,
OCZ, Mushkin, Apacer, Micron and Crucial SSD harddisks
- SCSI Analysis: additional Inquiry data
- Monitor test: new tests (Pixel error, reaction time detection)
- System Benchmark: new reference results
- Improved processor feature categorization
- Improved support for AMD processor family 06H (K7): (Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron,
Sempron)
- Mainboard/Bios: Support for Secure Boot Status
- Mainboard/Ports: Port name/outside added
- SMBus and Serial Presence Detect Support for Intel 400 series chipsets
- NVME Drives: Support for Specification 1.4b with additional informations
- PC Health: Support for Nuvoton NCT6797D, NCT6798D
- Temperature notifications adapted to Windows 10 Notification Format
- Windows: Support for Windows Server 2016 and 2019
- Windows: Version, Code and marketing names of Windows 10 updates added
- Windows: Version Support for .NET Core and ASP.NET Core
- Windows: Support for NET Framework 4.8.0
- Support for SMBios 3.4 and 3.4.0c
- Extended enumeration of installed apps
- Support for AMD Ryzen FP6 Socket
- Tests&Tools/Processor usage: now supporting up to 32 cores/threads, improved
diagram
- Partitions: support for hidden NTFS and NTFS recovery partition types
- Scanner analysis: lists all installed Twain sources
- SPD DRAM analysis: fixed output of hexadecimal encoded date
- Help updated
User Interface:
- New: High DPI Support
- New: Flexible navigation bar with different styles (Text buttons, Icon button
flow panels, narrow Icon button sidebar),
- Toolbar can be dragged into the Non Client Area
- New Color scheme "Office Silver"
- New Color scheme "Dark Mode"
- Improved keyboard interface
- New: Search panel in grids (popup menu Menü - right mouse click)
Registered version license:
- prolongated update support: now one complete Versions cycle (Example: V 2021/Build
21.2 to V 2022/Build 22.2 frei)
Bugfix:
- Windows: determination of activation status on very slow systems
- (S)ATA/SMART: Power On Hours on various drives
- Some corrections on internal databases to the benefit of fixing smaller data
errors for several Intel CPUs
- Consideration of very small RAPL power values
- Some voltage values on NCT6779D - NCT6792D sensors
- (S)ATA-Analysis: NVME phantom drives
- Report creation: Column headers, text alignment in HTML format, Option "Hide
private data" etc.
- System test - unwanted test restart when grid is licked
- Bug in Software/Apps
- CPU/APU names of AMD Ryzen 4000 models fixed
- AMD X570 chipset detection
- Ryzen PRO APUs/Processor detection
- Drives/Partitions: Partition name of GPT partitions
- Drives/Partitions: missing partition info on systems w/o optical drives
- Potential misdetection of various harddisk drives
- Bug in Autoreport creation
Dr. Hardware 2020 20.1.0
- Support for latest AMD Ryzen processors and APUs (including Raven Ridge, Matisse,
Threadripper Castle Peak)
- improved reading out of core temperature on new AMD Ryzen processors
- Support for SMT (Simultaneous Multithreading) on AMD Ryzen
- Preliminary support for AMD chipsets B550(A) and A520
- Support for Intel 9990XE (Skylake Refresh)
- Support for Intel Core X Cascade Lake (i9-10980XE etc.)
- updated support for Intel Comet Lake processors
- detailed info on latest Intel Ice Lake mobile processors (10th Gen) - processor
socket, internal graphics etc.
- new Intel and AMD reference processors for system benchmark
- Support for Intel 400 and 495 series chipsets
- Support for SMBios 3.3.0
- Support for SMSCSCH5127 and improved support for ITE8655E and ITE8665E sensor
chips
- detects new PCI device classes
- Rating Test updated
Bugfix:
- Index error in processor list (causing misdetection of some later processors)
- Detection of Zen+ Ryzen processors
- Chipset detection on AMD Ryzen Zen+ systems
- some missing information about Ryzen processors
- naming of various memory modules (PC4-17000 instead of PC4-17056 etc)
- Configurable TDP of various Intel prozessores
Dr. Hardware 2019 19.8.0
- Support for Intel Comet Lake and extended support for Ice Lake processors
- Support for AMD Ryzen/Athlon Zen+ desktop APUs (Raven Ridge)
- Support for new AMD processor features (AVX 256 Bit, SSE 128 Bit etc.)
- Support for various new Intel Pentium Gold and m5 processor models
- detects Net Framework Version 4.8
- improved DirextX version identification
- Bugfix:
- Support for Intel Whiskey Lake processors
- wrong identification of Athlon 300U
- identification Intel Iris Plus 640 Graphics Device
Dr. Hardware 2019 19.6.0
- Support for new AMD processor features (SEV, SME etc.)
- Support for AMD chipsets A300, B300, X300, X570
- Security: Updated MS Defender detection
- Bugfix: PCI register list
Dr. Hardware 2019 19.5.0
- Support for new Intel Mobile Coffee Lake processors (i9-9980H/9980-H, i7-9850H/9750H
etc.incl. i3/i5 models)
- Detailed support for AMD Zen 2 architecture (Ryzen Matisse processors)
- improved support for AMD Zen+ architecturee (Picasso APU´s)
- User interface improved thanks to optimized result presentation (master detail
table design and dimensioning)
- Potential problems are highlighted
- New: System test, lists known device, driver and other hardware problems,
potential weaknesses and unusual system anomalies
- improved support for Intel Mobile M processors
Dr. Hardware 2019 19.3.0
- New: visualization of processor features (important CPU features are compared
to reference processors)
- Support for Intel Skylake-X processors (7800-X, 7900-X, 9800-X, 9900-X)
- Support for Intel Whiskey Lake and new Intel Coffee Lake Refresh processors
- extended Support for Intel Amber Lake processors
- TDP information of the for Atom Z3600/Z3700 processor series
- Detailed information about new AMD Ryzen Mobile processors (model 3750H etc.)
- Drive list: information about bus type (USB, (S)ATA, ATAPI etc.) and identification
of the underlying physical drive
- Benchmarks: visually improved result presentation
- Hard drives benchmark: reference table updated
Bugfix:
- Detection of older AMD processors (Athlon 64 etc.)
