The NITRO 3D is
a 64 bit, high-performance video accelerator designed to
speed up all of your graphics-intensive applications
while maintaining VGA and SVGA compatibility. Using the
NITRO 3D to perform graphics functions gives you more colours
and faster redraw and at the same time frees your CPU to
perform other tasks more quickly.
Features/Specifications
PCI VGA Card
4MB of EDO DRAM
S3's second generation ViRGE/GX chip
excels in 2D
Good (though not spectacular) 3-D performance
170 MHz RAMDAC
Supports a 1,600-by-1,200 resolution with 256
colors
120 Hz refresh rate at 1078x768x65K
Nitro's 2D Business Graphics WinBench 97 was a
superb 50.5
Nitro scored only 28.3 on the 3D WinBench 97. That's
compared to the Matrox Mystique's 37.9 and the
Orchid Righteous 3D's 113
The bottom line: STB's Nitro 3D is a great deal
for those who need top-notch 2D graphics at a very
affordable price, but who are not the most demanding
3D users
