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S3's DeltaChrome Examined

Posted by Hemos on from the output-with-the-gods dept.

sand writes "Firingsquad takes a look at DeltaChrome, which is a graphics chip from S3. The core runs at 300MHz and offers pixel and vertex shaders that go beyond DirectX 9, just like Nvidia GeForce FX. The really cool feature though is the integrated HDTV encoder, you can output from your PC or laptop directly to an HDTV or 1080p projector!"

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  1. Nothing too exciting here... by guido1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Culling a bit out of the article...

    --They won't say exactly how many, but the new card will have approx 1/2 the gates of Nvidia's FX.
    --It will run at 60% clock (300Mhz) of high-end cards (FX again, as well as ATIs Raedon (sp?).)
    --It will use DDR SDRAM.
    --It won't be availible until end of Q2. (5 months or so.)

    To be faster, you either need: (1) more gates, for more work per cycle. (2) More cycles, for more work per time. Looks like they have neither of these, plus they're not getting ultra-high bandwidth out of their memory... And it won't be availible for months...

    With the NVIDIA FX coming out early Feb, it won't capture the high end...

    What is the market for this thing?