- Windows Security analysis: potential test abortion during Browser-Plugin-Scan
- SMBios/Sensors/Fan: Fan names
Dr. Hardware 2019 19.0.1
- improved installation routine (fixes problems with driver updates)
- Detailed analysis of various Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processors
Bugfix:
- Identification of DDR1/DDR2 SDRAM capacity
Dr. Hardware 2019 19.0
- Support for Intel Core processors 9th generation (Coffee Lake Refresh)
- Identification of AMD Ryzen Pinnacle Ridge processors
- Detailed information about all AMD Ryzen processors (code name, processor
type, target platform, integrated graphics, TDP)
- Temperature offsets for Ryzen processors updated
- Extended Support for AMD Llano processors (family 12h)
- Preliminary Support for Intel Amber Lake processors
- Support for Thermal Design Power (TDP) of Intel Skylake, Apollo Lake,Braswell
and Sandy Bridge processors
- Extended Support for Intel Atom N400, D400, N500, D500 processors
- Improved Fintek sensor Support, now including further chips (F71808A, F71889A,
F8000, F81768D, F81865, F81866)
- Windows analysis: information about license status
- Update of internal databases:
- Intel processors: Platform ID and Microcode Update
- memory vendors
- List of installed devices: information about configuration status
- System overview analysis optimized
- User Interface: improved readibility thanks to adapted font configuration
Dr. Hardware 2018 18.8
- Windows 10/64 Bit: Access to hardware informations thanks to updated kernel
driver improved
- extended support for Intel Atom Z8000 processors (technology, mikro architecture,
TDP, temperature - and PowerSensors etc.)
- Running processes: support for 64-Bit processes
- Security analysis: Detection of Microsoft Defender and McAfee Antivirus software
updated/extended
- Analysis of Power Sensors (RAPL) improved. Now configurable via expert setup
- various minor improvements
Bugfix:
- Mainboard Details/Memory: Column titles
Dr. Hardware 2018 18.7.0
- improved identification of AMD Ryzen, 2nd generation Ryzen,
Ryzen Threadripper and Epyc as well as information about processor steppings
- Intel processors: support for Platform ID, Microcode Update,
Process technology, code name, micro architecture name, internal graphics,
Radeon Vega M graphics, TDP (Thermal Design Power), extended energy analysis
- Processor features: support for AVX512, UPMI, TXT
- detects Intel chipsets H370 and CM246
- chipset: detailed information about Intel 200 and 300 series chipsets
- Serial Presence Detect (memory info): support for numerous further Intel
SMBus Controller
- Sensor analysis: considerably improved support for Nuvoton NCT6779 and NCT679x
sensors
- SATA analysis: support for Power Disable Feature and Out of Band Interface
- New: List of Windows built-in tools, tests and professional utilities
(can be executed from inside the software)
- Internet Benchmark:
- improved measurement of minimal data transfer rate
- DTR listed as kBit/s values now
- updated system benchmark reference table
- modernised register access method, avoids BSOD problems unter Windows 10
and/or with newer Intel processors
Bugfix:
- Security analysis/Event protocol: Device identification bug
- Program Update Service: Detection of current version
Dr. Hardware 2018 18.6.0
- Support for SMBios 3.2 (new processors, new Sockeltypen, Port-Typen,
extended memorymodulinformationen)
- Support for Intel chipsets H310, B360, Q360, Q370, Z390, QM370, HM370
- Support for AMD chipsets X470 and B450
- USB-analysis: Support for zahlreiche new USB-Geräteklassen
- USB-analysis: detects ca. tausend new Hersteller
- Windows-analysis:
- detects Windows 10 Creator´s Update
- Support for Net Framework Version 4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2
- gibt an, ob 32- oder 64-Bit-Version installiert ist
- Security analysis/Ereignisprotokoll: berücksichtigt installierte Geräte
- Netzwerkanalysis: Information zur Internetverbindung
- Detailed information about Sockel AM4 chipsetsn (unter Vorbehalt wg. fehlender
Datenblätter)
- processoranalysis: improved resultpresentation
- Codeoptimierungen
Bugfix:
- Spaltenaboutschriften der SMBios-Tabellen Ports and Busslots
- fehlende information zu AMD-chipsetsn
- Level-3-Cache information of the bei AMD processors
- kleinere typografische error
- Potential Endlosschleife in Windows-analysis (Net Framework Erwithtlung)
Dr. Hardware 2018 18.5.0
- Support for Ryzen G (Vega) processors inkl. Anzeige der processortemperature
- SMBus-Support for AMD Ryzen processors (ermöglicht SDRAM-analysis)
- Video-analysis: Detailed information about AMD/ATI graphicskarten inkl. temperature
information of the
- Support for Pentium/Celeron N3000 processors
- improved Detection of SoC-basierten chipsetsn
- SDRAM-analysis:
- Support for DDR4-Module improved and extended
- preliminary Support for Intel XMP 2.0
- gibt Chip- and Modulbezeichnung an (z.B. DDR3-1600/PC3-12800)
- Sensors-analysis:
- Support for Nuvoton NCT6795 and NCT6796 Sensorchips
- improved Support for all Nuvoton Sensorchips
- Support for dutzende further ITE-Chips
- Support for mehrere ITE-Chips auf einem Mainboard
- drives/Partitionen:
- detects dutzende further GPT-Partitionstypen (u.a. Linux, Chrome etc.)
- further Details zu GPT-Partitionen
- gibt SMBios UUID aus
- System-Benchmarks: now with AMD Ryzen Leistungswerten
- Hilfethema "processor" stark updated, further Hilfethemen aboutarbeitet.
Bugfix:
- SockelIdentification Atom Z8000
- ausgehandelte Geschwindigkeit of SATA-Hard drives
- Liste der Prozesse: Dateiversion and Dateidatum
Dr. Hardware 2018 18.0.0
- Detection and Support for Intel Core processors der 8. generation
- Liest temperature senor of AMD Ryzen and AMD processors der Familie 15h/6Xh
aus
- Support for Intel chipsets Z370, HM175, QM175, CM238
- stark extended chipsetDetection auf AMD-Systemen inkl. Ryzen
- Windows-analysis: Anzeige der .Net Framework Version
- Serial Presence Detect: Support for ca. 100 new Hersteller-ID´s
- Serial Presence Detect: Support for LP-DDR3/LP-DDR4 and Hybrid Module
- Windows-memoryanalysis: aussagekräftigere and zusätzliche Informationen
- Rating-Test: diverse Anpassungen an new Entwicklungen, stäkere Gewichtung
der Anzahl der processorkerne
- Benchmarks: new Vergleichssysteme im System- and Internetbenchmark
Bugfix:
- Sockel information of the of Intel Core processors der 7. generation
Dr. Hardware 2017 17.5.0
- Support for Intel Core X Series processors
- updateder Support for Intel Core processors der 7. generation
- Support for Series 200 Intel-chipsets (Z270, H270, B250, Q250,
Q270, X299)
- genauere Unterscheidung vieler Intel 100 chipsets (H110, H170, Z170, Q170,
Q150, B150, CQM170, HM170, CM236)
- Support for AMD Ryzen processor
- Support for skalierbare Xeon processors
- Mainboard-analysis: Anpassung an SMBios 3.1.1
- extended Sata/SSD-analysis (Security Erase/Sanitize Feature, Protokollversion)
- mehr Informationen about NVME-drives
- detects new Windows-Editionen (Windows S, Education, Mobile etc.)
