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S3 announces Chrome 440 GTX

by on10 June 2008

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Beats 3470 in 3Dmark06?


VIA's S3 Graphics has announced a new card in its Chrome 400 series, called Chrome 440 GTX.

Same as the previously announced Chrome 430 GT, this one is also powered by the 65nm GPU clocked at 725MHz. Unlike the 430 GT version, the 440 GTX will come with a bit faster GDDR3 memory clocked at 700MHz and paired up with the same 64-bit memory interface.

The new card comes with features like PCI-Express 2.0, DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1 support and ChromotionHD 2.0+ technology. The backplate is packed with one dual-link DVI, one D-Sub and HDMI with audio. In its press release, S3 claims that this little thing is capable of beating ATI's Radeon HD 3470 in 3DMark06 on Windows Vista OS.

One thing is certain, we would love to see this one integrated and paired up with VIA's new Nano. It also looks great for the HTPC systems, as it is a low profile card with price set at US$69.95. Our people have seen it up and running, so the card is real. 

The Chrome 440 GTX is supposed to beat Radeon 3470, at least in 3Dmark06, but we have to see it to believe it.

We have to laugh about the GTX suffix sarcasm and we can assure you that VIA's GTX won't end up a bit faster than Nvidia's.

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Last modified on 10 June 2008
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