VIA Chrome9 HC

The integrated graphic card (shared memory) VIA Chrome9 HC IGP is found on the VN896 and 855 VXP chipsets for notebooks. The integrated graphic processor (IGP) offers DirectX 9.0 3D acceleration and a video accelerator for the MPEG playback. Further adaptive De-Interlacing and Video deblocking are supported up to a resolution of 1080i.

The performance of VIA Chrome 9 HC IGP is only the halve of current competitors of integrated graphic cards (Intel GMA 950, AMD XPress 1100) and even is overextended with the DirectX 9.0 functions of the Aero interface (of Windows Vista) (usage possible, but only with motion interruptions).

3D games are not really running well on this video card.

The VIA Chrome 9 HCM in the VIA 855 VXP chipset features an advanced video acellerator called VIA Chromotion Video Engine. With it, the chipset is able to decode HD videos in H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV9, and DivX in up to 1080p.

Manufacturer	VIA
Chrome Series	Chrome9 HC 2/1@250MHz
Codename	VN896
Pipelines	2 / 1 Pixel- / Vertexshader
Core Speed *	250 MHz
Shader Speed *	250 MHz
Memory Speed *
Memory Bus Width
Memory Type	onboard
Shared Memory	yes
DirectX	DirectX 9, Shader 2.0
Features	Aero Support (jedoch ruckelig), Video Engine, Adaptives De-Interlacing, Video Deblocking
Notebook Size	small and light
Date of Announcement	01.03.2007
Link to Manufacturer Page	http://www.via-tech.de/de/products/chips...

* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768

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min: 1315 avg: 1952.5 (3%) max: 2436 Points

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3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768

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min: 434 avg: 482.7 (0%) max: 600 Points

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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768

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min: 186 avg: 276.7 (1%) max: 339 Points

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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 -52%

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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 -52%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 -6%

Chrome9 HC

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 6%

Mirage 3+ 672MX 14%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M 257%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD 343%

Radeon HD 3200 740%

Radeon HD 4225 755%

Radeon HD 6250 848%

GeForce G 102M 884%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics 909%

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GeForce GTX 570 11564%

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3DMark 06

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min: 98 avg: 113.7 (0%) max: 128 Points

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Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU

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min: 2.9 avg: 2.9 (43%) max: 2.9 Points

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Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU Games

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min: 2.5 avg: 2.5 (37%) max: 2.5 Points

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Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit

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min: 166 avg: 442 (4%) max: 701 Points

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Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Mini-Note 2133	C7-M-1200	1024 MB	251 / 350MHz	128 MB shared memory 6.14.10.0133-20.04.01m	1315
Amilo Pro V3515	T2050	1024 MB			1959
NC20	U2250	1024 MB		128MB	2100
Belinea o.book 1	530	1024 MB	276 / 350MHz	128 MB shared memory 6.14.10.0125-20.04.01i	2436

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VIA Chrome9 HC

Benchmarks

Game Benchmarks

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