- Sensors-analysis: Support for zahlreiche new ITE-Sensorchips
Bugfix:
- SockelIdentification auf AMD APU´s Familie 16H
Dr. Hardware 2017 17.0.0
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- Support for Intel Core processors der 7. generation (Detection, temperature
)
- Support for NVMe drives: Produkt- and SMART informationen
- memorymodul- information auf Asus-Mainboards with LGA2011-Sockel
- processor-analysis: information of the of Maximal- and Bustakt, SOC-Hersteller
- processor/Mainboard-analysis: Anpassungen and Erweiterungen gemäss SMBios
3.1
- Support for new Intel processorfeatures
- Reading out of des Windows-Produktschlüssels unter Windows 8, 8.1 and
10
Bugfixes:
- potentialr error bei Reading out of of DDR-4-Modulen (Serial Presence Detect)
Dr. Hardware 2016 16.5.0
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- updateder Support for Intel processors der 6. generation
- Support for Intel Xeon E3/5/7 v3-v5
- Reading out of der processortemperature furtherr Intel processors
- Support for new Intel processorfeatures (SHA, SGX, PSE-36, Memory Protection
Extensions)
- Support for AMD processors der Familie 15h Modell 70h-7Fh
- Security-analysis: Abfrage datenschutzrelevanter Windows-Dienste now ab Windows
7
- Security-analysis: Security abfragen and Eventliste extended
- Windows-configuration: Auflistung der Aufgaben im Taskmanager
Bugfix:
- Wrong interpretation of installed Security packs under Windows 7/8
Dr. Hardware 2016 16.0.0
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- Support for Intel Core processors der 6. generation (Sockel LGA1151)
- Support for Intel 100 Series chipsetfamilie
- Support for Nuvoton NCT6793D Sensorchip
- Security analysis: Anpassungen an Windows 10, Eventliste extended
- improved Support for Windows 10 (u.a. präzise VersionsIdentification)
- improved Support for DirectX 11.1, 11.2 and 12.0
- Green-Test: Hintergrandinformationen zur Elektrosmog-problematik updated
- Anwendung wird auch auf eingeschränkten Benutzerkonten with Administratorrechten
gestartet (erforderlich zur ordnungsgemäßen thanks toführung
der Hardwareanalysisn)
Bugfix:
- Detection diverser newrer AMD processors
Dr. Hardware 2015 15.5.0
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- Support for Intel Core processors der 5. generation and Atom Z8000
- Support for AMD APU´s der Familie 15h/Modelle 60h-6Fh
- Security -analysis updated and extended
- Datenaktualisierung for extended Bios informationen (SMBios 3.0)
- detects fast handert new Hersteller of DRAM-memory
- Support for new Intel processorfeatures
- improved Detection of Atom processors auf Tablets
- preliminary Support for Xeon Phi Coprocessors
- detects Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2012
R2
- Rating-Test: Anpassungen
Bugfix:
- HDC processorfeature-Detection
- Detection Windows Server 2012
Dr. Hardware 2015 15.0.0
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- Support for Intel Core
M processor
- Support for Intel Xeon E5 16xx/26xx v3 processors
- support for Intel Core i7 59xx/58xx processors for LGA2011-v3 Socket
- Support for Intel X99, C610 and NM10 chipsets
- Support for SMBios 3.0
- New: Informationen about Netzteil (SMBios)
- Support for new processorsteppings
- Support for new processor-Befehlssatzerweiterungen and -features
- Support for AMD A88X FCH
- Detailed information about newren APU-chipsetsn (FCH)
- Identification memorymodulcapacity of DDR4 memory
Dr. Hardware 2014 14.5.0
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- Update Detailed information about Intel Core i7 processors der 4. generation
- Support for Sandy Bridge E/EN/EP
- improved Support for Core i7-3xxx for LGA2011 Sockel
- Support for Intel Atom C2000 processorfamilie
- Support for AMD processors Familie 15h/Sockel FP3 and FM2r2
- Support for AMD processors Familie 16h/Sockel FT3b and FP4
- Support for processortemperature auf newren AMD processors
- Support for new Intel processor-Features (HWP etc.)
- Update Cache-Deskriptoren of Intel processors
- improved Programmstabilität auf Systemen with Intel X79 chipset
- Support for Intel Z97/H97 chipset
- extended SMBus-Support for newre Intel-chipsets
- Support for new SATA-Features
- preliminary Support for DDR4 memorymodule
- preliminary Support for Nuvoton NCT6792D Sensor Chip
Bugfix:
- Programmabstürze bei Reading out of der digitalen processortemperature
Dr. Hardware 2014 14.5.0
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- Update Detailed information about Intel Core i7 processors der 4. generation
- Support for AMD processors Familie 15h/Sockel FP3 and FM2r2
- Support for AMD processors Familie 16h/Sockel FT3b and FP4
- Support for processortemperature auf newren AMD processors
- Update Cache-Deskriptoren of Intel processors
- Support for Intel Z97/H97 chipset
- Support for new SATA-Features
- Support for DDR4 memorymodule
Dr. Hardware 2014 14.0.0
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- improved processorsockel-Detection of Intel Core i CPU´s/4. generation
- more precise processoridentifizierung of Intel Core i CPU´s der 2. and
4. generation
- detects Intel Xeon E5 V2, Xeon E3 V2, Core i7/Sockel LGA 2011,
Celeron/Sockel LGA 1150, Atom Z36xxx/Z37xxx
- improved Detection diverser Intel Atom processors
- Support for diverse newre Xeon 5600 processors
- Support for Intel Ivy E and Ivy EP Bridge
- Information zum Energieverbrauch of Intel Core processors 2. generation and
ff.
