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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (80707)5/11/1999 2:01:00 PM
From: kash johal  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Tench,

Re: Whitney and the SIS 640

Thanks for the link.

My suspicion is the 640 will be a tad better than the 620.

Via is also working on such a chipset and ATI is working one as well.

The key thing is that the 640 eliminates the Lan Card, Modem Card, Home networking Card, as well as the graphics card all for a $40 chipset.

Knowing the brutal pricing in this market these chipsets will be $20 before we know it.

These will be great for low end systems but inadequate for gamers.

Good news is gamers can simply upgrade with a real monster 3d card if they wish.

The key is that a loaded $500 computer become much more feasible as these folks integrate more and more.

Regards,

Kash



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (80707)5/11/1999 2:30:00 PM
From: dumbmoney  Respond to of 186894
 
In short, the Whitney's gaming performance ranges from 10% to 27% *below* a comparable platform using the Riva TNT graphics controller. That isn't very respectable from a gamer's perspective, but it's enough for someone who cares most about price and only plays 3D games occasionally.

That's not bad. Compared with the lame graphics cards shipped in low-end systems (which, believe it or not, are sometimes used to play games), it's a major performance upgrade.


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