S3 launches DirectX 10.1 Chrome 400 GPUs
Friday 15th February 2008, 11:30:00 AM, written by Arun
No performance information was available, although it uses a 64-bit memory bus and S3 claims to have achieved the "the highest performance-per-watt ratio ever", clearly hinting at their determination to recapture some share in the notebook market where they used to be relatively strong. The chip integrates DisplayPort, HDMI 1.2 and HDCP capabilities and fully accelerates H.264 video decoding. Similarly to NVIDIA's VP2 engine but unlike AMD's UVD, it does not seem to handle all of the VC-1 decoding process.
This family of GPUs will also be manufactured on Fujitsu's 65nm process, like VIA's recently launched Isaiah processor. No further details on pricing, SKU configurations or design wins were made available at press time.
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No, the performance has improved.
The opposition product of 530GT is 4350.
It might be the one that Shader was strengthened.
No, HD4350 is also in 2k 3DM06 range, which was 430GT, too.
And do not forget that S3 worked on the drivers.
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=628&type=expert&pid=10
GPUs Under $70 - HD 4550, HD 4350, Galaxy 9500 GT, S3 Chrome 440 GTX
3DMark06
440GTX≒4350 ??
take a look at this discussion thread in S3's official forum:
http://forums.s3chromezone.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=523#p2361
430gt can't beat HD4350, but its overclocked version - 440gtx does (review on pcper.com tells this). 530gt can achieve the similar score with much lower clock frequency than 440gtx did. so I agree that 530gt uses another optimized Destination chip. maybe reviews come up in next couple of days will tell us more about its difference to the previous 400 series.
Excalibur which the rumor says is 128bit and supports DX11, can't be out earlier than NV or AMD. if Excalibur can be out within half year lagging behind, that could be a great success, given its bad record of always delaying in the past few years!! :twisted: