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Well, the first feeling the new chipsets from Intel provoke is that of disappointment. These chipsets cannot reach new performance peaks except when the application is actively using the graphics bus. Adding the yet-unsolved overclocking problems, the i925/i915 seem to have no performance advantages from the user’s point of view. Yes, sometimes they win a test but the overall impression is anyway bad. The rather low speed of the new Intel chipsets is somewhat compensated by such features as an improved IDE controller, high-quality sound, numerous USB ports and so on. They are of little consolation, though, especially considering that the i925/i915 family will be soon replaced with new and, hopefully, faster chipsets with support of the 1066MHz FSB, and then by the Glenwood/Lakeport family.