We Test Our BYO HTPCs With Intel's DHCAT

Published on June 11, 2007 to Home Theater

Intel's Digital Home Capabilities Assessment Tool (DHCAT) was designed to evaluate multimedia hardware performance. We test our System Builder AMD- and Intel-based HTPCs with it. Read more

Intel Chipset Shootout! 945GM vs. 915GM

Published on April 24, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

Intel's dual core Napa (Centrino Duo) platform features the 945GM chipset, the first chipset with integrated graphics for Core Duo mobile CPUs. We used two Asus W5 laptops to compare the 945GM and the older Sonoma (Centrino) platform's 915GM to see if the former is really faster and more energy efficient. Read more

Intel's Dothan Makes Its Late Debut

Published on May 10, 2004 to Notebooks and Laptops

Intel's Dothan mobile processor has the trappings to boost performance while consuming less power. With a 2 MB L2 cache backed by Intel's 90-nm production technology, Dothan's promise is put to the test in a notebook from Winbook. Read more

Intel's RAID 5 NAS Makes the Grade

Published on May 18, 2006 to Networking

Intel has decided it wants to play in the SOHO/SMB NAS market and produces a first product that should get it into the game. Read more

Intel 915GM: A Worthy Successor to the 855GME?

Published on May 11, 2005 to Notebooks and Laptops

Intel introduced the 915GM at the end of January, the first PCI Express chipset with an integrated graphics core for notebooks. Is the new model better and faster than its AGP predecessor, the 855GME? We decided to find out, on a Dell Latitude D610. Read more