New SiSoft Sandra 2010 supports GPGPU, Virtualization tests
 

When it comes to checking and testing components of the system, there are numerous apps available but one of best and most often used is SiSoft's Sandra system benchmark. I've been using SiSoft Sandra since my career start as a hardware reviewer almost a decade ago, back in December 1999. First system tested was based on AMD Athlon 650 MHz and 3Dfx Voodoo3 3500TV.

Getting back from the memory lane, we received word from Adrian Silasi of SiSoftware about the release of SiSoft Sandra 2010, now updated to fully utilize the latest operating systems and hardware components. You can use Sandra 2010 on all or almost all 32-bit x86, 64-bit x86 [x86-64], IA64/Itanium and ARM processors, supporting Intel's AES cryptographic and soon-to-be-introduced AVX multi-media instruction set. Sandra 2010 also supports upcoming processors from both AMD and Intel, such as AMD's 12-core Magny-Cours or Intel's 8-core Nehalem-EX [Beckton]. QA process for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 took some time but Sandra 2010 boasts some exceptional features: you can benchmark your virtual machine in no less than five different virtualization environments: Virtual PC 7, Virtual Server 2005, Hyper-V Server, VMware Server and VMware WorkStation/Player.

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