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S3 Chrome S27 PCI Express Videocard Review
S3 Chrome S27 PCI Express Videocard Review - PCSTATS
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:   
Filed under: Video Cards Published:  Author: 
External Mfg. Website: S3 May 02 2006   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: FEAR

FEAR

Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

FEAR
1024x768: FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A 120
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E 97
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B 81
PowerColor X1600 XT 55
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE 78
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E 73
ATi Radeon X800 XL 66
PowerColor X700 Pro 38
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E 127
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E 126
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single) 125
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode) 125
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single) 84
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode) 117
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E 62
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single) 41
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode) 62
S3 Chrome S27 31
1600x1200: FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A 72
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E 54
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B 44
PowerColor X1600 XT 26
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE 41
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E 36
ATi Radeon X800 XL 32
PowerColor X700 Pro 16
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E 71
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E 93
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single) 76
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode) 51
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single) 42
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode) 66
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E 32
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single) 20
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode) 31
S3 Chrome S27 15
1024x768 w/Soft Shadows Enabled: FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A 83
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E 57
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B 45
PowerColor X1600 XT 27
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE 39
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E 35
ATi Radeon X800 XL 30
PowerColor X700 Pro 16
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E 79
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E 84
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single) 55
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode) 55
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single) 46
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode) 32
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E 33
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single) 22
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode) 20
S3 Chrome S27 14
1600x1200 w/Soft Shadows Enabled: FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A 41
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E 26
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B 20
PowerColor X1600 XT 12
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE 17
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E 15
ATi Radeon X800 XL 13
PowerColor X700 Pro 6
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E 37
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E 41
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single) 26
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode) 31
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single) 21
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode) 27
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E 15
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single) 9
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode) 9
S3 Chrome S27 6

FEAR is another very intensive game, and only framerates at 1024x768 can be considered anything near acceptable. Remember all games are set with all the eye candy enabled.

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Contents of Article: S3 Chrome S27
 Pg 1.  S3 Chrome S27 PCI Express Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  S3 Chrome S27 GPU Details
 Pg 3.  Image Quality of the S3 Chrome S27
 Pg 4.  Benchmarks: 3DMark05, 3DMark06
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: AquaMark 3
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: FarCry
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: Doom 3
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: Quake 4
 Pg 9.  — Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 10.  Benchmarks: X3: Reunion

 
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