S3 Graphics Comes out of Hiding with Chrome20

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday September 7, 2005 @08:11AM from the more-fodder-to-drive-the-prices-down dept.

Steve from Hexus writes "S3 Graphics, having been quiet for a while, has today announced a new graphics solution, Chrome20, with which they intend to take some market share away from ATI and Nvidia. From the article: 'We were offered a chance for some hands on play with a mid-range Chrome20 series desktop board - the machine was loaded with over 40 top games. A quick run of Half Life2 , Far Cry , Halo and a couple of other titles demonstrated that S3G's new 90nm mainstream card was working without any visual problems and with very playable frame rates.'"

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Re:The Obligatory Question by LnxAddct · 2005-09-07 08:26 · Score: 5, Informative

Last I checked, Linux's desktop share was higher than Apple's which puts Linux over the 3% mark. Desktop numbers are highly biased againt linux simply because a) Most linux machines were previously windows, and b) Windows machines tend to be replaced more often, i.e. if i buy a windows computer today and another one in 2 years, both will be considered to be active and the nuber will be twice what it really is.
Regards,
Steve