The chaps over at TweakTown take a look at a software offering called GMABooster that promises to improve the gaming prowess of most Intel GPUs:

GMABooster is a free software application that allows you to overclock the GPU inside your netbook or notebook easily. According to the FAQ page on the company website, the Intel GPU is a low voltage version of the Intel 945 chipset. The graphics core on the mobile versions of the GPU is underclocked to 166/133MHz rather than the 400MHz that the standard Intel 945 chipset runs at. However, the GPUs are the same, meaning that with slight tweaks the mobile GPU should be able to run much higher clock speeds. The software maker claims that GMABooster can boost game performance by about 25% in pure GPU tests like 3DMark2005 and 2006 providing for up to 2.4 times the performance.

GMABooster did deliver on its promise, even if the performance of the netbook was still far from what a normal notebook would score. It's hard to really complain about an application that is free and actually does improve 3DMark06 performance as it claims. When it comes to netbooks, most users will agree that you take any performance gains where you can get them.

Overall, the GMABooster application is easy to use, costs nothing and works. The only bad things I can say are that you have to download a new version each week and the server used for the downloads is a bit annoying with its wait period for free downloads.