A fairly large list of useful programs

[llwyd]

This is a list of third party programes and applications that we at OC3D find usefull, take a look and see if any are of use to you. Some links will automatically initiate a download, this is because i have tried to avoid sites with possible spyware / inapropriate advertising. Please report any broken links to me via PM as i have not had time to test every single download link.

System Monitoring + Overclocking:

CPUZ

ATI Tool

RivaTuner

Motherboard monitor 5

Asus pc probe (use with Asus motherboard)

Speedfan

Everest Ultimate Edition

Everest Home Edition

MSI Core Center (use with MSI motherboard)

Smart Guardian (use with DFI motherboard)

Systool

A64 Tweaker (amd64 cpu only)

Clockgen

NiBiTor

Benchmarking + Stress Testing:

ATI Tool

Aquamark3

3Dmark01

3Dmark03

3Dmark05

3Dmark06

PCmark

SuperPI

Prime95

OCCT

Memtest86 (useage slightly more advanced)

SP2004

MemTest

MP3 / Media Players and Decoders:

Windows Media Player 10 or 11

WinAmp

Media Player Classic + K-lite

Foobar2000

Quicktime Alternative

Real Player Alternative

VideoLAN

DVD / Video Converters:

Alcohol120%

WinAVI converter

DVD Decrypter

WinDVD copy

DVD Shrink



Anti-Virus / Anti-Spyware + Firewalls:

NOD32 (well worth paying for - don't get ideas about cracking it, its illegal and damn near impossible)

ZoneAlarm security suite(also worth paying for)

AVG Free

Spybot Search and Destroy

Avast

HijackThis

Ad-Aware

Ewido

Symantec Sygate

Misc

Browser:

Mozilla Firefox

Instant messenger:

GAIM

Game Managment:

Xfire

In-Game Communication:

Teamspeak RC2 Client

Peer to Peer file sharing:

BearShare Lite(keep it legal kids)

overclock3d does not accept any responsibility for any form of damage caused by misuse of these programs.

happy browsing

 

[NoL]

Forgot 3dmark01 and Aquamark.

 

[llwyd]

forgot aquamark, cheers. have left 01 off intentionally as i dont really think 01 scores are relevant anymore. tbh i thought 03 was pushing it. i only use 03 for a laugh now.

01 added. just for nol and now apparently kempez lol

 

[NoL]

Actually 3dmark01 is still quite relevent.

01 is heavily cpu

03 is medium cpu, more gpu

05 is heavy cpu and gpu

06 is heavily cpu

Since 06 is general crap IMO, 01 is still quite relevent.

 

[FarFarAway]

Yep 01's a good one to use for more general overall system performance

 

[glocktodahead]

Thanks for taking the time to do this :worship:

 

[NoL]

Asus AI Booster as well.

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Add Videolan Client (VLC) and Sygate. Ad-Aware I'd remove, they took bribes from spyware companies or something iirc.

 

[WC Annihilus]

Asus AI Booster as well.

Well, for AMD boards at least, ASUS AI Booster is considered to be one of the most evil things as it can't really do jack and just causes system instability. Dunno bout intel though. I suppose it would do something as ASUS Intel boards are considered some of the best.

 

[FarFarAway]

Ad-Aware is excellent. I don't think your thinking of the right program

 

[llwyd]

@NoL still working on AI Booster, the links i have found are all broken

@phnom ill put a warning with ad-aware although i think youre thinking of another program. added videoLAN. im weary about adding Sygate as its owned by Symantec, the people who royaly screw over pcs with norton. i shall add it anyway as you know your stuff

@glock thanks

 

[NoL]

Oh I just realized those are all links

Great job!!!

EDIT: How bout SysTool.

 

[WC Annihilus]

I think those things about Ad-Aware were more like rumors than anything else. I do remember hearing about that stuff though.

And Clockgen. I know normally we suggest only OCing in the BIOS, but I like having Windows testing to make prelim OC testing easier.

O, and rthdribl too

O, add A64Tweaker. Good thing for seeing your mem settings in windows

 

[llwyd]

Oh I just realized those are all links

Great job!!!

EDIT: How bout SysTool.

damn straight they are, took god damn ages lol. ill get on that aswell. keep em coming

edit: SysTool added, the link is to an Alpha, all v1+ links i found were corrupted or missing

 

[WC Annihilus]

O, add A64Tweaker. Good thing for seeing your mem settings in windows

 

[WC Annihilus]

O, and rthdribl too

 

[Ham]

Avast sucks.

And you forgot one of the most obvious:

Firefox

 

[MonkeyMeow]

Avast sucks.

And you forgot one of the most obvious:

Firefox

That's because it's rubbish and useless.

 

[WC Annihilus]

O, and fro stressing, there's OCCT and another favorite at XS is SP2004

 

[WC Annihilus]

And Clockgen. I know normally we suggest only OCing in the BIOS, but I like having Windows testing to make prelim OC testing easier.