S3 Graphics Chrome S27 cards available...

[gvblake22]

...in 128MB and 256MB flavors!
$93 and $128 respectively at newegg. What do you guys think?

Personally, I would have liked to see these cards passively cooled :roll:

[sbohdan]

how about a performance review? the price is right but the question is what about performance and OC? is it capable of running todays games? if anyone has a sample, would be more then wellcome to give us an insight on these issues :)

[gvblake22]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...hrome-s27.html

Looks like performance is about on par with a 6600 :)

[sbohdan]

Originally Posted by gvblake22

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/s3-chrome-s27.html

Looks like performance is about on par with a 6600 :)

that's what I thought
it would of been great bang for a buck just a year ago but now I feel it's little too late
:cry:
if it was a 256bit or/and 16 pipes, I would be running out to get one now

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by sbohdan

that's what I thought
it would of been great bang for a buck just a year ago but now I feel it's little too late
:cry:
if it was a 256bit or/and 16 pipes, I would be running out to get one now

Well, it's not engineered to be a gaming card. It's made for low power and high "performance per watt". It's great for something like a HTPC or any other rig that is not used for gaming.

[sbohdan]

thanks blake. this clears it up :)

[Capper]

Pretty interesting card. I second the motion that it might be a great HTPC solution.