S3 Graphics GammaChrome S18

GammaChrome™ PCI Express™ graphics processors are S3 Graphics second generation high performance graphics cores combining hardware acceleration for DirectX™ 9.0 Shaders with Hi-Def™ display capabilities and the Chromotion™ Video Engine. The GammaChrome family includes a wide range of feature rich products for desktop and mobile applications, offering a perfect balance of performance, power and value. Unified driver support and commercial grade drivers remain true to S3 Graphics reputation for reliable, high quality graphics solutions.

PCI Express

GammaChrome products employ a native PCI Express® high speed serial link implementation which is fully compliant with the 1.0A specification. Dynamic support for 16, 8, and 1 lane configurations enables up to 8GB/s transfers between host system and graphics subsystem. Demonstrated interoperability with PCI Express core logic, root complex, solutions from industry-leading silicon vendors ensures compatibility with a vast array of motherboards and systems.

DirectX 9.0

GammaChrome's genuine hardware support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Vertex and Pixel Shaders version 2.0 allows today's latest games to leverage shaders as they create stunning visual effects using subtle texture blends along with complex lighting and material effects.

Hi-Def™ Experience

Enjoy your investment in HDTV using GammaChrome's integrated Hi-Def, HDTV encoder technology, which supports 1080p in addition to all 18 ATSC HDTV and SDTV standards. GammaChrome brings the theater experience into your home for all your PC media. Video games in Hi-Def mode explode to life before your eyes in vivid detail, and Hi-Def corporate presentations will set new standards. Support for the HDTV D-connector, which is very widely used on HDTV displays in the Japan market, is available on all GammaChrome products.

DeepColor™ Precision

DeepColor 10-bit-per-color component rendering precision and display allow for 1024 shades of pure color or grayscale, compared to only 256 shades available using standard 32-bit display modes.

Chromotion™ Video Engine

GammaChrome introduces S3 Graphics second generation of the acclaimed Chromotion Video Engine featured in DeltaChrome. Fully compatible with Microsoft DirectX-VA media acceleration, GammaChrome's Chromotion Video Engine provides powerful programmable video effects which can be applied to almost all video codecs, including Windows Media Video, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX and other video formats. Post-processing filters, such as de-blocking and smoothing, help improve poor source material. These exciting features can enhance video material such as web casts and other low bit rate source material. The Chromotion Video Engine's real-time rendering capabilities bring video effect processing to the mainstream home video enthusiast, who can now exercise as much ArtisticLicense™ as advanced video artists. Chromotion enables high quality video editing and processing, using familiar effects and filters for professional looking results on any project, simple or complex.

Product Features

S3 Graphics 3rd Generation Chrome graphics processor Comprehensive PCIe support and flexibility ChroMAT™ proprietary memory address translation Commercial Grade™ software drivers Pure HDTV Hi-Def™ Integrated HDTV Encoder Chromotion™ Video Engine ArtisticEffects™ Video Filters High Speed VIP Port ChromoVision™ full screen video for TV/HDTV PureFlow direct transmission of YUV data to TV DirectX 9.0 VS/PS Hardware with State-of-the-art 3D feature set 3D resolutions to 2048 x 1536, 32bpp Duo-Rotate: Independent Hardware Rotation on two displays ULP™ Ultra Low Power configurations available