Preview: S3 Graphics DeltaChrome S8 Nitro
by Derek Wilson on March 9, 2004 3:44 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
Aquamark 3 Performance
With Aquamark 3, the S3 Graphics DeltaChrome S8 Nitro puts in a showing in the low midrange or upper budget level of performance. We did see some motion issues with fog and smoke effects which could very well be any one of alpha blending issues, Z test issues, or shader issues. As these are prerelease drivers and hardware, we should expect some issues to exist, but this type of thing does need to be fixed before the card comes to market.
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Cybercat - Tuesday, March 9, 2004 - link
Time is an issue. Even if they are able to fix all the IQ issues and OGL performance problems, if they release it too late, their performance will be below what ATI and NVIDIA will be offering, and they'll fizzle out. If they can get it out before the big boys bring out their new stuff, and they price it cheap enough, they'll have a product that can potentially take a bit of the FX5200/R9200 portion of the market, which would be good because those cards don't perform well for their price IMO. It will be nice to root for someone other than ATI and NVIDIA for a change.