https://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/component/k2/item/396-sis-315e
Made by: SiS
Codename: 315E
Bus: PCI
Memory Size: 32MB
Max Memory Size: 128MB
Memory Type: SDR
Year: 2001
Announce Date: Monday, 11 December 2000
Card Type: VGA
Manufacturer: SiS
Process tech: 150nm
Owned by: Vlask
Outputs: 15 pin D?sub
Price $: 50
Video Acceleration: MPEG-2 (DVD)
DirectX: DX7
OpenGL: 1.2
Core Clock (MHz): 143
Core: 256bit
Memory Clock (MHz): 133
Memory Bus Width: 64bit
Memory Bandwidth (MB/s): 1064
Pixel Pipelines: 2
Texture Units: 2
Pixel Fillrate (MPixel/s): 286
Texel Fillrate (MTexel/s): 286
Sold by: ST Lab
Max Core Clock (MHz): 166
Min Core Clock (MHz): 143
Max Memory Clock (MHz): 332
Min Memory Clock (MHz): 133
Ramdac (MHz): 375
OpenGL/D3D report: Txt
Press info: SiS
Review: techreport
Info: SiS
Drivers: SiS
A budget card based on the SiS315E chipset. The original SiS315 came to market in October 2001 as a budget 3D-chip from SiS. In it's day it was priced around $50.
The SiS315 runs at 166MHz and is built on a 0.15 micron proces. It has 2 pixel pipelines and can apply 2 textures per pixel. I haven't benchmarked the SiS315 but I'd place the card between a low-cost Radeon VE and sometimes touching the GeForce2 MX200 performance levels. Both visual quality and driver compatibility probably won't reach the levels of the GeForce 2.
My card is fitted with the SiS315E. I'm not sure what the E stands for. Looking at the PCB and memory lay-out it might be an even more budget version of the SiS315. Also my card has been built in 2004 which places it in the Radeon X - GeForce 6 timeframe! Talking about budget... > Read more