- Support for new processor-Befehlssatzerweiterungen and andere Features
- Support (Detection bzw. Detail information) for AMD chipsets SR5650, SR5670,
SR5690,
RS690, RS780, RS880 and 990FX
- Information zur Power Management configuration of SATA/SSD drives (DIPM/HIPM)
- Sensors-analysis: funktionelle assignment der temperature Sensors auf ausgewählten
Mainboards
- Support for Nuvoton NCT6106, NCT6779D, NCT6791D Sensorchips
- improved Support for Nuvoton NCT6775F, NCT6776F Sensorchips
- improved Support for LPC47M192-Sensors (z.B. MSI Mainboards)
- zuverlässigere Produktnamen-Detection of PCI Geräten
- Support for new memoryhersteller
- new Systembenchmark-Vergleichswerte
Bugfix:
- zusätzliche Beschreibungen einiger processors
- Identifizierung newrer memoryhersteller
- assignment processorfeatures - Support
Dr. Hardware 2013 13.6.0
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- improved support for Fintek sensors on MSI mainboards
- Bugfix: System crash while reading out processor temperature
Dr. Hardware 2013 13.5.0
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- Support for Intel Core processors 4th generation, Atom S1220/S1240/S1260,
new Xeon E5 processors
- Support for new Intel Core mobile processors
- Support for AMD 970/990/990FX and Intel X79, Z87, Z85, M86, H87, HM87,
Q85, Q87, QM87, B85, C222, C224, C226, H81 chipsets
- Mainboard and mainbios analysis updated (support for SMBus 2.8)
- improved and updated detection of processor temperature
- temperature window in system tray now supports processor temperature
- Alert function improved
- Support for ITE sensors improved
- detects AMD Fusion Controller Hub (FCH)
- chipset information onf AMD Family 15/16h systems
- Monitor analysis improved
- Memory analysis: Support for Intel X79 and Series 8 chipsets, new AMD chipsets
- Support for new memory vendors and additional information about DDR2, DDR3
and FB-DIMM modules
- Support for about hundred new nVidia/AMD graphics chips (PCI analysis)
- Support for new processor features, steppings and cache parameters
- (S)ATA analysis: detects SSD drives and SMART attributes of many models
- PCI analysis: updated detection of basis-/Sub basis class and interface
- improved and extended informationen about hard drive partitions
- USB analysis, System monitor and device analysis under Windows 8 improved
- modernized SMBios access
- identifies hidden foldersr (analysis Software/Windows/configuration/Folders)
- new Benchmark reference values
Bugfixes:
- (S)ATA analysis: some detail information
- Bios analysis: information about Cache
- UEFI Bios detection
- some information about DDR2 and FBDIMM modules
- Information about processorcache on Intel-CPUs
Dr. Hardware 2013 13.0.0
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- Green Test:
Interactive workplace risk analysis related to pollutants and electro smog
- detects Intel Core i5,
i3, Pentium G/3rd generation processors,
Core i7 (LGA 2011), Atom Z600, D2000 and N2000 processors, new
Pentium and Celeron processors/2nd generation
- detects AMD E2-2 APU, Firepro(tm) APU, Opteron 3200, 3300, 4300, 6300
Server processors
- Support for Intel chipsets Q75/Q77 Desktop, QS77/NM70 Mobile
- (S)-ATA analysis: support for ACS-2/3 (detects CFast and
TRIM Support)
- detects new processor steppings
- Support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
- Support for new GeForce 500/600 graphics chips
- Rating Test: updated in accordance to new performance/hardware standards
Dr. Hardware 2012 12.5.0
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- detects Intel 3rd generation Core i7, i5 Desktop and Mobile,
Xeon E5
- detects AMD APU´s E1-1, E2-1, R, A Series Mobile, Opteron 4200
and AMD FX 4000/6000/8000 processors
- Support for Intel Series 7/C216 chipsets:
B75, Z77, Z75, H77 Desktop, C216 Server/Workstation, UM77, HM77,
HM76, HM75, HM70 Mobile
- extended support for Intel Series C6/C200 chipsets
- detects new Intel and AMD processor steppings
- Support for new Intel/AMD SMBus controllers (->memory analysis and
tempearture inquiry)
- detects new AMD HD Radeon and Firestream graphics chips
- PCI analysis: Support for new device types
- detects new nVidia GT and GTX graphics chips (GTX 670/680/690 etc.)
- Support for new memory vendors (Jedec org)
- Support for Nuvoton W83L786NG, ITE8721F, ITE8728F, ITE8782F,
ITE8783F mainboard sensorchips
- detects Windows Server 2008 R2
Dr. Hardware 2012 12.0.0
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- detects new Intel i3, i5, i7, Pentium and Celeron Sandy Bridge processors,
Pentium G9560, Pentium E5000/U5000/P6000, Xeon E1200, Xeon E7
- detects AMD APU´s (AMD A, C, E, G-T- and Z-Typen), Athlon II XL/XLT,
Opteron 6200
- Reading out of digital processor core and package temperature (Intel-CPUs)
- Reading out of thermal sensors on new AMD CPUs
- Support for processor temperature sensor under 64-Bit Windows
- Support for Nuvoton NCT6775F, NCT6776F and Winbond W83627DHG-P temperature
sensors
- detects UEFI Bios
- Support for SMBios 2.7.1 (new processor socket typen, PCI Express 3 Slots)
- Support for AMD chipsets SP5100, SR5690, SR5670, SR5650
- Support for Intel chipsets Q67, Q65, B65, H67, Z68, P67,
H61, C202, C204, C206, QM67, UM67, HM67, HM65, QS67
- detects new NVidia GeForce GT/GTX, Quadro and Tesla graphics chips
- detects new ATI/AMD Radeon, Mobility Radeon and FirePro graphics chips
- detects new processor steppings
- CPU Benchmark list updated
- Support for new memory vendors
Bugfix:
- CacheIdentification diverser Intel processors
- Detection diverser Intel processors
- Suche nach temperature Sensors auf SMBus
Dr. Hardware 2011 11.0.0
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- detects new Core i3/5/7 desktop and mobile processors,
Intel Atom N550 processor, further Xeon 5600 and 7500 models,
Xeon L3406, 3600; further Celeron and Pentiump rocessors
- detects new CPU features (Lightweight Profile, Effective Frequency,
Core Performance Boost etc.)
- Support for nVidia GTX 4xx and 580, AMD Radeon 67xx graphics cards,
numerouse mobile nVidia graphics adapter
- Support for SMBios V 2.7
- extended mainboard information via SMBios analysis
- SATA analysis: support for NCQ Streaming and current speed
- Detection of Blue Ray Disc drives
- Detail analysis visuallyer drives auf mehr als ein drive pro System extended
- Rating Test: adapted to new standards
- Option, to interprete SI prefixes (KB, MB, GB) binary oder decimal
(-> drive capacity calculation)
Bugfix:
- potential misdetection of some Xeon processors
- missing detection of (S)ATA drives
- missing detection of some nVidia graphics adapters
- missing result presentation of Benchmark/Optical drives
Dr. Hardware 2010 10.5.0
========================
- detects Intel Core i7-900 Extreme Edition 32nm, i7-880,
new Core i7, i5 and Core i3 desktop and notebook models,
Atom processors N400, D400, D500, XEON 3600, 5600 and 7500 processors
- Detection of Intel Xeon 7200, 7300, 7400, 7500
- detects AMD Sempron X2, Phenom II, Athlon II Neo, AMD V processors
- detects new processor steppings and processor features
- detects SATA 3.0 hard drives
- Support for Winbond W83793 and Nuvoton W83795G/ADG, Fintek F71858, F71862,
F71889ED, F71889F, F71808 sensor chips (partially preliminary)
- Support for AMD chipsets 880G, 890GX, 890FX
- Support for new SDRAM vendors, considering company renamings
- Support for new nVidia graphics cards (GTX 480 etc.)
