Netbooks usually aren’t powerhouses of 3D Graphics capabilities, but a new tool called GMABooster from Vladimir Plenskiy claims the ability to boost the clock speed of the Intel GMA950 (used in many netbooks) from the default 133 or 166Mhz up to 400Mhz.
The application only affects the clock speed, and doesn’t change the voltage level – meaning that battery life and heat output shouldn’t be affected too much. Ben over at UMPCPortal ran some tests on two netbooks – the HP Mini 1000 and the Sony Vaio UX180 – and reported a increase in Crystal Mark scores of around 22 percent.
Still doesn’t change the fact that the Intel GMA chip is pretty lackluster to begin with.
