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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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  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.

  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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