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The Return of S3

Posted by michael on from the not-dead-yet dept.

flynn_nrg writes "Just saw this article on ExtremeTech about S3's new graphics card. S3 is back on the scene with its first new GPU architecture in five years. Rather than take aim at the high-end, S3 has set its sights on the midrange price/performance category, which is currently dominated by ATI's Radeon 9600 XT and nVidia's GeForce FX 5700, both of which are under $200. Today S3 unveils the DeltaChrome S8 GPU, which represents the midrange of its upcoming line of DeltaChrome GPUs."

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  1. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well given their rep it'd almost have to, since they're not going to be driving up quality.

  2. hmm by SQLz · · Score: 5, Funny

    DeltaChrome. Sounds like a cheap mod you can buy for your Civic. I wish S3 would die and Diamond would come back.

  3. Unfortunately... by SlyDe · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... the new architecture is based on 31-bit integer datestamps and is expected to roll over to zero before it is released.

  4. Unless you happen to play Deus Ex 2.... by Rahga · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dues Ex 2 players, generally, can expect their speeds to cap out at 15 fps, regardless of the video card in use or screen resolution.

  5. I lost track by Stonent1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    of Diamond/Supra/Micronics/S3/Sonic Blue/Rio/Via/Cyrix

    I don't know who's who anymore!

  6. Re:Wow by MachDelta · · Score: 2, Funny

    Err... I think thats called a bottleneck.
    Your $400 GPU won't 'wow' you with it's performance if it's just sitting around twiddling its proverbial thumbs, while the rest of your system has the electronic equivalent of a heart attack.

  7. Re:Give us drivers... by TheQuantumShift · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, my ps/2 was a 12Mhz! It ran wolfenstein 3d from a floppy in a window the size of a minidisc in monocrome like no other! Thanks to that machine, I was all too ready for ...LOADING... on the playstation...

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  8. Excellent by Uplore · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm glad S3 is back in contention. I have and am still using a S3 Savage 3D card which was fantastic value when I got it 3 years ago. Of course a Delta Chrome would be nice about now.. But I dont think my computer would handle it so well, what with its GPU being faster than my CPU.

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  9. Re:Wow by bonehead · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unless you play cutting edge games, a $75 video card will do everything you want.

    Perhaps if somebody released a "cutting edge game" that had the same enjoyment value as Quake 2, I'd consider upgrading from my TNT2 card.