Michal Lisiecki, marketing manager VIA Europe, and Nadeem Mohammad, Product marketing manager S3, sent to us on today's Friday in the gediegenen atmosphere of the Postdamer of place in Berlin first detailed information to the S3 Omnichrome S4.









The basis of the map forms the DirectX 9.0-Chip "S4" clocked with 350 MHz, which is to use 2,0 ordered and under full load straight once seven Watts over two Vertex Shader, four pixel Shader and the Shader Model. The fact that the boards have a floppy current plug beyond that has to do with problems of some motherboards and is a pure precautionary measure. With the S4 Nitro is already a more highly clocked version in planning. The Omnichrome S4 has 128 MT dd g 1 memory, which runs with material 300 MHz (600 MHz GDR) and is tied up to the diagram processor over 128 bits a long bus. Offerer of the choice remains in Europe the company Club3D, who sold more unknown products also in the past like the XGI Volari maps. It is at present practically impossible to win further manufacturers for alternatives apart from ATi and nVidia so Mohammad. The Club3D Omnichrome S4 is produced at present in series and should be available in two weeks also with large dealers as for example Alternate.de at a price of 145 euro.









Opposite likewise now finally briefly before the introduction on the market standing delta chrome S8-Karten (we knew first pictures ten months ago ago with our Giga TV attendance ergattern), 300 MHz chip and 250 MHz the storing act including 128 and/or. 256 MT memory (84 respectively 109 euro) as well as eight pipelines and two Vertex Shader offer, are characterised the Omnichrome S4 by its PAL TV pAL-TV-Tuner and the extensive connection types. Main competitor is here completely clearly ATis universe in Wonder series, particularly the 9200er-Version, which lies in the same price segment around 140 euro. In particular the HDTV output according to standard is here mentioned, because these does not offer the 9200 at all and the 9600 AiW only optionally. A remote maintenance and the untrimmed full versions of intervideo Home theatre "Media center" and WinDVD Creator 2,0 as well as Collin McRae Rally 04 (DVD) round the scope of supply off.

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