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The Giada i50’s biggest strength is its tiny size. So, yeah, the Giada i50 isn’t ready for even casual gaming. Compare that with the Dell Inspiron Zino HD 410, which generated a decent (but still not excellent) 51.2 fps on the same settings (medium quality, 1024 by 768 pixels). Needless to say, at high-quality settings and a higher resolution, it spit out frame rates that were even less playable (as though that were even possible).

In our Unreal Tournament 3 tests, the Giada i50 managed a pathetic 5.8 frames per second, and that was with medium-quality settings at a 1024-by-768-pixel resolution. Unfortunately, the Giada i50 ships with a Core i5 processor–not a Sandy Bridge CPU–and the integrated graphics are not exactly excellent. The Giada i50 doesn’t have a discrete graphics card (it’s pretty small, after all), so instead it relies on Intel integrated graphics. Multimedia is an entirely different experience, however. It’s safe to say that the Giada i50 ranks pretty solidly among the top five compact PCs–at least when it comes to speed. An old favorite–the Viewsonic VOT 530 PC Mini–reached a WorldBench 6 score of 90, while the Asus EeeBox 1501 produced a score of 38. By contrast, the Dell Inspiron Zino HD 410, which is currently the number one compact PC on PCWorld’s list of top compact PCs, achieved a score just four points higher, a mark of 78. In PCWorld’s WorldBench 6 benchmark tests, the Giada Ultra Mini PC i50 earned a performance score of 74. You can order an optional VESA mounting kit (our review model didn’t come with one) for positioning the Giada i50 on the back of a monitor.ĭon’t let the Giada i50’s small shape fool you, though–this little PC packs a decent punch. The Giada i50 comes with a clear oval plastic stand so that it can sit upright or lie on its side (though there are no “feet” on either side of the machine). The majority of the connections are on the back of the Giada i50, where you’ll find a Kensington lock port, an HDMI-out port, four USB ports, a VGA port, and the aforementioned gigabit ethernet port. Connectivity ports–including a multiformat card reader, a USB 3.0 connection, and headphone/microphone jacks–are located in a covered dock on the top of the machine.