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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. I sure hope by Oriumpor · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They're better than their older cards. If I do remember correctly I had issues primarily with S3 cards when they were at the height of their popularity. I avoided them as much as I could, if only because in the early 90's the 200 dollar card capped out at 1meg of dram, which wasn't that bad but it was a hassle for some things.