Here's some free Tools. Comanche 4 benchmark demo: is a unique benchmark as it represents a real-world gaming experience. It contains the single player Eagle's Talon mission from the game as well as a detailed cinematic. This DirectX 8.1 benchmark demo will measure your system's performance in the standard frames per second format. Priority: Speed up your programs with this simple utility. Priority runs in the taskbar, monitoring programs as they are started. Once a new program is started, priority changes the CPU priority of that program to high. Your programs now run a little faster and smoother. CacheSentry 1.54 Build 144: is a program that fixes serious bugs in the Internet Explorer cache manager (versions 3.0 on up through and including Internet Explorer for Windows XP, and IE6. Ranish Partition Manager 2.42.00 Beta: is a program that partitions hard disks. It will help you to install and dualboot Linux and multiple copies of Windows. For example, it will let you to run Win ME, Win 2k, and Linux on a single box.

Customizer XP is an integrated suite of programs that can help you to tweak your Windows 2000/XP to its fullest potential performance or just keep it running like new. It offers a wide range possibility to customize and optimize your Windows program. Whether you want to tweak your Windows registry, cleanup your harddisk, or increase your multimedia and 3D games performance.

A new version of GeForce Tweak Utility has just been released: 3.2 t29.

This utility allows you make a lot of modifications to the registry settings of any GeForce videocard. GeForce256 DDR, GeForce2/MX/Pro/Ultra, GeForce3, Quadro, Quadro2/Pro/MXR, Quadro DCC.

Rage3D Tweak is a multi-language Radeon Tweaker designed to fit right in with the other ATI option tabs in the Advanced Display Properties accessed through the Control Panel. It allows access to Registry Tweak options, Custom Display Modes, Refresh Rates, and Overclocking all through an easy to use interface. Links and additional info under read more.

NVIDIA BIOS Editor - new v1.0 RC3 build 180 release. This program will support all BIOSes from TNT2 and up to Ti 4600. Except TNT and TNT2 with old version of Control Block (less than version 3). Does not require any .dll, and will work under any version of Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.

DUP-DVD is a powerful tool to convert a DVD movie to SVCD/VCD - easily, quickly, effortlessly. Don't bother to find other tool,with DUP-DVD,you can make a DVD backup to SVCD with just a click! DUP-DVD is great for backuping,converting DVD to VCD/SVCDs.

RAM Idle Pro is a smart memory management program that will keep your computer running better, faster, and longer. RAM Idle works by freeing up physical RAM wasted by Windows and other applications. Read More...

Here's some free Tools. 1) CPUBENCH 2.2.2.0 this program will measure the MFLOPS and MIPS of your CPU which is useful for making a comparison between different kinds of CPU`s. 2) Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.2 is a small and easy to use system designed for protecting a personal computer against hacker attacks and data leaks. It is based on the ICSA certified technology used in the WinRoute firewall. 3) StyleIT XP 1.0 is a new application designed to add Visual Styles Support to old executables (for example mIRC®). The process only takes a second and it's 90% compatible with any app. 4) Reg Organizer 1.3 powerful manager of the system Registry and configuration files. Reg Organizer is sort of a browser for the deepest and normally most inaccessible parts of the operating system.

Haven't seen this posted here. But the vcool guy is working on a new version. Great for the VIA chipset peeps. Supports KT133, KT133a and KT266 and others.

Here's some free Tools! 1) SynthMARK 2002 1.0.0.0 is a synthetic benchmarking tool designed to accuratly test the performace your apps receive from your system with 8 Different Benchmarks. 2) NetProbe 0.1 gives you an instant picture of the traffic situation on your network and enables you to identify and isolate traffic problems on your network. The network probe is java based, and runs as a server on Windows NT/2000. The client is applet based and runs in any java enabled web browser. 3) CyberTweaks DSLXP unlike many others one-fits-all Internet Tweaks which mostly dont work because every system is unique and different, CyberTweaks are customised for your exact OS, system and connection type. All of the CyberTweaks (now including Dial-Ups) includes our Breakthrough Tweak NABT© (Network Adapter Buffering Technology) that boosts your Network performance by assigning maximum buffers possible to the Adapters together along with proven TCP/IP settings such as Rcwin, TTL and others. 4) WinErrs 1.0 Did you ever get an 'Illegal Operation' or 'Page Fault' error message and wonder what it meant? WinErrs is a database of 1,554 Windows error codes and their definitions.

Just got word from Mic@Extreme PC that Radeonator LE 1.1b beta, has been silently updated. Here's what he's saying.

