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Fastest Pentium 4 Platform: Performance of i925, i915, i875 and i865 with DDR2-533, DDR2-400, DDR533 and DDR400 SDRAM

[ 08/04/04 | by Ilya Gavrichenkov]

We compared the performance of the new Intel chipsets when they work with the memory of various types against that of the previous generation Intel chipsets also working with different types of system memory. Well, it looks like the old buddies are still pretty powerful and shouldn’t be disregarded when it comes to figuring out the configuration for the fastest Pentium 4 platform.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 and Intel 915G: New Generation of Integrated Graphics

[ 07/12/04 | by Tim Tscheblockov]

We would like to offer you a detailed analysis of the new Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 processor, which is integrated into the recently announced Intel 915G Express chipset. The launch of this solution led to a true revolution in the integrated graphics market: GMA 900 is the first integrated graphics processor with hardware DirectX 9 shaders support.

Roundup of 7 Contemporary Integrated Graphics Chipsets for Socket 478 and Socket A Platforms

[ 07/05/04 | by Tim Tscheblockov]

In our today’s article we will discuss 7 of the most advanced of currently-available integrated graphics chipsets. We will see how the integrated graphics manages games and video playback and how well it renders 3D scenes in the same games and will also evaluate the quality of output to the monitor, both CRT and LCD.