S3 Unveils Chrome 540 GTX Hi-def Graphics Card

[nekrosoft13]

S3 Graphics today announced the latest addition to its Chrome 500 Series graphics processor family, with the unveiling of an 850MHz clocked GDDR3 based Chrome 540 GTX.

The new graphics card can be used to convert an ordinary PC into a Hi-Def entertainment powerhouse for Dual-Stream Blu-ray and HD videos, using the newly defined DisplayPort digital interface, HDMI and Dual-Link DVI for connectivity to the latest digital monitors and HDTVs.

DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.0 applications on Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms can be run using the Chrome 540 GTX programmable shader cores to speed up 3D games, non-gaming rendering applications, and other visual processing functions using the built-in GPGPU engine. The Chrome 540 GTX also offers 8-channels high fidelity audio through the built-in Dolby 7.1 digital surround sound processor.

The Chrome 540 GTX incorporates a ChromotionHD 2.0 video processor unit (VPU), advanced filtering, and clear-image post-processing to perform smooth decoding of MPEG-4/AVC (H.264), MPEG-2, and VC-1 for Blu-ray and HD video.

The card's GPU is clocked at 800MHz and its 64-bit GDDR3 memory bus interface runs at 850 MHz.

The available display connections include the latest VESA DisplayPort, HDMI, dual-link DVI-I, and an optional CRT interface using a DVI-to-CRT dongle.

Add-in cards featuring the Chrome 540 GTX, bundled free with WinDVD8 for Blu-ray playback, is now available on S3 Graphics GStore online retail outlet for $70.

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=24835

[Redeemed]

Interesting.

I'm glad S3 is still pumping cards out, though I hope to see them more competitive with the likes of nVidia and ATi again... don't know if that will ever happen though. :(

[saturnotaku]

They couldn't have made it passively cooled? Would be good for a strict HT system (no gaming at all) if it were.

[Redeemed]

They couldn't have made it passively cooled? Would be good for a strict HT system (no gaming at all) if it were.

+1

And I'm wondering where all the circuitry is... plenty of PCB... just no circuitry. :p

[nekrosoft13]

for HTPC card this looks quite good. I'm actually considering buying it, i need a cheap card with HDMI to do 7.1 sound, this might be. just not sure how "good" drivers might be.

[CaptNKILL]

Interesting.

This is the first non ATI\nvidia graphics card released since the XGI Volari series back in 2004.

[nekrosoft13]

Interesting.

This is the first non ATI\nvidia graphics card released since the XGI Volari series back in 2004.

not really check here
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=123511

[CaptNKILL]

I forgot about that. Has it even been released yet?

[nekrosoft13]

yes but only straight from S3

older 530 GT card
https://s3gstore.s3graphics.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=PCIE530GTHDMI&reference=/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi%3Fsearch%3Daction%26keywords%3D%22PCI+ Express%22%26searchstart%3D0%26template%3DPDGTempl ates/FullNav/SearchResult.html

and never 540 GTX card
https://s3gstore.s3graphics.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=PCIE540GTXDP&reference=/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi%3Fsearch%3Daction%26keywords%3D%22PCI+ Express%22%26searchstart%3D0%26template%3DPDGTempl ates/FullNav/SearchResult.html