Van Smith heeft bij Tom's Hardware Guide een review neergemikt van de ALi Aladdin TNT2, een P3 / Celeron compatible chipset met ingebakken TNT2 graphics. Vergeleken met de i815 en andere geïntegreerde chipsets heeft deze ALi de beste integrated 3D performance. Desalniettemin valt dit weer snel in het niet als je de concurrent gaat uitrusten met een GeForce kaart, (de ALi Aladdin TNT2 ondersteunt geen AGP). De Memory subsystem performance ligt ook een stuk lager dan de i815 waardoor deze ALi Aladdin TNT2 eigenlijk voor zowel tikwerk als gaming niet de meest interessante keuze is. Hieronder meer uit de conclusie:
The ALi TNT2 is not a world beating gaming solution, but it is a relatively good performer among integrated chipsets. The ASUS CUA with the ALi TNT2 chipset currently offers the best overall 3D gaming experience among motherboards featuring core logic chipsets with integrated graphics controllers. The ALi TNT2 does suffer from weak memory subsystem performance will impair business application responsiveness - this hit will be noticeable on memory bandwidth intensive programs. On most business and Internet applications, however, the ALi TNT2 offers adequate performance.
If you are looking to run primarily to run business applications with a Celeron and have no intention to upgrade the integrated graphics, then both the i810e and the SiS630 are better choices than either the costly i815e or the ALi TNT2. The SiS630 is a slight favorite due to its rich feature set, but the i810e is attractive as well. On graphics intensive applications, the i810e with 4MB embedded graphics cache out performs its cacheless big brother when both are using Celerons. The i815e can be outfitted with an AIMM module to improve graphics performance, but this increases an i815e system's already high price.
The ALi Aladdin 7 remains an interesting though enigmatic offering. Combined with the 500 MHz K6-III and two DIMMs, the ALi Aladdin 7 is almost as fast as the Aladdin TNT2/Celeron in gaming, yet is generally much faster in business applications. However, for reasons we mentioned in our previous article, we are afraid it will never be much more than a curiosity. We have gotten numerous requests on how to obtain this product. The Taiwanese company "PowerColor" makes a motherboard based on Aladdin 7 chipset.
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