sis 315 video chipset

[jan tanjo]

does anyone have experience with SiS315 4X AGP video chipset or similiar?
It is on a P4 board to be used in a video editing/animation situation.

These are the basic features

Ultra high Performance Graphic Chip : SiS315 with 32MB SDRAM
AGP interface : AGP 4X, 266MHz
Built-in 256-bit 3D engine up to 2048 x 2048 texture size
MPEG 2/1 Video Decoder for VCD, DVD and HDTV decoding.

I have heard that their later products have been better



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Yours without wax
jan

[saphalline]

I checked out SiS's website for their 315 design - http://www.sis.com/products/graphics/315.htm

I must admit that the feature set is not bad, GPU clocked at 166MHz max, RAM clocked at 166MHz (SDR and DDR) - not the best speeds but certainly no slouch compared to a year ago. If you get a DDR version and are looking for something cheap, then the SiS315 would probably work fine (maybe even some overclocking would be in order).

Depending on the load of digital video you're putting on the graphics card, most of the time the CPU speed and hard drive can be the bottleneck. I'd say a P4 with a SiS315 would be fine with dig vid, but getting something a little better like a Radeon 7500 (or 8500!) would be awesome.

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[jan tanjo]

thanks
just looking at the spec they look fine, the board I really want isn't avialable till fall so this will do till then

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Yours without wax
jan

[saphalline]

the board I really want isn't avialable till fall


Are you talking about the GF4 Ti 4200 or ATI's new "R300" series http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif? Haha, I'm waiting for the Ti 4200 myself, to replace my GF2 Ti. That way I'm sure to get a niiiice speed boost for games like UT2!

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