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I got a version of Tomb Raider to run on the S3 decelerator also, not sure if it was the first, the sequel or both. Eventually a Creative 3D Blaster Banshee sav

I got a version of Tomb Raider to run on the S3 decelerator also, not sure if it was the first, the sequel or both. Eventually a Creative 3D Blaster Banshee saved the day. Intel's Iris Xe DG1 desktop card was not very performant either. Curious that they decide to build DG2 Arc/Alchemist 6nm Graphics cards at TSMC... I wonder why they chose not to build a CPU instead - an area where they are actually competitive. Here's some nostalgia - https://ctrl-alt-rees.com/2020-12-06-s3-virge-officially-supported-games-and-s3d-patch-downloads.html https://ctrl-alt-rees.com/2020-12-06-s3-virge-officially-sup...

theandrewbailey 5y ago
I think that Intel is using TSMC because Intel having issues with their smaller process nodes. It probably helps that their lead GPU guy, Raja Koduri[0], worked at ATI (later AMD), so he's familiar with how TSMC does things (because TSMC has manufactured all of ATI/AMD's GPUs). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Koduri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Koduri
- belval 5y ago
  And you get a nice bonus that every wafer Intel buys can't be used by AMD/Nvidia.