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S3 Chrome S27 Graphics Processor Review: Worthy Performance for Its Class? (page 15)

Category: Video

by Alexey Stepin , Anton Shilov

[ 12/29/2005 | 12:11 PM ]

Half-Life 2

The S3 Chrome S27 is no slower than the older GeForce 6600, ensuring a rather high speed in resolutions up to 1280x1024 and even in 1600x1200 to some extent. In the “eye candy” mode the performance of the card goes down to the level of the GeForce 6200 (that super-sampling again!), while the GeForce 6600 and both the RADEONs allow playing the game comfortably with turned-on FSAA.

There are no changes on the d3_c17_02 map where the RADEON X700 is in the lead, again. There are numerous enemies in the scene, so the performance of the cards is generally lower. You should use 1024x768 resolution with an S3 Chrome S27.