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Intel Application Accelerator 2.0 Released | |
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| Time: 12:31 EST/17:31 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin.com | Posted By: Julien Jay | ||
The Intel® Application Accelerator 2.0 is a new performance software package for Intel desktop PCs. This new version brings the following enhancements:
The download supports Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional. Go ahead and download Intel Application Accelerator 2.0 now, following the links below: | ||
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| #1 By 116 (66.68.170.138) at 2/17/2002 12:56:44 PM |
| I am running XP Pro with a p4 currently without this application accelarator and have experienced no problems. I think the comp is really speedy. Is there any reason I should install this? Will it improve speed that much? Will it sacrifice stability in my system? |
| #2 By 3384 (12.224.50.203) at 2/17/2002 2:12:10 PM |
| It's what Intel is now recommending instead of the Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver that they had been releasing for years (and have now effectively discontinued), but there were scattered problems, sometimes serious, reported in newsgroups and newsletters for the previous version of AA. It will take a while for the word to come back on v2.0, but caution is obviously prudent. Like the last version, it could turn into a case of fixing a problem you don't have until you do. |
| #3 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 2/17/2002 2:41:36 PM |
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I have a D815EPEAA2U with 1.2Ghz PIII and 80Gig WD drive.
Using bonniewin32(available at my website www.sodablue.org), I honestly don't see any appreciable difference in harddrive performance. I don't know, I'll run with this version 2.0 and see what happens longer term. Didn't have any issues with 1.1.2. |
| #4 By 3384 (12.224.50.203) at 2/17/2002 3:25:54 PM |
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#11, you should see it indicated if you check out the properties of your IDE controllers in Device Manager. Isn't it listed in Add/Remove too?
BTW, Asus had this posted back on 1/21, a few days after Intel finished it. They seem to post things weeks before Intel gets around to it, which is handy to know sometimes. ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/TREIBER/CONTROLLER/IDE/INTEL/8xx/iam_200_2100.exe This post was edited by rseiler on Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 15:42. |
| #5 By 143 (172.175.140.97) at 2/17/2002 4:02:54 PM |
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I installed "Chipset Software Installation Utility” First and the “Application Accelerator” Second with Virus Scanner Disabled the whole time and my 850 Chipset is smoking like a bullet :)
Chipset Software Installation Utility http://developer.intel.com/design/software/drivers/platform/inf.htm This post was edited by donpacman on Monday, February 18, 2002 at 01:54. |
| #6 By 3384 (12.224.50.203) at 2/17/2002 5:47:26 PM |
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#17, that's odd, since it is supported.
http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/suppchip.htm The instructions do indicate that the Chipset driver needs to be installed first, so I guess that's the reason: http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/incon.htm BTW, the latest version of that Chipset driver is here, not on Intel's site yet! ftp://ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM/TREIBER/CHIPSATZ/INTEL/iim_330_1010.exe This post was edited by rseiler on Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 17:55. |
| #7 By 3384 (12.224.50.203) at 2/17/2002 9:59:55 PM |
| #20, about the chipset drivers not needing to be installed for AA under XP, where did you see that exactly? I realize that AA does install on XP without complaining about this, but I don't actually see where Intel makes the exception for XP. I did see where it makes the exception for NT4. |
| #8 By 3384 (12.224.50.203) at 2/18/2002 12:02:53 AM |
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That shows which OS's have support for which chipsets. So, Me/XP generally don't require the chipset driver, while 98/2K do. But that's just to get the full functionality out of your chipset with your OS, not anything to do with Application Accelerator.
The AA page states: "It is important to install the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility prior to installing the Intel Application Accelerator so that the Intel chipset is properly recognized by the operating system." It makes one exception: "Note: The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility is not required on systems using Windows* NT* 4.0. Customers using Windows NT 4.0 should always try to obtain the latest Service Pack from Microsoft.*" So, on the one hand we might assume that it's OK to skip the Chipset driver with Me/XP, and on XP that seems to work, but Intel makes a point not to agree. With something this low-level it will probably pay to follow the rules. |
| #9 By 3384 (12.224.50.203) at 2/18/2002 12:47:33 AM |
| I think it comes down to what the meaning of the word "is" is. I'd like to hear back from #17 above to see if AA installs for him on his 850 if he installs the chipset drivers first. Wouldn't that be weird, given that more than one person hasn't need to do that. Maybe he's running W2K, which would explain it. |
| #10 By 3384 (12.224.50.203) at 2/18/2002 1:19:15 PM |
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#30, I'm 2 for 2 with the recent NU updates on two XP machines. I guess I was lucky.
> If the chip set drivers are not needed and you still try to install them the install > routine will detect you don't need them and will inform you and stop the install. Wouldn't that behavior be if the install routing detects the same *version* of the chipset driver, meaning you've already installed them? For example, WinMe already has the chipset driver built in, but it's quite old, and the latest Intel chipset driver will install over it. Same for XP, the chipset driver definitely installs over it. If Intel blocked users from ever installing this on a system that had some prior version, whether that version shipped with the OS or was installed by the user, it would be a pretty bad situation. You'd only be able to install it on W98/2K (which don't have the chipset driver already), and at that you'd never be able to upgrade the chipset driver on those OS's again, since the install routine would "detect you don't need them...and stop the install." Did you perhaps mean something slightly different, like it's smart enough to see an existing version that's the same as the one you're trying to install? Or maybe you mean gives you the option to stop the install and not upgrade to the newer version? |
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