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Old 11-20-2008, 08:50 AM
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Phoronix: S3 Announces New GPU, Magical Linux Driver

In addition to VIA announcing a register documentation drop and driver partnership, S3 Graphics, which is a VIA Technologies joint venture company, has announced a new graphics card. Earlier this year S3 announced the Chrome 440 GTX, but today's press release christens the Chrome 500 series...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=Njg2Nw
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Old 11-20-2008, 10:36 AM
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So is this register-compatible with any of the documented IGPs, or is it a different family?
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Old 11-20-2008, 10:57 AM
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My gut-feeling is that they just tried to fish for some additional press-attantion with this. If anyone pokes them refering to their press-release I'd expect a reply along the lines "Oops, did we mention Linux there. Nah sorry, that was just a typo."

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Old 11-20-2008, 11:11 AM
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My gut-feeling is that they just tried to fish for some additional press-attantion with this. If anyone pokes them refering to their press-release I'd expect a reply along the lines "Oops, did we mention Linux there. Nah sorry, that was just a typo."

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Still waiting on a reply from them
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Old 11-20-2008, 05:54 PM
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ATI already has a OpenGL 3.0 Driver since Catalyst 8.9
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Old 11-21-2008, 08:14 AM
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ATI already has a OpenGL 3.0 Driver since Catalyst 8.9
But does it work?
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Old 11-21-2008, 09:30 AM
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This would be pretty nice if it does work out. Maybe even a competitor to Radeon HD4350, they appear to be priced similarly.
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Old 11-21-2008, 03:47 PM
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Michael Larabel wrote some really negatively biased articles there. Why so much scepticism?
Clearly via/s3 is on the right path - they deserve some gratification and encouragement (especially the latter).
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