Computex 2001 Exclusive: New Graphics Chips from SiS and Trident

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System Information
CPU	AMD Athlon, 1000 MHz
Motherboard	MSI-6341, AMD760
Memory	256 MB DDR Infineon, CL 2.5
Network	Realtek 8139C, 100 Mbit
Hard Drive	IBM DTLA 307030, 7200 rpm, 30 GB
Graphics Cards
GeForce2 MX400	Asus V7100 Pure64 MB SDRAMDrivers: 12.40
SiS 315	Club 3D Engineering Sample32 MB SDRAMDrivers: 4.13.01.2010 (May 17, 2001)
Trident Blade 3D	Club 3D Engineering Sample32 MB SDRAM
Software
Operating System	Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222 A
DirectX Version	8.0a
Quake 3 Arena	Retail versioncommand line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0
Expendable Demo	16 Bit, no sound
Dronez	Normal: 16 Bit, bilinear filteringHigh Quality: 32 Bit, trilinear filtering
3DMark 2001	Downloadable Version

We had to run these benchmarks in our makeshift Computex lab so, we didn't have our standard testing rigs in Taiwan. A GeForce2 MX200 would have been the 1st choice for a budget 3D card comparison, since both the SiS and the Trident chip target the low-end market. Unfortunately, we were only given those prototype boards for one day, so that there was no time to get any other graphics card except the MX400 for comparison. Also, we had to use a 15" TFT display during our testing, resulting in a maximum resolution of 1024x768. However, as the newcomers are not meant to be high-end products, this resolution should be enough to give you a fair picture of how the final products will perform.

Header Cell - Column 0	SiS 315	Trident Blade XP
Chip Clock	166 MHz	166 MHz
Memory Clock	166 MHz	125 MHz

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Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.