- Support for Via VX855/VX875 chipset and SMBus
- Support for new ATI graphics cards (Radeon HD 4250, 4290, 5400, 5500, 5700,
5800, 5900 series)
Bugfix:
- Detection of TurboBoost and DigitalThermometer processor features
- Detection of AMD Opteron 6100 and 6-Core-Opteron processors
Dr. Hardware 2010 10.2.0
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- detects Intel Core i7-930, AMD Opteron 61xx processors
- Support for memory-Kanal- and Adressregister bei Core i7-8xx and Core i5-750
Bugfix:
- Detection of Intel processors Core i5-6xx, Core i3 and PENTIUM G5960
- Rating Test: assignment of own values to columns
- Error in help system
Dr. Hardware 2010 10.1.0
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- Support for: Intel Core i3, i5-6xx, i7-860S and i5-750S, new AMD Athlon
II and II-X2/3/4, Phenom II X-3/4 and Sempron processors
- Support for new Intel P55 and 3400 chipsetvarianten, AMD chipsets
- detects Core i3/5/7 PCI-Devices
- Option, um Einträge (Zeilen) aus Benchmark- and Sensorstabelle
dauerhaft zu entfernen
- Sensors-analysis: Ausblendung nicht supportser Werte, grafische presentation
der temperature verläufe
- Rating-Test: grafische resultpresentation
Bugfix:
- errorhafte Spaltenassignment der Sensorswerte in der Tabelle
Dr. Hardware 2010 10.0.4
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- Entitling of own benchmark results
Dr. Hardware 2010 10.0.3
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Bugfix:
- Column error in sensor analysis
- minor bugs in sensors analysis
Dr. Hardware 2010 10.0.2
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- Option, to migrate saved temperature, rating and benchmark values
into new version
- Refresh option improved
- Minor UI improvements
Bugfix:
- Help link in program group
- Shareware hints in registered version
- Refresh: Intervall/Loop
Dr. Hardware 2010 10.0.1
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Bugfix:
- SheetOfGlass effect under Windows Vista/7 (half-transparent GUI)
- Rating Test: Windows 7 issue
- Memory test: Text in Status line
Hotfix for Windows Server
2003 in case, that the number of processor packages,
cores etc. are misdetected: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932370/
Dr. Hardware 2010 vs. 2009
9.9.5
================================
User interface:
- completely new, modern design
- consistent look & feel of all analysis sections
- considerably improved navigation and usability
- numerous new Report formats (MS Word, XML etc.)
Analysis:
- Support for new processors:
Intel Core i7 860, 870, 950, 960
Intel Core i5 750
AMD Socket ASB1 Sempron, Athlon and Turion(tm) Neo X2 Dual Core,
Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core, Turion(tm) 2 and Turion (tm) X2 Dual Core Processor,
AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 and X4, AMD Sockel-S1g2 Athlon and Sempron,
and further new AMD Sempron processors
- improved detection of processor cores (Intel) -> improved processor detection
- improved AMD Socket type detection
- Support for new processor features
- Support for new Intel cache descriptors
- Support for new processor steppings
- Support for Intel chipsets P55 Express and 3400 and nVidia chipsets
- Support for new Intel SMBus controller
- detects new Intel, NVIDIA and ATI PCI devices
- improved support for DDR3 memory modules
- RAM and Windows memory detection > 2 GB improved
Bugfix:
- Identification of some AMD Sempron processors
- Detection of Six Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor and various
Intel processors (Core i7 etc.)
- Support for various software information (Windows etc.) unter Windows 2000
- capacity information for older ATA-3/4 hard drives
Misc.:
- Windows 9x, Me and NT are no longer supported
New features of Dr. Hardware
2009 Build 9.9.5e vs. 9.9.2e
=========================================================
- This update concentrates
around the detection of the latest AMD and Intel
processors
- AMD processors: Phenom 2 Triple Core, AMD Sempron(tm) Dual-Core,
AMD Athlon(tm) Neo Processor, AMD Athlon(tm) Dual-Core,
Six Core AMD Opteron(tm), AMD Phenom(tm)II/X4,
AMD Phenom(tm)II/X2 and AMD Athlon(tm) 2 X2
- Intel processors: Atom, Xeon 5500 and 3500, Core i7, Desktop and Mobile
Cores 2 Duo, Pentium Dual Core and Celeron E1600
- detects VIA Nano(tm) processor
- SMBios analysis: update to SMBios 2.6.1
- Dual Core Xeon 5200: improved detection of variants
- Support for Intel Server chipsets 5500 and 5520, VIA CX700, VX800/820
- several detail improvements related to CPU and mainboard analysis via
SMBios inquiries
- Sensor analysis: Support for SMSC DME1737, Asus A8000 and SMSC SCH5027
sensor chips
- detects latest processor core steppings
New features of Dr. Hardware 2009 Build 9.9.2e vs. 9.9.0e
=========================================================
New:
- USB device analysis
- detailed informationen about nVidia video adapters including
temperature sensor readings and CUDA
- separate disdplay analysis with additional informations
(especially digital displays)
- Keyboard and mouse analysis
- List of installed applications
Improved/updated:
- detects AMD Phenom II, Intel Dual Core Celeron T1x00 and E1x00,
Celeron 2x0, 4x0 and 5x0, more accurater detection of dektop and mobile
Core 2 Duo/45nm processors
- Sensor analysis:
- Support for harddisk, GPU and FB-Dimm temperatures
(Intel Server chipsets 5000/5400/7300)
- Support for Fintek F71805F and F71882FG chips
- Enhanced temperature monitoring in Minimized to tray mode:
- user definable limits, acoustic signals and/or
system shutdown on exceeding of set limits
- more Video adapter information
- lists all supported video modes
- detects Windows 7 as well as further Windows product types
- Windows XP/Vista product key reporting
- DirectX version reporting
- Hardware resources, device list, legacy port and modem analysis
- 1. better execution performance
- 2. extended informations
- 3. improved Windows Vista support
- reporting of Audio and Video codecs and other multimedia devices
- Support for many more Intel cache descriptors (L1-L3 cache detection)
New features of Dr. Hardware 2009 Build 9.9.0e vs. 9.5.0e
=========================================================
Improved/updated:
- detects Intel Core i7, Xeon 7400/5400/5200/3300/3200/3100,
latest Atom, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Extreme, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo E8xx,
Celeron 500, Celeron M processor types;
AMD Athlon XP, Turion 64 Mobile, Quad Core Opteron/3rd Generation, Embedded
Opteron, Sempron(tm) SI, Turion(tm) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM,
Turion(tm) X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM, Athlon(tm) X2 Dual-Core QL
- Support for Intel X58, G41, Q43, Q45 Express, PM45, GM45, GS45, GL40, G35,
Mobile 945GSE Express, US15W, UL11L, US15L, Server 3200, 3210, 5100 chipsets,
ICH 10D/DO;
detailed info for Intel P/G/Q45/43, PM/GM/GS45/GL40 chipsets;
detailed info (Hypertransport/memory controller) for AMD 10h-CPU systems
(Phenom, Dual & Quad Core Opteron)
detailed info (Hypertransport/memory controller) for AMD 11h-CPU systems
(Turion X2/Athlon X2 etc.)
