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SiS6326 Review Cont.
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The SiS6326 reference card I tested came with 8MB of Siemens -10ns 100MHz SDRAM onboard and had a small heatsink covering the graphics controller itself. The card passed muster on each of the five super7 mainboards (Iwill xa100 Plus, FIC VA-503+, EFA Viking 3, SOYO SY-5EMA+, AOpen AX59Pro) that I ran it on, showing virtually no incompatibilities whatsoever. For the 3D Winbench 99 and 3DMark 99 Pro tests shown below the test system was as follows:
| Mainboard | Iwill XA100 Plus |
| L2 Cache | 512K |
| Processor(s) | AMD K6-2 350MHz Cyrix MII 333 Intel P233MMX |
| Memory | 64MB PC100 (Generic) |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital AC 36400 UDMA |
| Operating System | Windows 98 |
You'll notice that the test were run at a screen resolution of 640x480 and a color depth of 16bpp. Scores reflect an average of three runs of the benchmark for each processor.
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SiS 6326 3D Winbench 99 |
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AMD |
Cyrix |
Intel P233MMX |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark |
174 |
142 |
149 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/ 1/IslandsB2G1T1,NML,SA,F (Frames/Sec) |
12.9 |
9.14 |
10.2 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/ 2/RaceTrackB1G1T1,NML,SA (Frames/Sec) |
18.4 |
14.8 |
15.6 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/ 3/RaceTrackB2G1T1,NML,SA (Frames/Sec) |
14 |
12.5 |
13.4 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/ 4/ChapelB1G1T1,NML,SA (Frames/Sec) |
9.72 |
5.79 |
6.69 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/ 5/StationsB2G2T1,NML,SA (Frames/Sec) |
14.4 |
11.8 |
12.1 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/ 6/StationsB2G2T3,NML,SA (Frames/Sec) |
12.4 |
10.3 |
10.4 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/ 7/IslandsB2G1T1,NML,SA (Frames/Sec) |
11.8 |
9.16 |
9.73 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/ 8/StationsB3G3T1,NML,SA,A,S (Frames/Sec) |
13.1 |
9.69 |
10.5 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/ 9/IslandsB4G1T1,NML,SA,A (Frames/Sec) |
7.1 |
5.71 |
5.87 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/10/ChamberB3G1T1,NML,SA,M (Frames/Sec) |
9.42 |
8.71 |
8.9 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/11/ChamberB3G2T2,NML,SA,M (Frames/Sec) |
10.4 |
9.58 |
9.92 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/12/RaceTrackB3G1T1,NML,SA,A,M (Frames/Sec) |
14 |
12.5 |
12.9 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/13/CanyonB1G1T1,SA,A,M2 (Frames/Sec) |
6.47 |
5.07 |
5.12 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/14/RustValleyB3G1T1,SA,A,M,M2 (Frames/Sec) |
9.3 |
9.03 |
9.1 |
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3D WinBench 99/3D WinMark/15/RustValleyB3G1T3,SA,A,M,M2 (Frames/Sec) |
8.83 |
8.56 |
8.61 |
Futuremark's 3DMark™ 99 Pro is a good measure of 3D performance. Over and above the 3DMarks scores, the fill rate and texture rendering speeds are very telling as to the cards 3D performance.
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3DMark™ Performance |
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Platform |
SiS 6326 |
SiS 6326 |
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Resolution |
640*480 |
800*600 |
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3DMark Result |
750.29 |
556.37 |
3DMarks |
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CPU Geometry Speed |
3667.21 |
3772.33 |
3DCPUMarks |
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Rasterizer Score |
187.67 |
169.24 |
3DRasterMarks |
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Game 1 - Race |
14.94 |
11.28 |
FPS |
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Game 2 - First Person |
10.07 |
7.27 |
FPS |
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Fill Rate |
16.81 |
16.97 |
MTexels/s |
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Fill Rate With Multi-Texturing |
16.88 |
17.03 |
MTexels/s |
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2MB Texture Rendering Speed |
36.18 |
26 |
FPS |
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4MB Texture Rendering Speed |
35.14 |
22.11 |
FPS |
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8MB Texture Rendering Speed |
18.03 |
10.83 |
FPS |
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16MB Texture Rendering Speed |
13.12 |
8.59 |
FPS |
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Bilinear Texture Filtering Speed |
100 |
100 |
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Trilinear Texture Filtering Speed |
80.37 |
84.15 |
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6 Pixel/individual |
498.38 |
498.29 |
KPolygons/s |
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6 Pixel/strips |
737.81 |
731.15 |
KPolygons/s |
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25 Pixel/individual |
256.43 |
254.66 |
KPolygons/s |
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25 Pixel/strips |
348.81 |
341.56 |
KPolygons/s |
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50 Pixel/individual |
178.3 |
178.2 |
KPolygons/s |
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50 Pixel/strips |
226.8 |
222.35 |
KPolygons/s |
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250 Pixel/individual |
60.26 |
61.78 |
KPolygons/s |
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250 Pixel/strips |
67.57 |
68.29 |
KPolygons/s |
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1000 Pixel/individual |
17.44 |
19.27 |
KPolygons/s |
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1000 Pixel/strips |
18.16 |
20.4 |
KPolygons/s |
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Processor Type |
AMD K6-2 |
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Processor Speed |
350 MHz |
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L1 Cache size |
64 KB |
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L2 Cache size |
1024K |
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Physical Memory |
64 MB |
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Although the SiS6326 has an integrated triangle setup engine, it is still somewhat CPU reliant for optimal performance as the scores above detail.
You may be wondering why, with all of the new high performance graphics controllers currently available, we decided to review the SiS6326 graphics chip.
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To put it simply, the chip has found its way into thousands of sub-$1000 home PCs. With names like Matsonic, PC Chips, Eurone, Amptron and even Diamond Multimedia incorporating the chip into controller cards and mainboards, we thought it a wise idea to test its performance and compatibility. The SiS6326, while not a monster gamers chip is nonetheless a stable workhorse in the super7 arena providing excellent 2D and video performance, and at an unbelieveably low price. Current market reports show cards based on the chip available from $28.00 and up. |
