S3 Graphics fires back with Chrome 400 Series

[HEXUS]

S3 Graphics, a joint venture between S3 and VIA announced today the Chrome 400 Series discrete graphics processors and promises DirectX 10 performance in an energy-efficient package for desktop and notebook platforms.

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[staffsMike]

Be interesting to see how these do

Typo in the first sentance, "say it coming" instead of saw it coming

[Nickg]

but you'd be MAD to buy one. judging by the support for the last "S3" relaunch its all show and no go.. and then not even any show after the product has failed some 12 months into its lifecycle.

would you trust them to pump out good quality Vista 64 signed drivers frequently?

hmm with Nvidia and Ati solutions so cheap and powerful/reliable i dont see a need for via in the discrete market

[staffsMike]

We owe them a look at the very least..they are legacy GOLD! I've just dug my S3 virge out of the draw haha

phwwwwwoooooooar

[gamer91]

my old savage 3D was a very good card (until i needed dx9 for things) i must say this is quite interesting (unexpected!) i thought s3 were pretty much dead. will be very interesting to see how well they do, and good luck to them.

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[neologan]

interesting but not really relevent to most people. this will be for specific markets, i'd assume.

[directhex]

recent experience leads me to run screaming when i see words "via" and "energy-efficient" next to each other