Radeonator LE is a little overclocker. Radeonator LE lacks all the extra features that come with the full version of Radeonator. Radeonator LE allows you to overclock your Radeon at Windows startup. That way you are sure you always play your games at Full speed.

Easydivx is a all in one rippack or graphical user interface. Or what ever you want to call it. The backing up of your DVD goes in a numbers of steps. Easydivx support most of them, only two are not supported yet. Easydivx works with:
Windows 98 / 98 SE
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows NT
Windows XP 32 bit (normal) FAT32/NTFS
Windows XP 64bit
Click on Read More... to see what's new and a link to download it.

NVIDIA BIOS Editor - new v1.0 RC3 build 170 release. This program will support all BIOSes from TNT2 and up to Ti 500. Except TNT and TNT2 with old version of Control Block (less than version 3). Does not require any .dll, and will work under any version of Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.

Here's some Free Tools. 1) Winnow Optimizer Beta 2 Unlike other similar software, Winnow Optimizer Closes all Running Applications, Foreground as well as Background, before Disk Scan and Defragmenting, thereby reducing operation time and failure dramatically. Winnow Optimizer not only Cleans Internet Cache, Cookies and History including the index.dat files securely, but also displays the contents of index.dat files. 2) Reg Organizer 1.3 Beta 6 powerful manager of the system Registry and configuration files. Reg Organizer is sort of a browser for the deepest and normally most inaccessible parts of the operating system. You'll be able to browse, preview and edit Registry items using a conveniently designed interface. 3) APK Internet and NT/2k/XP Speedup Guides 1.0++ 2 guides that speedup Windows NT, Windows 2000, & Windows XP. 4) Optimizer XP 3.2 will help you to optimize your PC system to its best performance without any options. No experience required. Just select mode to optimize or restore your system. 5) Half-Life CD Key Changer 2.1 Change your Half-Life and Counter-Strike cd-key easily. HL key changer is a small program which allows you to easily manage multiple Half-Life cdkeys without having to access the system registry. This is convenient when you have been banned from a certain server or want your statistics under a different player name.

Unfortunately LE stands for Last Edition as Andrew Charnley has decided to move on to a new project. No words are given on any last changes. Fans of NVmax can download the LE version here or locally.

Here's some Free Tools. 1) DirectX Buster 2.1 Beta 4 is a DirectX uninstaller for Windows 9X, ME and W2K. It supports DirectX from Version 5 (DirectX 3 not testet but should work properly) up to DirectX 8.1 inclusive all new components. 2) IP Refresh Lite 1.1.9 is a DHCP client diagnostic tool for Windows NT 4.0, 2000 and XP. 3) Fraps 1.7a is a tool that lets you monitor current framerates in a corner of the screen for programs utilising DirectX or OpenGL technology. It also allows you to easily take screenshots of games, and manually determine the average framerate between two points. 4) Bugtoaster 2.0 - 020710_REVO Add your voice to the chorus of other computer users who are sending a message to the companies we buy software from. Bugtoaster enables computer users to set the expectation that we want the software we pay for to work reliably. 5) Sub Desktop 1.1 is a utility that puts your desktop icons in a window allowing you to see all of your wallpaper without your icons in the way. 6) VCatch 3.8 VCatch is a new, free tool, developed to protect your computer from web viruses. Whether you use an Email application, Web based Email, ICQ, or one of the new file-sharing programs (Napster, Gnutella etc.),

Lavasoft released a new reference file for their anti ad- and spyware tool AdAware. This updated release detects and removes BonziBuddy, Attune and several updated components from other scumspyware systems.
The release number is 084-11-03-2002. Simply replace the old reference file in your installation folder with the new one. Download or download from the Warp2Search archive
Thanx goes over to Planet-XP.de for this information.

Rage3D have updated their tweak tool again. Here's what they're saying.

Coming right on the heels of yesterdays release of v3.1, we've incorporated a number of minor fixes and some experimental support for new features based on user feedback from v3.1a.

Seems AC has updated NVmax v4.00.47. No word on whats new but it now looks like AC is giving NVmax away for free. Here's what he's saying:

Want more control over your NVIDIA graphics card? Use NVmax to control DirectX, OpenGL and System properties that effect performance, quality and stability.

NVmax is now free for all use. Please see the license agreement for further details.

Nero InfoTool is a utility which analyses and displays the most important information about a drive, disc, configuration and software. The information can also be printed or saved to a text file.