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S3's DeltaChrome Graphics Chip

Posted by michael on from the recovering-from-savage-failure dept.

Noob Jones writes "The Tech Report has an article about a new video card in the works at S3. 'S3 Graphics is back with a new chip, dubbed DeltaChrome, which looks like it might just be strong enough to become a player in the mid-range consumer graphics market.' With a third player back in the graphics market both Nvidia and ATi are going to have things to worry about but this can only spell good news for customers."

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  1. The mid-range graphics market by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is made up of last year's high-end graphics market.

  2. If only . . by Brahmastra · · Score: 5, Funny

    They find a way to plug this into a C64 along with broadband

  3. S3 is about as much of a threat as... by The+Lynxpro · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the last vaporware product announced by the BitMap Brothers. Seriously, I think Atari will have a decent videocard out before either of these two previously-mentioned chuckleheads bring anything serious to the market. If you believe that, I have a spare Athlon64 Adapter for your TI99/4A I could sell you.

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    1. Re:S3 is about as much of a threat as... by hattig · · Score: 2, Funny

      Bitboys Oy (whom I assume you mean) have a graphics chip out actually. Not quite a desktop killer, given that it is low power and designed for mobile applications, but they have a product. finally.

  4. Our Inventory's Got to Go! by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 5, Funny

    In an attempt to clear out all the old inventory closets, the new S3 card will be available in either ISA or Vesa.

    1. Re:Our Inventory's Got to Go! by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 2, Funny

      ...optimized for Windows 95

    2. Re:Our Inventory's Got to Go! by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny
      the new S3 card will be available in either ISA or Vesa.

      Typical exclusionism. My PS/2 and I will be over here. Let us know when the MCA version is ready.

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  5. S3 3D decellerator by doublem · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ahh, S3, the company that made the 3D cards that gave WORSE performance than using software rendering.

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  6. excellent.. now my request by peculiarmethod · · Score: 2, Funny

    'For those of you unfamiliar with DirectX 9, all those things make a recipe for some very tasty eye candy. With 96 bits per pixel of floating-point precision, DeltaChrome should be able to pull off some killer effects like high-dynamic-range lighting.'

    sweet. realistic on the fly lighting that convinces.. advertising can now blend in the background scenery, objects spinning and *wow*ing will seem more realistic to our brains.. fine, dandy..

    but will someone use that idea in reverse, code up a program that dynamically darkens the likes of Britney Spears, Monster.com, Penis Enlargement and/or goatse refrences on the fly? That would really help my computing experience in a useful way.

    oh.. and highlight natalie portman when she's on screen..

    thanks,

    sincerely,

    pm

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  7. Ob:Escape from Bankruptcy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "S3?
    I heard you were dead..."

  8. You forgot the 4th major player... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bitboys! :P

  9. And the award for the most unnecessary sentence... by CaptainCarrot · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...in the opening lines of a technology article goes to The Tech Report for this gem:

    The question with any new graphics chip, of course, is whether it can survive and prosper in the brutal world of graphics.
    Gee guys, I never would have guessed that a graphics chip had to be successful at graphics. Thank you, thank you ever so, for pointing that up for us n00bs!
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