3dfx has released some new Voodoo3 (2000 and 3000) drivers for Windows 2000 on 3dfxgamers.

Some more info the monkeys at ArsTechnica dug up on the 3dfx goofing up their demo at CeBit and word that they have already fixed the problem. Check out this post on SiliconInvestor which explains about the fab runs, and most importantly for all of us this blurb:

All of the major new functionality is working perfectly, including 32-bit color rendering, texture compression, full-scene anti-aliasing, T-buffer capabilities, as well as all the multi-chip SLI and FSAA capabilities. As a result, software development has been able to go full speed and thus we expect software to be very robust for shipping product. We believe we are still on track for April production for the first VSA-100 products
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3dfx sent out an email from 3dfx's Brian Burke about the silicon of the VSA-100, which is the chip powering the Voodoo 4 and 5. The problems at CeBit are because of early silicon according to Brian.

The alpha VSA-100 product we showed at Cebit had a few problems that were caused by a faulty process in the manufacturing of the silicon. The processing flaw manifested itself in many areas, including issues with clock frequencies and RAMDAC quality. The problem has been rectified.

3dfx is very encouraged by the state of our first silicon, known as A0 silicon, which was used on the products shown at Cebit. It is not unusual for first silicon to have a few minor issues. The excellent state of this initial silicon is very encouraging, and none of the minor problems that have been discovered and address have delayed the shipments of the Voodoo4 and Voodoo5 products.
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HardOCP has gotten a hold of some Windows2000 Voodoo2 drivers. You can download them from here. They arent certified from Microsoft or anything but hey we all trust Kyle... :)

Brian Burke of 3dfx sent along this word with clarification on why the Voodoo5 board didnt show at the recent IDF show along with the standard 'we are all really excited' stuff and word on the first US showing of the board:

3dfx Interactive will be showing the VSA-100 based Voodoo 4 and Voodoo5 products at the upcoming Games Developers Conference held from March 9-12 in San Jose.

There was a news item over the weekend on 3dfx's showing in Tokyo that had quite a thread going that you may have missed over the holidays btw.

case sent in this link to a thread on the xlr8yourmac.com messageboard by one of the Mac biz guys who was part of the recent 3dfx Voodoo5/VSA-100 demo that went down in Tokyo the other day.

The anti-aliasing capability of the board is being easily seen through the use of a hotkey which toggles the effect on and off. And users are telling us it's a very compelling demo of the true benefits of real-time, full-scene anti-aliasing.  ... the T-Buffer effects and anti-aliasing. The VSA-100 does anti-aliasing on the fly - and in all games - new or old. T-Buffer, however, has to be supported by content creators in the future. ... the Voodoo5's are being seen right now - for the first time - at Macworld Tokyo. ... and with real-time anti-aliasing enabled in today's most popular titles.

3dfx sent out a press release announcing support for Windows2000. The PR also mentions Voodoo2 support. Several people had questioned 3dfx (myself included) about this.

3dfx has released some new WindowsNT4 Voodoo3 & Banshee drivers. You can grab the Banshee drivers here, and the V3 drivers here. 3dfx has also released Windows2000 Voodoo3 drivers. (Thanks VoodooExtreme) I'd like to say the idea of not supporting Voodoo2 boards in Win2k is a great idea...

Guess Win2K is the topic of the day around here. Today is the official release and of course that means everyone is wondering a few things, 1 - does it suck or not? and 2 - are there any good drivers? Here's word from 3dfx on the Voodoo3 support. Thanks Marcus

The official release Windows 2000 drivers for the Voodoo3 2000/3000 are completed and have finished certification testing.  We are currently waiting for Microsoft to return the final certification on these drivers to 3dfx.  Due to Microsoft WHQL restrictions, we cannot post beta drivers for Windows 2000.

Also, it's my understanding that Voodoo2 support won't make it into Windows2000. This is not the fault of 3dfx however but in fact Microsoft. They arent allowing/enabling support for secondary 3D cards. (Voodoo2, PowerVR) I sent off an email to 3dfx so hopefully we'll have official word on that soon.

3DFX Gamers got info on various showings of 3dfx's VSA-100, powering the Voodoo 4 and 5. If you're near Palm Springs, in Tokyo or Hanover, you could see it. Guess we are gonna see a whole lot of new previews again. Voodoo Extreme also has some more specific dates.

Also, Bill Gates has a property tax bill of $1,076,231. You know the guy has 24 bathrooms for 7 bedrooms? wacky.

The guys at the Firing Squad have pushed out this interview with 3dfx's Peter Wicher, who is director of product marketing. The interview of course focuses on their VSA-100 for the Voodoo 4 and 5. They are still working on an early Q2 release.

"Geometry processing is an important technology whose time is approaching. I do not think that the real solution to the issues surrounding geometry processing as been introduced yet. People have jumped on the T & L bandwagon, but recent articles have shown the weaknesses of today's solutions, especially with the more powerful processors."

Seems 3dfx is finally showing the Voodoo 4 and 5 in Germany later this month (Thanks Björn's 3D World). February 24 to March 1 the annual CeBIT in Hannover, Germany will be held again and 3dfx will be demonstrating the Voodoo4 4500, Voodoo5 5000 and Voodoo5 5500. Lara Croft will be there to promote it. Lara is currently played by Dutch hottie Lara Weller. 3dfx has also announced that those three cards will be out this spring, but there's no mention of the Voodoo5 6000.

3dfx has released some new Banshee drivers, you can grab them from the 3dfx page here. Thanks Octane at VoodooExtreme

AVault has posted the second part of their interview with 3dfx. After putting up part 1 AVault got a quite a few emails about the tech support so they sent the top ten complaints from the messageboards and emails that they got to 3dfx.

3DFX has released new Windows 9x drivers for their Voodoo3 3500TV card. No less than 23 fixes in this version.

AVault has a new interview posted with Brian Burke of 3dfx. The interview is focused on the 3dfx technical support scheme and how they handle particular issues that come up.

Metabyte has released some new Wicked3D drivers that you can slap on your Voodoo card and get some pretty good framerates in Quake3 with.

In case you had any doubts of the reports that Jack had two days ago of 3dfx cutting their workforce by 20% (and the followup story) 3dfx has just put out a couple of press releases announcing the cuts. Here are the two releses:

- 3dfx Announces Initiatives Aimed at a Return to Profitability
- 3dfx cutting workforce by 20 percent

Hardnews.org has posted an interview with Brian Burke of 3dfx. This interview was conducted prior to the news that 3dfx had a 20% reduction in force on Monday.

Two days ago there was news of 3dfx had their eyes on 0.15 micron technology. Billy over at Voodoo Extreme checked with Brian Burke, who says it's for products after the Voodoo 4 and 5.