S3 Chrome S27 PCI Express Videocard Review Quiet videocards always make the best options for a HTPC, and the S3 Chrome S27 videocard certainly gets a few marks on this front.  78% Rating:    Table of Contents Filed under: Video Cards Published:  Author:  External Mfg. Website: S3 May 02 2006   C. Sun   Home > Reviews > Video Cards > S3 Chrome S27

At its highest setting, Ultra quality, texture sizes pass the 500MB mark which means even tomorrow's videocards will have a hard time running everything. The frame rates in the game itself are locked at 60 fps so anything above that point is wasted. Each test is run three times and with the third run being recorded.

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HQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	131.6
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	129.2
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	116.5
PowerColor X1600 XT	69
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	116.9
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	109
ATi Radeon X800 XL	101.8
PowerColor X700 Pro	54.3
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	128.9
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	123.6
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	123.5
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	121.9
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	125.3
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	127
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	112.6
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	92.4
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	116.2
S3 Chrome S27	40.9
HQ1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	104.8
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	92.7
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	63.6
PowerColor X1600 XT	34.4
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	66
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	58.4
ATi Radeon X800 XL	52.5
PowerColor X700 Pro	25.9
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	118.8
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	106.1
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	97.6
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	117.6
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	87.2
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	118.3
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	70.4
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	47.4
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	79.4
S3 Chrome S27	19.6
UQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	129.4
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	125.3
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	102.4
PowerColor X1600 XT	63.4
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	113.1
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	104.5
ATi Radeon X800 XL	97.8
PowerColor X700 Pro	52.8
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	128.8
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	125.4
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	122
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	121.9
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	121.2
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	124.3
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	111
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	87.5
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	115.3
S3 Chrome S27	25.9
UQ 1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	100.3
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	87.5
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	72.8
PowerColor X1600 XT	33
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	63.8
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	56.2
ATi Radeon X800 XL	51
PowerColor X700 Pro	21.9
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	117.1
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	106.7
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	96.7
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	118.8
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	84.2
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	116.7
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	69.3
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	46
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	79.7
S3 Chrome S27	14

In HQ mode with the resolution set to 1024x768, the S3 Chrome S27 provides decent framerates. If we go above this, the processing load becomes too great for the videocard and its 128MB of GDDR3 memory.

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