CPU Performance Enhancing Utilities- Page 1/1
January 11, 1999
By
Scott Wainner
Looking for ways to speed up your PC? These utilities will help you do just that. If you own an AMD K6, Pentium II, Pentium® Pro, Cyrix 6x86 (including the M2), or Cyrix 5x86, keep reading - this is your lucky day.
All CPUs
rain10.zip [120k] One of the more popular CPU idle utilities, works quite well.
CPUIDLE4.ZIP [200k] Keeps your CPU cool by running it at a lower power setting between cycles when it's not being used. Great for overclocking.
DX70eng.exe [6,312kb] DirectX 7.0! (For applications that use DirectX) Final Version (9/20/99)!
Q2TWEAK.ZIP [23K] (Double Your Frame Rate in Quake 2!) Change various OpenGL settings, overclock your Voodoo 3Dfx chip, and more.
AMD K6
3DNOWV2.zip [215k] Voodoo2 drivers that promise an extra 30fps for AMD K6-2 3DNow! Owners.
CPU Control Panel [510k] This utility can program the K6 'write allocate' feature, as well as display info about the CPU including manufacturer, type, model, stepping, core speed, bus speed, clock multiplier, and MMX presence. (also for Cyrix 6x86MX)
ENWA.EXE [62k] This utility enables the K6's write allocate feature on motherboards where the BIOS is not capable of doing so.
Intel Pentium® Pro and Pentium II Processors
CTPPRO.ZIP [16k] This utility enables the PPro/P2 write buffers on the Intel Orion and Natoma Chipsets, increases video performance by re-programming the PPro's internal Memory Type Range Register (MTRR), and enables the fast strings of the PPro.
FASTVID.ZIP [237k] You have undoubtedly heard of this utility on Usenet. It is indeed hard to find, but you've found it. It enhances video performance by programming the PPro/P2's MTRR's to write combined and enables the write buffers of the Orion Chipset.
(Be sure to take a look at the Fast Graphics Site for good info on Fastvid and various other system speed-up tips.)
Cyrix 6x86
CPU Control Panel [510k] This utility can program several of the 6x86MX's performance registers, as well as display info about the CPU including manufacturer, type, model, stepping, core speed, bus speed, clock multiplier, and MMX presence. (Also for AMD K6)
M2OPT.EXE [19k] A utility supplied by IBM to set the bios for safe 6x86MX performance if your motherboard doesn't offer 6x86MX support.
6X86CFG.EXE [972k) A utility written by Olivier Gilloire that optimizes your Cyrix 6x86 processor and makes Windows 95 and other programs think your 6x86 is a Pentium processor. This one is different from other 6x86 optimizers because it can be controlled through a GUI instead of a command prompt.
CX_TEST.EXE [80k] Find out if your BIOS programs the 6x86 registers correctly.
6XOPT077.ZIP [60k] Written by Mikael Johansson - This program optimizes the 6x86 processor by enabling features of that are disabled by default such as the Branch Target Buffer (BTB), and the Linear Frame Buffer. It also enables Windows 95 to correctly identify the 6x86.
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