S3 Graphics, Ltd è una compagnia specializzata nella produzione di chipset di grafica e schede video, fondata nel gennaio 1989 da Dado Banatao e Ronald Yara.
Inizialmente i loro prodotti erano popolari, ma gradualmente la loro diffusione si è ridotta. S3 produce ancora acceleratori grafici per computer personali sotto il nome di "S3 Chrome".
S3 produce schede grafiche per computer PC. Inizialmente le schede prodotte, le TRIO, avevano solo la capacità di visualizzare grafica in due dimensioni. In seguito la capacità di visualizzazione di immagini in grafica 3D venne aggiunta con i modelli ViRGE e Savage. La serie di schede Chrome 440 è capace di gestire DirectX 10.1 e HD Bluray video. Chrome 530gt gestisce DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.0, HD-DVD e HD Bluray video playback.
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Le differenze in Unreal Tournament con e senza S3TC attivato:
Le Schede:
S3 P86C911
Core: P86C911 (Carrera)
Memory: 1MB VRAM
Year: 1991
Bus: ISA 16bit
S3 P86C928
Core: P86C928 32bit
Memory: 4MB VRAM
Year: 1992
Bus: VL-Bus
S3 P86C805
Core: P86C805 32bit
Memory: 1MB DRAM
Year: 1992
Bus: integrated/VL-Bus
S3 86C805-P
Core: 86C805-P 32bit
Memory: 1-2MB DRAM
Year: 1993
Bus: VL-bus
Matrox MAGIC/RGB
Core: S3 86C911
Anno: 1993
Bus: EISA
S3 Vision 864
Core: 86C864-P 59,96MHz
Memory: 1MB DRAM 59,96MHz
Year: 1994
Bus: PCI
S3 Vision 868
Core: 86C868-P
Memory: 1-2MB FPM
Year: 1994
Bus: PCI
S3 Trio32
Core: 86C732-P 60,14MHz 32bit
Memory: 1MB 2cycle EDO 5ns 60,14MHz 32bit
Year: 1994
Bus: PCI
S3 Trio64
Core: 86C764-P 57,27MHz 64bit
Memory: 1-2MB FPM/EDO 57,27MHz 32/64bit
Year: 1994
Bus: PCI
S3 Trio64V+
Core: 86C765 50-60MHz 64bit
Memory: 1-2MB EDO 50-60MHz 64bit
Year: 1995
Bus: PCI
S3 Virge
Core: 86C325 50,11/54,89MHz 64bit
Memory: 2-4MB 1 cycle EDO 50,11/54,89MHz 64bit
Year: 1995
Bus: PCI
S3 Virge/VX
Core: 86C988 54,89MHz 64bit
Memory: 4MB VRAM 54,89MHz 64bit
Year: 1995
Bus: PCI
S3 Virge/DX
Core: 86C375 50,11/66,22MHz 64bit
Memory: 4MB 1 cycle EDO 50,11/66,22MHz 64bit
Year: 1996
Bus: PCI
S3 Virge/GX
Core: 86C385 73,38MHz 64bit
Memory: 4MB SGR 73,38MHz 64bit
Year: 1996 Bus: PCI
S3 Trio64UV+
Core: 86C767 66,22MHz 64bit
Memory: 1MB FPM/EDO 66,22MHz 64bit
Year: 1996
Bus: PCI
S3 Trio64V2/DX
Core: 86C775 50-65MHz 64bit
Memory: 1-2MB FPM/EDO 50-65MHz 64bit
Year: 1996
Bus: PCI
S3 Trio64V2/GX
Core: 86C785 64bit
Memory: 1-2MB 64bit
Year: 1996
Bus: integrated
S3 Trio3D
Core: 86C365 90,382MHz 128bit
Memory: 4MB SGR 90,382MHz 64bit
Year: 1997
Bus: AGP 1x
S3 Trio3D/2X
Core: 86C368 83/100MHz 128bit
Memory: 4-8MB SGR/SDR 83/100MHz 64bit
Year: 1998
Bus: AGP 2x
S3 Savage3D
Core: 86C390/86C391 90MHz 128bit
Memory: 8MB SDR 90MHz 64bit
Year: 1998
Bus: AGP 2x
Made: 0,25µm
S3 Savage4
Core: 95,5MHz 128bit
Memory: 8MB SDR 109,8MHz 64bit
Year: 1999
Bus: AGP 2x
Made: 0,25µm
Datapath Horizon 2S
Core: 2xSavage 4GT (86C395) 109,8MHz 128bit
Memory: 2x8MB SGR 125,3MHz 64bit
Year: 2002
Bus: PCI
Made: 0,25µm
S3 Savage4 Pro
Core: 86C397 125MHz 128bit
Memory: 32MB SDR 143MHz 64bit
Year: 1999
Bus: AGP 4x
Made: 0,25µm
Diamond SpeedStar A200
Core: S3 Savage 4 Pro ?MHz 128bit
Memory: 8MB SDR ?MHz 64bit
Year: 1999 Bus: AGP 4x
Made: 0,25µm
S3 Savage2000
Core: 86C398-410 125,28MHz 128bit
Memory: 64MB SDR 133,63MHz 128bit
Year: 1999
Bus: AGP 4x
S3 DeltaChrome S8
Core: DeltaChrome S8 (Columbia) 300MHz 256bit
Memory: 128MB DDR 500MHz 128bit
Year: 2004
Bus: AGP 8x
Made: 0,13µm TSMC
S3 Chrome S25
Core: Chrome S25 500MHz 256bit
Memory: 512MB DDR2 400MHz 64bit
Year: 2006
Bus: PCI-E 16x
S3 Chrome S27
Core: Chrome S25 500MHz 256bit
Memory: 512MB DDR2 700MHz 64bit
Year: 2006
Bus: PCI-E 16x
S3 Chrome GTX540
Core: Chrome GTX540 800MHz 256bit
Memory: 256MB GDDR3 850MHz 64bit
Year: 2008
Bus: PCI-E 16x