Chrome 530 GT

A Sensible Solution for DirectX® 10.1 and Hi-Def™ Video Performance

S3 Graphics combines best-in-class performance with the latest 3D graphics, Hi-Def™ video, and digital display technologies in the Chrome 530 GT for desktop PCs. Supporting the latest Microsoft® DirectX™ 10.1 and OpenGL 2.1/3.0 graphics architectures for smooth, realistic 3D rendering and amazing PiP Blu-ray playback, the Chrome 530 GT offers mainstream users incredible value for home, work, and multimedia PCs. In addition, the simplicity of installing a Chrome 530 GT card makes it a great choice for PCs requiring the best upgrade ROI (return on investment) since no power supply upgrade or additional power connectors are required.

Using the latest Fujitsu Foundry low leakage process technology, the Chrome 530 GT features industry leading power conservation to help keep cooling costs to a minimum with the industry’s leading performance per watt product. Powerwise™ architecture allows dynamic adjustments of core and memory clock frequencies and voltage to ensure further energy efficiency without degrading performance.

S3 Graphics Chrome 530 GT Product Highlights

Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 and OpenGL 2.1/3.0 Support:  Realistic 3D rendering and increased visual sharpness through improved Anti-aliasing (AA), Image/Texture improvements, higher precision formats, and programmable lighting effects allow users to experience life-like rendering and image quality.

GPGPU (General Purpose GPU) Technology:  Utilizing an array of S3 stream processors, the Chrome GPU can accelerate parallel data workloads and perform work on thousands of concurrent threads to achieve Gigaflops (GFLOPS) of high-throughput computations. Applications that can utilize S3 GPGPU technologies include high performance computing (HPC) infrastructures, video transcoding/encoding, game physics, and many more.

S3 Graphics PowerWise™ Technology:  Sophisticated algorithms and power control mechanisms will allow Chrome 500 Series GPUs to deliver the optimal balance between performance and power on-the-fly, to meet performance and application requirements for power efficient graphics intensive computing on small form factor PCs. Consuming under 25W of power, the Chrome 500 is ideal as the graphics of choice for HTPC (home theatre PCs), DIY enthusiasts, and existing PC users looking for the best bang for the buck upgrade.  

PCI Express®2.0: Chrome 500 Series GPUs support the latest high throughput PCI Express® 2.0 bus technology for bandwidth intensive applications and games. The faster connection speed also allows users to take advantage of additional S3 Graphics technologies such as AcceleRAM™ which leverages system memory for image data storage, and MultiChrome™ Multi-GPU technology to unleash higher 3D rendering performance.

Advanced Display Connectivity:  Integrated digital display support with HDCP content protection allows users to connect to a multitude of monitors and digital displays for HD content viewing across a secure display path. Built-in HDMI transmitters with Dolby 7.1 digital surround sound and HD Audio controllers allow seamless audio/video HDMI connectivity. Display interfaces include the newly introduced DisplayPort, HDMI, dual-link DVI, and VGA.