3DPower Rampage?

It looks to me, from looking at their news page, that Absolute Media had the rights to make GeForce cards, and then 3DPower bought them out, and is continuing to use those rights to make more GeForce cards, perhaps until their own card is ready to be manfactured? Plus, I'm pretty sure that when 3Dfx sold to Nvidia, they only sold portions of their assets and never actually specified all that was sold. Nvidia always dodged questions when asked if they acquired the Rampage tech so maybe they don't have it. Regardless, it'll be interesting to see what happens Monday.

Oooh man i bet they sure feel uber nuking posts. Puh-leeze its a friggin message board, let us talk about what we want lol. If some guy starts talking about something off topic, so be it, not like anybody cares. Guildelines on a gaming website, like an oxy-moron if you ask me.

Since Nvidia owns the tech they couldn't use that tech. It was BS before I saw the update

why does the inquiere look so much like the register???

3DPower is comprised of about 40% former 3dfx employees acording to the moderator on their messageboard.

Doesn't mean its not bullshit though

is this confirmed bullshit?

screw what they said, i think it might be real )

I wish something like this would really happened...maybe it's not ALL bullshit.

3DFX COMES BACK FROM THE DEAD TO PUT NVIDIA TO REST FOREVER!!!!}r


<Evil Laugh>Muahahahahahahahahahah</Evil Laugh>

Update We've had an email from Scott Sellers this afternoon, and he says that there may be a new company of this name, but the rumours are just rumours, and he is personally nothing to do with it. Thanks Scott. MM. 17.40 BST

Man I hope this is legit. The Rampage has some nice tech.

52 bit color, curved surface support, 12.8GB/Sec of memory bandwidth (assuming two banks of 200mhz DDR memory), along with their excellent anti aliasing. Booya grandma, booya.

Is Gary Tortilli, the famous inventor of the Tea-bluffer, also part of this company?

Bullsh1t.

A. 3Dfx sold their technology to nVidia.

B. 3D Power is a video card manufacturer that makes cheap Geforce cards.

3dfx did such a good job competing with nvidia before, I'm sure they'll do it just as well this time.

umnachakawaka

ill get this after my Glaze3D

wow, if this has any truth to it at all, this is very good news.

We don't have to rely on ATI for competition anymore.

(Though, I will say, the newer Radeon cards are actually pretty damned good)

Update on the story from The Inquirer:

Update We've had an email from Scott Sellers this afternoon, and he says that there may be a new company of this name, but the rumours are just rumours, and he is personally nothing to do with it. Thanks Scott. MM. 17.40 BST

These guys are going to get their shit sued out of existance.

nVidia bought out 3dfx's technology. They want to use that technology to make a competing graphic board. Gee... they're asking for a lawsuit.

Ooooh. So 3dfx was never totally dead. Thank god for that too, you guys see the price of the gf3?? Man we need some competition for nvidia other wise were all fucked.

Being a big 3dfx fanboy, I owned a Voodoo 1, 2, 3, and 5.

Here's hoping they can pull something competitive out of their hats.

Is this the card that makes the GF3 prices drop like a stone?

Initial reaction: HOORAY!!!

Competition is good.

3DPower announces launch on the
North American market.

May 18, 2001 San Jose CA ----- Absolute / 3DPower Ltd is proud to announce that they are leaping the pond and hitting the North American Retail and OEM markets with both barrels blazing. Having experienced enormous success in the European and Korean Markets with their Absolute Outrageous products, the dynamic duo is poised to make their presence felt in the North American, Latin American and Australian retail and system integration channels.

A commitment to delivering to the gamer the pinnacle of technological excellence in graphic cards, their initial flagship product, the Morpheus GeForce3 promises to deliver a complete package that gamers in the North American Market have been deprived of for far too long. From top to bottom the Absolute / 3DPower Ltd GeForce Series based product line offers a complete solution regardless of how padded your wallet may be. Absolute / 3DPower LtdÂ’s Nemesis GeForce2 MX 200 and MX400 line offers blinding speed for those on a budget, while the Osiris GeForce2 Ultra meets consumers and OEMs half way between their flagship Morpheus line and Nemesis lines.

...

“Gaming is what Absolute / 3DPower Ltd is all about. Our commitment to gamers is evident from our excellent compilation of the latest game titles in our Software Choice Library, to our online Outrageous TALK! Forums. In our forums we are building a community for gamers to swap battle stories, as well as receive answers to all of their hardware/software related inquiries. Our expansion of our product lines to encompass low cost solutions all the way up to the Morpheus GeForce3 enables us to offer the best performance for any platform. We are confident that our dedication to delivering a complete solution to OEMs and end users we will achieve the same level of brand recognition here in the highly competitive North American Market.” Kurt Erikson, Marketing Director, Absolute / 3DPower Ltd.
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http://www.3dpower.com/html/usa.htm

That's the announcement. Where does it say anything about Rampage?

-TC

Um, don't Nvidia own the IP on the rampage etc, God I hope this works and doesn't go the way of Bumboys Bitboys.

I don't get this shit...

Address 3DPOWER LTD
1 The Mews, 76 Castle Street
Farnham, Surrey GU9 7LP, UK

This doesn't make much sense to me.... especially w/ people below saying it's a UK company that's nVidia certified.... anyway... whatever. =)

Does anyone know where these guys are working on this? Because the www.3dpower.com website is from the UK, and the company is from the UK. So if this new company is in the USA it can't be the same guys, so either there is two companys with the same name, or the company name isn't really 3dpower.

If this is all true (and that's a big if, mind you) this is phenomenal news.

Well .. wait. If their web site says they're partnered with nVidia, then maybe 3dpower is operating such that nVidia keeps on with their GeForce tech progression [since it's being worked on two years into the future or something], and this company is selling the acquired tech to a different market or something.

Human stupidity is boundless.....

3DPower is a new secret company ? eh ? lol! Did you go here www.3dpower.com ??

About 3Dpower Ltd
3DPower Ltd is a leading manufacturer of advanced graphics and multimedia products for the consumer and professional computing markets. Founded in February 2000, 3DPower has quickly established itself as a Pan-European supplier of 2D, 3D, video and multimedia products for the global OEM and distribution markets. 3DPower is an nVIDIA Certified Select Solution Partner offering leading edge Graphics technology solutions for both Consumer and Business OEM Customers.

nVidia ownz all of 3dfx's Technology/patents and 90% of their EE guys. So Rampage = nVidia and SLI=nVidia

BTW www.tweaktown.com sarted this BS yesterday

Not to be a party pooper, but wasn't that technology actually nvidia's after the sell out?

Do we think Nvidia is gonna let someone else use thier tech after that someone else filed a
patent lawsuit against them? I don't know, maybe its legit, and maybe Sellers is just trying to keep his name in the papers until he lands a job.

wow this is actually really sweet i think
i hope there new card is really kick ass, and puts some competition back in the market
well whatever they have, i will have to check it out this coming monday for sure

we'll just have to wait until monday to know whats really going on.

http://www.3dpower.com
LOOK AT THE EYES ON THE LOGO!

When will the KyroIII be ready? Anytime soon? I want one of the Kyro2 cards but no T&L makes me think twice.

... wow ...

Talk about risky. I've got mixed feelings about this. Happy in general - for various reasons. But what about the patents? I just hope a flurry of lawsuits doesn't kill this.

We'll see what happens. I just talked myself out of a GF3. The Radeon2, Kyro3, the possibility of a new Matrox card and now this. My Radeon 32DDR is fine in my system for now.

yay...competition = lower prices and more innovation.