Intel branded boards are commonly known for their reliability, and unfortunately, for their inferior integrated video subsystems. Throughout the years, many enthusiasts have snickered at Intel's so-called "Extreme Graphics." Their graphics chips have traditionally been weak, supporting fewer features and performing significantly worse than their competitor's offerings. They were meant for corporate applications where integrated graphics tend to dominate. Yet, Intel is the biggest maker of intergated in the world.
Today, the PC is more than just a computer — it's a complete entertainment system used to exhibit music, pictures, and more and more frequently, television and movies. With high definition content becoming popular, even the most basic of systems are expected to support HD playback right out of the box and thus integrated graphics have had to improve dramatically in this regard.
As more users connect their systems directly to big screen HDTVs, connectivity also becomes an issue. For some time, both AMD and nVidia's board partners have been producing many full-fledged motherboards supporting both HDMI and DVI. Just DVI alone was rare on Intel boards. The board under review here is one of the exceptions: The Intel DG33TL based on Intel's G33 Express chipset.
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