SiSoft SANDRA updated to SP2a v17.55

SiSoft are releasing SP2a for Sandra 2011, version 17.55.

-- SP2a updates --

• CPU Update: Sandy Bridge-EP/EN/EX, Ivy Bridge preliminary support.
• Fix: translations updated.
• Update: branding (devices/systems)

-- SP2 updates --

• 
  Mobile Broadband (WWAN) Benchmark: Now you can benchmark your mobile broadband connection just like with WiFi (WLAN).
• Change: System model name/Mainboard name instead of hostname sent to the Ranker

-- SP1x updates --

• Fix: Incorrect CPU frequency for Power Management Efficiency (ALU/FPU) benchmark causing Ranker to fail.
• Update: GPGPU/GPCPU Crypt benchmark performance improvements.
• Change: Simplified installer, use "Options" in Sandra to enable/configure features.

-- SP1 updates --

• Fix: Incorrect CPU frequency displayed on Sandy Bridge in Turbo Mode; benchmark scores are not affected. The displayed speed was updated twice.
• Fix: Incorrect CPU frequency displayed on Phenom II/Fusion in Turbo Mode*; IMC and Memory speed were also affected: benchmark scores are not affected. The displayed speed was not updated at all.*
•  Improvement: Multi-threaded Memory Bandwidth on Fusion*; score has doubled (~3.3GB/s) though short of what AMD "suggests". No better solution has been found yet.
• Update: Large memory pages support re-added to the Memory Bandwidth, Cache & Memory Bandwidth and Multi-Core Efficiency benchmarks: please use Options to disable "Use Large Memory Pages" to use native memory pages.
•  Update: GUI reference list colour-matched to the graphs which finally allows you to identify which result corresponds to which value in the graph.
• External Fix: GPGPU Crypto benchmarks work with the latest 266.xx nVidia drivers even in older Sandra versions.
• Fix: Minor various fixes for Windows 7/2008 R2 SP1 RTM. Again SP1 is *required* for AVX support, and no still no idea whether Vista or XP will also be updated.

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