detects nVidia chipsets 9400M, MCP79, nForce 610M, 630M, 630a, 720a, 730a, 750a
SLI, 780a SLI, nForce 610i, 620i, 630i, 780i SLI, 790i SLI);
detects AMD 740G, 780G, 780V, 790GX chipsets
- detailed memory timing and address info for Intel Core i7 based pc´s
- support for Intel processor sockets 437, 441, LGA 1366
- improved socket detection for AMD processors
- improved detection of processor packages, Cores, logical processors,
Hyperthreading status (preliminary Support)
- detects latest processor coresteppings
- thermal sensor readings on later Intel and AMD CPUs (preliminary Support)
- RAM/sensor test: support for Intel ICH10D/DO
- support for Netbooks, Nettops
- SMBios analysis: support for processor types from CIM specifikation
- support for HP mainboard Bios
- support for latest Intel cache descriptors
- support for current processor features, Intel Centrino 2, Turbo Memory
Controller, Intel Turbo Boost Technology, Intel QuickPath
Interconnect (QPI)
- SDRAM/sensor analysis: support für Intel ICH10, VIA CX800/820, AMD-8111
SMBus controller
- sensoren analysis: support for ITE 8720F, 8726F, SMSC SCH5307-NS,
LPC47B397-NC, SCH5317 Sensor chips
- (S)ATA analysis: support for Free Fall Control, Security Feature, RPM, Form
factor,
NVCache (Hybrid-HDs), SMART selftest; reports ATA/ATAPI protocol version
- detects more nVidia and ATI video adapters and more Intel PCI devices
- rating test updated according to latest performance defaults
- detects many more HP and Canon printer and all-in-one printer
- Benchmark data for Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad and Xeon processors
Bugfix:
- processor usage window #4
- detection of Intel Core 2 Extreme/Quad
- detection of AMD/CH-D0 CPU stepping
- Intel G35 chipset information
- security test: alert message even with enabled Windows firewall
- SMBIOS/temperature sensor chips: minimum value
New features of Dr. Hardware 2008 Build 9.5.0e vs. 9.0.0e
=========================================================
New:
- Support for Windows Vista 64-Bit!
- Scanner analysis via Twain interface
- Detailed optical drive analysis
Improved/updated:
- detects latest Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme and Core 2 Quad processors,
AMD Phenom X3 and X4
- Support for G35, G43, G45, P43, P45, X48, 5400A/B Intel chipsets, AMD 780G
chipset
- SDRAM analysis: Support for DDR3 and FB Dimms as well as Intel XMP profiles,
detects DDR2 capacity > 1 GB
- SDRAM analysis: Support for SIS southbridge 964, 965, 966, Intel ICH10
- device driver independent ATA/SATA analysis
- updated and improved Windows analysis
- improved device name listing layout for Windows Vista
- detects several hundred current PCI devices
- System benchmark: CPU list expanded
Bugfix:
- Cache info for current AMD processors (Phenom etc.)
- Windows/security analysis: grid layout error
- Intel Server chipset 5000P detection
- Intel Xeon processor detection (5300, 7200, 7300 line)
- ITE sensor chips: fan values
- Browser analysis: error that might be followed by program crash
New features of Dr. Hardware 2008 Build 9.0.0e vs. 8.5.0e
=========================================================
Improved/updated:
- detects Dual Core Intel Xeon 7200 and Quad Core Intel Xeon 7300 processor,
Celeron 400, AMD Dual, Embedded and Quad Core Opteron for socket 1207+,
preliminary support for AMD Phenom processor
- updated detection of Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2
Extreme processors (desktop and mobile editions)
- improved L2 and L3 cache analysis on AMD processors
- support for latest processor features (SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, 100MHz Steps,
3DNowPrefetch etc.)
- effective CPU family and model output on Intel processors
- support for Intel 945GME, GM965, PM965, GL960, GME965, GLE960, G31, P31, Q33,
Q35, X38, 7300, E8501 chipsets, partially including detailed descriptions;
detects nVidia nForce 500 and 630, MCP61 chipsets
(nForce 400/405/420/430); detects AMD 770, 790X and 790FX chipsets
- Chipset analysis: support for current AMD processor based systems
( information about RAM, Hyper transport bus, Northbridge)
- IDE/SATA analysis: support for JMicron controller
- SMBios analysis: support for V 2.6, support for multiple processor
structures
- Memory module analysis: support for ALI/ULi 1563 and further nForce SMBus
Hosts
- Sensor analysis: support for Winbond W83627EHF, W83627EHG and W83627DHG,
improved Winbond chip detection and analysis, overall improved ISA connected
sensor chip detection
- L2 cache detection: support for early Duron, Athlon and VIA CX3 cpus
- Support for latest Intel cache descriptors and processor revisions
- printer analysis: gets default printer on Windows XP/Vista,
further info (supported paper and media types, paper bins)
- detects a bunch of latest PCI devices
Bug fixes:
- AMD Sempron 64 (AM2) detection
- Iomega ZIP and JAZ drives detection
- several chipset informations
- LPC47M1xx Sensor-Chip: analysis error
- program instability after browser test execution
- various bugs running it on Windows NT4
New features of Dr. Hardware
2007 Build 8.5.0e vs. 8.0.0e
=========================================================
Improved/updated:
- Support for Intel P35, G33, 945GU and 945GC chipset, AMD
690G/V and 580X chipset; detailed information for Intel
chipsets featuring ICH7, ICH8 and ICH9
- detects Celeron D/65nm, Geode LX/NX and VIA C7-M processors
- improved detection of latest Core 2 Duo and Celeron D
processor numbers and steppings, support for new cache
descriptor, 16 Bit brand ID for AMD processors;
improved detection of new Athlon 64 X2 cpus
- Support for nVidia nForce MCP 51/61 chipsets; support for nForce
4/5 enhanced, better detection of ATI Xpress chipsets
- SDRAM analysis: support for Intel ICH9, nVidia nForce MCP61/MCP65,
ATI SB200-600, VIA CX700 and more Serverworks SMBus controller
- Support for LM84, LM85, ADM1023, ADM1027, ADM1031, ADT7463,
ITE8716F, ITE8718F, SMSC 6D100/6D102/6D103/6D103S, SMSC
LPC47B27x/LPC47M14x/LPC47M192/LPC47M292 und MC1066 sensor/
LPC chips; improved ITE8712F monitoring
- support for ULi SATA controller (ATA/SATA analysis)
- detects latest PCI devices
- detects latest SDRAM vendors
- Security test: improved Windows XP sp2 detection
- System benchmark: database update
Bug fixes:
- processor name by vendor
- autorun feature
- detection of current AMD processors
- W83627DHG Sensor detection and support
- temporary report file stored on desktop
New features of Dr. Hardware
2007 Build 8.0.0e vs. 7.5.0e
=========================================================
New:
- Windows Vista support
- Detailed information about Mozilla Firefox Browser
(Settings, Cookies, URL history, downloads)
Improved/Updated:
- detects Intel Core 2 Extreme
Quad and Quad Core Xeon processor;
AMD Turion 64 Mobile; AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor;
and latest AMD Dual Core CPUs (socket AM2, F etc.);
improved resp. enhanced detection of Intel Pentium 4 D900/Extreme,
Core Duo/Solo, Core 2 Duo/Extreme, Dual Core Xeon processors.
