intersted in the new Sandra 2003?

[r0l0e]

head over to the Benchmarking forum

[Uncle Bob]

SISoft Sandra 2003 PRO is available through http://www.overclockedcafe.com/

Sandra PRO 2003 features:

Gauge overall system in a flash with the combined performance index wizard to quickly gauge overall system performance and compare and contrast upgrading options.

Supports the latest technologies (AGP 3, Hyper-Threading), chipsets (Intel 7500, 845GL/GV/GE/PE; SiS 648, 655, 746; VIA KT400, P4X400), controllers (SiS 963; VIA 8233A/C, 8235/L), Clock generator ICs and devices on the market.

Detailed technical definitions and context sensitive help for Tips/Warnings/Errors.

Extensive reference results: over 50 different reference results from legacy to cutting edge systems. Can save you own and combine with your own results.

Burn-in wizard: improved monitoring options, can see in real-time the changes in system state as burn-in progresses. Can program terminate conditions in case of out-of-range conditions.

Cooling system information: Can estimate thermal resistance to determine the performance of the cooling system, thus ensuring proper cooling for the processor(s).

Multi-platform: Both ANSI (for legacy systems) and Unicode (native for Windows 2000/XP) versions included in a single improved installer.

Improved graphing options: users can compare the results in log, or inverse mode as well as standard linear mode.

[cloasters]

The free version of Sandra 2003 seems to be little different from the free Unicode version that it superseded. It still takes too much time for "motherboard information" to present itself. There are more hypothetical PC's to measure your machine against in the Big Three benchmarks. Yay.