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Can any one help me by telling information about manufacturers of GPU ?

I know three manufacturers : ATI, Nvidia, Intel

1) I want to know about these other manufacturers apart from these three manufacturers

2) Based on what features wecan select GPU ?

I know that features are based on specific application. But which features are considered always irrespective of application ?

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1) S3 is the closest thing I could think of as a competetor to ATI/nVidia. Their latest cards are competitive at low end only.

2) Price -vs- Performance is usually the best place to start.

BTW, Intel is not a GPU manufacturer yet. Their current offerings are all massivly under powered intigrated graphics.

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For the record also 3DFX, S3 (VIA), Matrox. Not very active except for VIA.

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Here is a ranking of GPUs by performance:

http://www.overclock.net/graphics- [...] ime-s.html

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evongugg wrote :

For the record also 3DFX, S3 (VIA), Matrox. Not very active except for VIA.

3Dfx is still making cards?!?
I had thought they were boxed when nVidia bought them out after the failed Voodo 4/5 lines?

Thank you very much for your qucik replies.

I think 3Dfx and Matrox are graphic card manufactureres right ? I dont know about S3.

I hope you understood that I am asking specifically for GPU manufacturers.

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You have a lot of homework to do!

I suggest start reading about ATI/AMD R600 and Nvidia G80.

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leela_511 wrote :

The only active manufacturers are ATI, Nvidia, Intel and a little bit S3 (VIA).
I don't know what happened to Matrox or 3DFX.

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Manufacturers
Two types of manufacturers must be distinguished:

GPU and IGP Manufacturers

Current GPU manufacturers:
AMD (acquired ATI in 2006)
NVIDIA
Matrox
Current IGP-only manufacturers:
Intel
VIA Technologies (acquired S3 Graphics in 2001)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_card#Manufacturers

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