- improved detection of mobile processors
- detects new CPU technologies (SSE3, SSSE3, Direct Cache Access,
Context ID)
- support for Intel Q963, G965, Q965 and 3000/3010 Server chipsets as
well as later SiS and VIA chipsets and ULi M1695 chipset/ULi M1563/
M1573 southbridge.
- extended extraction of AMI BIOS ID strings
- now comes with 4 separate windows to show current cpu usage of each
processor core.
- support for Intel ICH8 SATA Controller (IDE/SATA analysis)
- SDRAM/sensor monitor support for latest VIA chipsets (VT8237A/
VT8251 SB), nForce 5 series chipsets
- sensor monitor support for Winbond W83627DHG chip
- improved detection of SATA II harddisks
- net drives benchmark: user defined target folder
- enhanced Windows version detection
- accelerated processor/mainboard, SDRAM, sensor, chipset, PCI
and video adapter analysis
- security analysis: improved Service Pack 2 detection, support for
Mozilla Firefox related settings
- GUI improvements on systems with big system font
- Reporting:
- new feature <Reduced detail depth> allows to exclude special
interest stuff from the report file.
- report modules improved <Windows security>.
- HTML report file output improved
- improved context sensitive program help and support for Web help
on Vista.
- Improved program installation on 64 Bit Windows
- Minor improvements, updates (PCI devices, Core steppings, Benchmark
reference data)
Bugfix:
- Bitwise output of CPUID Function 1, EAH
- detection of Enhanced Speed Step, Thermal Monitor Control 2 technology
- detection of Intel Q963/965 chipsets
- Award Modular Bios version detection
- SDRAM/sensor analysis: ICH8 support
- Internet-Explorer: Current status of expert settings
- support for harddisk/CD/DVD performance in the rating test
- determination of number of processor cores
- kernel driver load error under Windows XP 64
- ATI Radeon XPress 200 chipset detection
- incorrect data for CPU cores/threads on the SMBios/processor tab
- output of not existing processor serial numbers on later Intel processors
- core steppings for several AMD 64 CPUs
New features of Dr. Hardware
2006 Build 7.5.0e vs. 7.0.0e
=========================================================
Improved/Updated:
- detects Intel Core Duo/Solo, Core Duo Xeon 5000, 7000, LV,
Core 2 Duo, new Pentium D/EE processors
- detects Execution Bit Disable Technology (Intel Processors)
- Support for Intel 940GML, 945PL/GZ/PM/GM/GT/GMS, 946PL/GZ, 955X,
975X, P965, 5000P/V/X/Z chipsets
- detects NVidia nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition, 550/570/590 chipsets
- detects Intel VT/ AMD IOMMU Virtualisation technolgy,
Centrino Duo Mobile Technolgy
- Sensor / SDRAM support for latest Intel chipsets P965, 5000 Series
and nForce4 SLI
- Sensor monitoring: support for Winbond W83792D Chip added
- lists performance profiles for DDR2-RAM modules (with EPP support -
Enhanced Performance Profile)
- SMBios analysis: updated and additions according V 2.5.0;
new: support for sensor/fan structures
- improved detection of Transmeta processors
- detects Windows Vista, Server 2003 R2, .NET
- Rating test: updated rating scheme
- several updates: PCI devices, CPU core steppings,
SDRAM vendors, cache descriptors
Bugfix:
- Trace-Cache: associativity
- PCI analysis: Detection of NVidia video adpaters
- Crashes on later Intel CPU machines
- several translation things
New features of Dr. Hardware
2006 Build 7.0.0e vs. V2005
=========================================================
New:
- Support for Windows XP x64 added
- New: Security check (lists running antivirus software,
firewalls, important security related Windows settings
etc.; lists Windows updates, services and device
driver)
- New options: program autostart, hide program to system
tray after start, show sensor data in minimized mode
- User interface redesigned, program window sizeable
(thanks for your patience ;-)
- reduced installable exe file size due to new installer
(about 2,3 MB now)!
Improved/Updated:
- improved analysis of multi Core CPUs, detects AMD SVM
feature (Secure Virtual Machine)
- detects new Athlon 64, Opteron and Sempron processors
- detects Pentium4 trace cache
- support for Intel Server chipsets E7221, E7230, E7320,
E8500; Mobile chipsets 845MP/MZ, 855GME, 915GM/PM/GMS, 910 GML;
detects Intel Centrino technology;
shows steppings of several Intel chipsets
- ATA/SATA analysis: more controller supported
- sensor analysis: support for Winbond 83687THF, enhanced
detection of other Winbond Chips;
sensoren data can be saved and are shown in extra grid
- SDRAM/sensor analysis via SMBus: support für a lot of Asus
mainboards
- Internet Explorer: lists special settings
- Running processes: file Version informationen improved
- more Windows information
- shows contents of system files (autoexec.bat etc.)
- more Windows tools/services can be started out of the
program
- Rating test: Windows XP x64 support
- database update: PCI devices, SDRAM vendors etc.
Bugfix:
- False detection of Intel 852/855 mobile chipsets
- Keyboard test: some keys
New features of Dr. Hardware
2005 Build 6.5.0e vs. 6.0.0e
=========================================================
New:
- ATA/S-ATA hard disks: S.M.A.R.T analysis; hard disk
temperature
- Keyboard test to test the function of the keyboard
(keystroke test).
Improved/Updated:
- detects Pentium XE (Extreme Edition), Pentium D, Celeron D;
detects AMD Dual Core processorsen (Athlon 64 X2/Opteron), Turion,
latest Athlon-64/Opteron/Sempron cpus.
- enhanced processor info (details about 32-/64-Bit technology,
socket, current and max clock frequency on notebooks)
- improved mainboard vendor/model detection
- Processor revisions of current AMD processors, core steppings
of Intel processors updated
- detects chipsets nVidia nForce4, ATI Radeon IGP Serie, several
SiS chipsets; improved detection of 910GL,915P/PL/G/GV,
925X/X2/XE
- Southbridge report for Intel, SiS and VIA chipsets
- detailed info for Intel 945G/P, 955X chipsets
- ATA/S-ATA analysis: detects S-ATA 1 + 2 devices, Native Command
Queuing (NCQ); detects capacity above 128 GB
- SDRAM/sensor test: improved support for NVidia nForce2, nForce3,
nForce4 chipsets, latest Intel chipsets with
ICH7/ICH7R I/O Controller Hub
- Sensor test: support for Winbond W83697EHF, LM86/89/99,
MAX6657/8/9, ADT7461
- SMBios processor socket detection updated
- detects many more SDRAM vendors
- detects many more PCI devices
- Support of further file formats in the browser cache viewer
(GIF, JHTML, PHTML, TXT)
- several small improvements
Bugfix:
- Sensor test: Celsius-Fahrenheit conversion
- Intel 925X/XE chipset detection
- partition table reporting
- Bios viewer fixed
New features of Dr. Hardware 2005 Build 6.0.0e vs. 5.5.0e
=========================================================
New:
- PC Rating Test: Runs several tests to determine the
system´s overall index in the range between 0 and 100.
