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TheMajor · 06-09-2005, 07:09 PM

CPU-Z is mainly for extremely basic info about RAM and CPU. It barely show anything about your motherboard except for a few BIOS version numbers and random stuff like that and doesn't show any info compared to programs like AIDA32,DrHardware,SiSoft Sandra and Everest. A few things missing in CPU-Z: HDD, FDD, chipset info (like USB/firewire/LAN chips and more), ANY cards (AGP/PCI etc), transfer rates for PCI/IDE and other periphials.
I suggest these four programs I mentioned for good info about your hardware. AIDA32 and Everest will often display links to websites to get BIOS updates and a variety of drivers.

06-09-2005, 07:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
TheMajor PowerQuest / Opera Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 10,041	CPU-Z is mainly for extremely basic info about RAM and CPU. It barely show anything about your motherboard except for a few BIOS version numbers and random stuff like that and doesn't show any info compared to programs like AIDA32,DrHardware,SiSoft Sandra and Everest. A few things missing in CPU-Z: HDD, FDD, chipset info (like USB/firewire/LAN chips and more), ANY cards (AGP/PCI etc), transfer rates for PCI/IDE and other periphials. I suggest these four programs I mentioned for good info about your hardware. AIDA32 and Everest will often display links to websites to get BIOS updates and a variety of drivers. __________________