D3DGear 1.81

Description by the Software Developer:
"D3DGear is an advanced utility for Windows DirectX & OpenGL games. It automatically measures 3D game frame rate and display frame rate on screen; user can customize font color, size and position of frame rate. D3DGear also capture 3D game screenshot with the press of hotkey, and automatically save screenshots into file; user can defined screenshot hotkey, save file format and save file directory. "

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nVidia nTune 5.05.25.00

Description by the Software Developer:
"NVIDIA nTune is the ultimate software for accessing, monitoring, and adjusting your system components, including temperature and voltages with clear, user-friendly control panels. Overclock your system for highest performance or underclock it for near silent operation. All changes are performed within the Microsoft Windows interface – enabling full functionality without the need to make changes in the BIOS and reboot your system."
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HD Tune 2.53

A benchmarking utility that measures the performance, shows detailed information (transfer rate, access time, burst Rate, CPU Usage, firmware version, serial number, capacity), checks the health status by using SMART, scans the surface for errors, displays temperature.
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Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta 1 Release build 1.0.0000000.309

Description by the Software Developer:
"The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is a free and small beta application which you can run on your current Windows XP-based computer to find out if it's ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista.

When you run the Upgrade Advisor, it will scan your computer and generate an easy-to-understand report of any known system and device compatibility issues, along with recommendations on how you can get your PC ready for Windows Vista."

Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta 1 Release home page

PC Activity Monitor (PC Acme) Pro 7.6

Description by the Software Developer:
"PC Activity Monitor Professional (PC Acme Professional) is a useful program designed for monitoring user's PC activity.
PC Acme Professional works under Windows 2000/XP operating systems. All the data collected while monitoring are saved to the encrypted log file located on the user's machine. The monitoring program works in the background, transparently for the user, on the level of OS kernel driver.
PC Acme Professional supports UNICODE, i.e. it is able to record even the languages with hieroglyphic writing. Another strong side of PC Acme Professional is its protection measures.
It is completely hidden, and even an experienced user cannot locate, stop or destroy the program. Each event has its own timestamp."

PC Activity Monitor (PC Acme) Pro home page