Fiery

We may implement a 3D game support for the OSD, but only next year. It's not easy, since we gotta implement different hook modules for Direct3D 9, D3D 10/11, OpenGL, Vista/Win7, etc. Our short term plan is not boosting the OSD, but to develop a completely different, new feature that would offer a fully customizable placing, a bit like how you can place an item on any (X,Y) position on a Logitech G15/G19 LCD screen with AIDA64. Also, visually more appealing item variants (not just simple text), like customizable bar gauges that would indicate the status of a reading with different colour. Green = temperature is cool, yellow = it gets warm, red = it's hot. Maybe even flashing an item when it gets over a limit (e.g. voltage or temperature), or under a limit (e.g. a fan RPM or voltage). And of course, placing of one or more custom BMP images anywhere on the panel, so users can put their video card logo, CPU logo, or any other elements onto the panel. The custom skins and other visual tricks may come only as a second step, we prefer not to "bite" too much at first I'll of course let you know here as soon as we have something to try out

Thank you for the bug report. We've got the same feedback from 2 other users, but they also added that the error message only comes up at the very first start of AIDA64. Any further starts go fine, so we suspect it could be related to the engine behind the self-installing EXE package (InnoSetup). We'll investigate it, and hopefully can fix the error soon. Thanks, Fiery

Thank you

Wishbringer: I of course understand what you mean, but what we provide is a chance to switch from EVEREST to a more advanced product named AIDA64. True, the free AIDA64 license is not for 2 or 3 years, but only for 1 year. We do believe as a free gesture, it's not that bad We are not Lavalys, but we are a different company named FinalWire. In the case you are worried about the support period you purchased from Lavalys, you have to contact Lavalys' Sales Department for clarification on ongoing software updates and technical support. What seems to be obvious is that there has been no EVEREST software update for 4 weeks already, and that the very popular Lavalys Discussion Forum, where most of the EVEREST technical support was done has been disappeared. We are FinalWire, and we provide support for our own product AIDA64. EVEREST is a product distributed, sold and supported by Lavalys Consulting Group, Inc.

Thank you. I hope you've got your AIDA64 license meanwhile. One thing though: please remove the promotion links from your signature. You may write text in your signature, but please avoid linking to any pages that may look like a promotion or advertisement. Thanks!

In a short answer: yes! As long as it is a valid, legal EVEREST license, you can switch to AIDA64 free of charge.

I've just sent you a private message about the memory write benchmark issue.

TMS-200 sensor readings are displayed among other, classic sensor readings on the Computer / Sensor page. You can also put those readings onto the OSD Panel, Logitech G15/G19 LCD screen, etc. Regards, Fiery

Thank you for posting that, and we're glad to have you here

The main binary of AIDA64 (the file called AIDA64.EXE) a 32-bit application, hence the major part of AIDA64 is still 32-bit. This is done that way to retain compatibility with legacy 32-bit hardware and 32-bit Windows installations. However, the parts where 64-bit really "matters" (the performance-related parts), AIDA64 implements native 64-bit code. Those parts are the kernel driver that is used for low-level hardware access, and the benchmark module that is used for benchmarks and by the System Stability Test feature. So in many ways this is a "hybrid" solution with both 32-bit and 64-bit code, but that is the beauty of the x64 CPU extensions: you can keep the existing 32-bit programs and still run them with no considerable performance hit, and you can port the performance-hungry program sections to 64-bit to utilize the full power of modern 64-bit processors. The development of EVEREST is already halted.

Quite frankly, that's an exaggeration that it would "not provide actual values". It's true, that our memory benchmarks are single-threaded, and that it's a different approach to measuring memory bandwidth than what certain other software use. However, it is no less than a useful benchmark, and it can be used to compare performance of various systems, or to measure a performance gain of a hardware upgrade, or the performance gain when you overclock or fine-tune your PC. We've already started developing multi-threaded memory benchmarks, but they're lower on our priority list than certain other improvements, e.g. brand new CPU benchmark methods, auto-update feature, or GPGPU benchmarks. We do feel that there's a room for improvement about our memory benchmarks, but we don't reckon the existing benchmarks to be useless or crippled at all. Our technology partners (incl. Intel Corporation) happily use the existing memory benchmarks for various purposes in their labs, and that alone proves that they're indeed reliable and useful

I don't think I can understand what you mean. Can you please rephrase your question, or provide a more detailed explanation of what you mean? There's no name change. AIDA64 is a new software, developed and sold by a different company to EVEREST. Regards, Fiery

1) We'll check what's up with the memory write benchmark. However, this issue seems to apply to only Gulftown processors. 2) Why would you think AIDA64 memory benchmarks would be "unreliable", just because they're not multi-threaded?

Thank you for the first feedback on AIDA64. We definitely made several optimizations on the software, especially about AMD Radeon HD 5000 series video card monitoring, so what you experience may not just be an illusion We're hoping to deliver exciting new features and an even more useful AIDA64 later this year, and of course, next year as well. Regards, Fiery

BUDAPEST, Hungary - October 06, 2010 - FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.00 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; and the immediate availability of AIDA64 Business Edition 1.00 software, an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises. As a descendant of the award-winning AIDA16 and AIDA32 software, and the successor to the widely popular diagnostic utility Lavalys EVEREST, the brand new AIDA64 version leaps forward into the next decade by introducing a collection of 64-bit processor and memory benchmarks, an enhanced 64-bit system stress test module, and a further expanded hardware database. "After the splitting up of Lavalys, we at FinalWire are happy to continue our efforts of delivering a dependable monitoring software to our faithful users" said Tamas Miklos, managing director of FinalWire. "Since the introduction of our first diagnostic utility ASMDEMO in 1995, we have built a passionate community of hobby users, hardware enthusiasts, and professional overclockers. Using the valuable feedback we have collected from them in the past few years, we have created a software for the new decade of 64-bit multi-core systems." [ Read More ] [ What's new in AIDA64 v1.00 ]