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

Quake 4 is the latest shooter from ID and is based on the Doom 3 engine. Tweaked to for more eye candy, Quake 4 promises to be tougher on videocards and systems than its predecessor was. Quake 4 also does not have a 60 fps limiter like Doom 3, with the Ultra setting, graphic textures can surpass the 500MB mark!

Quake 4 Custom Demo:
HQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	138.7
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	136.5
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	130.1
PowerColor X1600 XT	101.7
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	128.6
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	124.3
ATi Radeon X800 XL	120.9
PowerColor X700 Pro	83.9
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	141.1
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	141.6
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	142.5
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	141.8
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	138.6
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	141.8
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	128.1
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	114.3
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	133
S3 Chrome S27	74.1
HQ 1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	125.9
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	119.8
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	106.4
PowerColor X1600 XT	61.4
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	100.7
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	93.6
ATi Radeon X800 XL	86.5
PowerColor X700 Pro	45
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	134.2
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	128.3
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	124.6
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	137.6
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	120.1
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	136.1
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	93.8
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	70.6
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	111.2
S3 Chrome S27	44.1
UQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	133.9
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	133.2
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	121.1
PowerColor X1600 XT	88.4
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	119.9
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	113.6
ATi Radeon X800 XL	108.4
PowerColor X700 Pro	61.6
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	140.3
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	133.2
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	130.3
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	131
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	129.4
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	131.1
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	113.5
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	96
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	113.9
S3 Chrome S27	30.8
UQ 1600x1200	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	118.8
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	112.1
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	92.9
PowerColor X1600 XT	54.6
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	87.1
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	76.9
ATi Radeon X800 XL	73.3
PowerColor X700 Pro	32.4
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	133.7
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	124.7
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	112.6
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	125.9
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	107
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	124
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	81.3
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	58.7
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	83.7
S3 Chrome S27	19.5

As with Doom 3, the S3 Chrome S27 videocard can dish out adequate framerates at 1024x768 when running in high quality mode. Rather impressive considering S3 is not well known for its 3D performance.

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