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John Morris and Josh Taylor
Will new Intel chipsets speed up your PC? Find out!

John Morris and Josh Taylor
Contributing Editors, AnchorDesk
Friday, May 24, 2002
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System components like chipsets are confusing enough. But when Intel decides to release a new one in three slightly different versions, it's almost impossible to keep track of it all. Such is the case with Intel's latest i845 chipset.

The million-dollar question is: "Will it speed things up?" If only it were that simple. The three versions--the i845E, i845G, and i845GL--each occupy a different niche.

The i845E chipset will be used with the Pentium 4 in mid-range and performance systems such as the Dell Dimension 4500 and Falcon Northwest Mach V. The i845G, with integrated graphics acceleration, is targeted at low to mid-range consumer systems like the Compaq Presario 6000T and Gateway 500SE. Finally, the i845GL is strictly for low-end and corporate desktops. It is limited not only by integrated graphics, but also a slower bus speed (400MHz versus up to 533MHz for the other two).

Based on our first tests of systems with integrated graphics (i845G), we found performance to be similar to systems using an older Nvidia TNT2 64 card. In other words, gamers need not apply.

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Jessica Kashiwabara contributed to this column.

What's the most important feature for you in a PC? Speed? Or something else? TalkBack to us!

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