Improved/Updated:
- detects AMD Sempron processor
- IDE/S-ATA analysis: improved support for SATA
harddisks
- Support for Intel chipsets 915GL/GV, 925XE, E7520
- SMBios: several updates according to SMBios 2.4.0
- detects several hundred new PCI devices
- detects 50 more SDRAM vendors
- new Benchmark results for Pentium 4E 2800 and 3400 MHz
Bug fixes:
- Several bugs of the Bios viewer
- PCI Express analysis (device type)
- Athlon 64 type determination
- SDRAM analysis: year/week of manufacturing,
SPD revision, capacity of DDR2 chips
New features of Dr. Hardware 2004 Build 5.5.0e vs. 5.0.1e
=========================================================
New:
- Partition information for physical drives
Improved, updated:
- detects Pentium 4E ("Prescott"), Athlon 64 FX-53; improved
detection of AMD 64 bit processors, extended CPUID information;
detects NSC Geode and SiS processors
- detects PCI Express devices (incl. detailed PCI Express device
description)
- Support for Intel chipsets 915P, 915GE, 925X, E7525, E7210 and
a number of newer SiS and VIA chipsets
- improved detection of several drive types under Windows XP
- SDRAM/sensor analysis: support for Intel chipsets (915, 925X,
E7525, E7210 - ICH6/6300ESB I/O Controller),
improved support for several SiS chipsets
- Sensor analysis: support for ADM1032, Fujitsu-Siemes Hermes,
improved LM90 detection
- detects new Pentium 4 and Athlon 64/Opteron steppings
- detects SSE3
- Support for SMBios V 2.3.4
- System benchmark results for Athlon 64 3400+
Bugfix:
- Drive statistics: large drive information (Integer overflow)
- Detection of several VIA chipsets
- Chipset analysis: S-ATA details Intel ICH5
New features of Dr. Hardware 2004 Build 5.0.1e vs. 5.0.0e
=========================================================
Bugfix: enabled Burn-In-Test in the registered version
New features of Dr. Hardware 2004 Build 5.0.0e vs. 4.5.0e
=========================================================
New:
- Network analysis: Detailed information about Windows
Network, resources, adapter (including IP/Mac addresses),
RAS connections including connection statistics
- Burnt-In Benchmark test suite (registered version only)
- modernized user interface (XP theme support etc.)
- Now there is only one registered version called
Professional Edition, equivalent to the previous Premium
Edition, supporting Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, 2003,
XP (32 bit edition)
Improved, updated:
- detects Athlon 64/64FX/Opteron
Improved detection of Pentium 4 and Celeron (including Mobile
processors), Xeon, Xeon MP, Pentium-III-S and Xeon
preliminary detection of Pentium 4 EE
- Drive benchmark improved:
- measures sequential, random and average read transfer
rate, average write transfer rate and access time.
- Improved test algorithm to avoid wrong results caused
by Windows and/or device cache effects.
- supporting removable harddrives like USB sticks, Zip or
Jaz drives
- Important! Results from previous versions can´t be
compared to the current results
- PCI analysis: more info, support for PCI 2.3,
detects IRQs > 15
- SDRAM/sensor analysis: Support for nForce2 and current
SiS chipsets (645, 650, 735, 746 etc.)
improved support for nForce chipset
preliminary support for nForce3 chipset
- Sensor analysis:
- improved monitoring of Winbond chips
- Improved detection and read-out of SiS950/ITE705F/ITE712F
- support for Winbond W83627THF, W83637HF Chip
- support for Fujitsu-Siemens Poseidon and Scylla chip
- support for LM90 and up to 3 LM75 sensors
- temperature data for Via 686A/B sensor
- SCSI(ASPI): Analysis and benchmark support for Windows NT,
200x and XP
- More information about Windows version
- Analysis Windows/Current configuration: improved detection
of installed devices under Windows 200x/XP
- Analysis Hardware resources: interrupt detection improved
under Windows 200x and XP
- Internet Explorer analysis:
General IE information and settings added
- File statistics: support for many other file types
- improved Transmeta processor detection (TM3200/5400/5600/5800),
preliminary support for Efficeon
- detects Phoenix Award Bios
- detects new PCI devices
- Support for Intel 848P chipset, detects nForce3, current
ServerWorks and ALi chipsets
- Bios viewer: Support for searching of strings, Copyright
string scan and clipboard support added
- DDC monitor information under Windows 200x/XP
- many more useful enhancements
Bugfix:
- Exception in SDRAM and sensor analysis after closing the
Properties dialog
- Bios Viewer: Address FFFF0h-FFFFFh (Hex mode)
- PCI Dump: Content of register 90h
- Detection of nForce chipsets
- Printer analysis: list of available resolutions (from index 1)
- various minor bugs
New features of Dr. Hardware 2003 Build 4.5.0e vs. 4.0.0e
=========================================================
New features:
- official Windows 2003 support(s.b.)
- detects the latest CPUs:
Intel Pentium M
AMD Athlon 64/Opteron
VIA CX 3 Nehemiah;
- detects new CPU features:
Enhanced SpeedStep Technology
Thermal Control Circuit (TCC/TCC 2)
- detects new chipsets:
nVidia nForce 2
- Detection and detailed analysis of the
latest chipsets:
(incl. info about DDR400, AGP 8x, S-ATA):
Intel 852GM, 852GME, 852PM, 855GM, 855PM
Intel 865G, 865P, 865PE, 875P
Intel E7205, E7501, E7505
AMD 8000
Intel 450NX
- differentiates between desktop, notebook,
workstation and server chipsets (Intel chipsets
only)
- Further info about Intel (ICH3/4) and
AMD chipsets
- IDE analysis: support for ITE S-ATA controller
- Sensor analysis:
Support for Intel chipsets based on ICH5/ICH5R,
AMD 8111 Hyper Transport I/O Hub, nForce MCP
Support for W83791D sensor Chip
Support for ITE8712F sensor Chip (preliminary)
improved Winbond chip value RAM reading
- detects core steppings of the latest Intel CPUs
- updated CPU detection via Brand ID
- SDRAM analysis
Support for Intel chipsets based on ICH5/ICH5R,
AMD 8111 Hyper Transport I/O Hub, nForce MCP
DDR400 Support
Highest CAS latency included
detects about 100 new memory makers
- detects several hundred of new PCI devices
- SMBios: updated according to SMBios 2.3.4 (thus
detecting new CPUs, CPU sockets and AGP 8x)
- new benchmark results:
- System benchmark: Intel Pentium 4/3.06 GHz,
AMD Athlon XP 2800+, Duron 1200 MHz etc.
- Video benchmark: AGP 4x, AGP 8x
- Windows tools: System recovery tool included
Bugfix:
- Intel 7500 chipset - DDR DRAM timings
- Cookie list on Windows XP
- several Windows tools
Misc.:
- Windows 2003 is from now on supported by the
Professional for Windows NT/2000/XP Professional
Ed. and Premium edition