Thread: With its first multi-GPU solution, VIA is better than ATI Eyefinity!

The Taiwanese VIA benefits from a lounge in Las Vegas to unveil its S3 Graphics Chrome 5400E x2...

VIA benefits of Digital Signage Expo 2010, detained in a few days in Las Vegas to roll out its foremost multi-GPU solution. And for good reason, its S3 Graphics Chrome 5400E x2 displays four streams full HD on eight screens, which ought to be helpful to professionals in the digital display advertising. VIA is therefore before the decoding capabilities of its engine PanoChrome, which makes use of two GPUs present on Chrome 5400E x2.

The Taiwanese manufacturer has just hunt on the land of AMD, which supports only six screens with its technology Eyefinity. Chrome 5400E is not a lightning performance, but he still supports DirectX 10.1 (Shader Model 4.1), OpenGL 3.0, and incorporates a core in its 7.1 audio HDMI outputs. The S3 Graphics 5400E x2 Chrome will be launched first with integrators in the USA, in the second quarter of 2010. This solution may be familiar with some success, by its consumption significantly lower than the AMD solution, and its power exceeds that of Matrox products.