S3 has announced plans to introduce a new series of DX10-compatible video cards by the end of the year. It's not yet known whether the new Chrome 4 designs will be a continuing evolution of S3's aging DeltaChrome technology, (currently represented by the Chrome S27) or will represent an entirely new architecture, but there should be two flavors of the card available by Christmas. The Chrome 460 will be a DX10-compatible part manufactured on a 90nm process, while the Chrome 430 will supposedly be built on 65nm technology and be DX10.1 compliant. Both cards should feature support for HDMI and HDCP, and will rely on PCIe 1.0 for connectivity.
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