I chose to test two games with the GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi.

First up was Far Cry 2 - a very intensive test of any hardware. Through testing it became apparent a low resolution was needed so i picked two resolutions and used a Sony 40W4000 HD TV as the monitor.

I started at 1360x768 ('Optimal Settings' all low with shadows OFF) but the poor performance meant i had to reduce the resolution.


Some small numbers there.


This is an improvement - when overclocked the chipset allows fairly decent gameplay.

Call Of Duty 4 was my next choice. A popular shooter with a well designed game engine. Once again i began by using 1360x768 ('Standard Settings' with no AA and no V-Sync) but had to drop to 800x600 to get decent gaming framerates.


Once again we see some small numbers.


Reducing the resolution helps.

So there we have it - not a monster gaming performance but i suppose if you wanted that you'd add a GPU using that 16x PCI-E slot.

Lastly i used an LG Bluray/HDDVD drive to see how the GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi's coped with HD material.

I once again used my Sony 40W4000 and an HDMI cable to assess it's 1080p performance. It happily played everything i threw at it. Indeed i also downloaded a few full HD videos from Microsoft's HD site to see if they caused any issues.

I'm happy to report that all in all the playback was smooth and trouble free.

Sound:

As it will no doubt be used as the heart of an HTPC we need to know how its fan control will aid quiet operation. Unfortunately the Zotac showed that its fan control was a little limited and tended to run at full pelt all the time.

While this may not be an issue if you plan to use a quiet cooler or volt mod your fans it would be a problem for those of you that just want to plug and play - in my opinion the fan control would be a little intrusive in a quiet room.