The Wicked3D WickedGL downloads page has a update to version 2.30 of the WickedGL driver for 3dfx cards, this driver is generally faster than the 3dfx drivers but not always. Thanks BluesNews

Ayeee... 3dfx isnt having a good time lately. If you remember last quarters results they lost 100.5 million bucks. They blamed it on a shortage I believe. Well they just put out another warning for this quarter.

...earnings for the three months ending October 31, 2000, to be substantially below the Company's previous expectations. The anticipated shortfall is primarily due to overall softness in the European retail and system integrator channels.

3dfx also just recently lost their PR guy to NVidia, Brian Burke. Thanks Travis Yoes

If you have a thing for watching TV commercials, 3DConcepts has digitized the latest 3dfx commercials that have been airing on several major cable channels. (CNN etc)

3dfx has thrown a curve ball into the market and decided to get that TV tuner technology they have been sporting on the V3-3500 out on its own. Check out the VoodooTV

For all the Voodoo5 owners who feel like cranking a few more FPS out of their card, 3D Spotlight has a tweak guide.

I spotted this 3dfx press release from last week that I thought you guys may find of mild interest. Apparently 3dfx is making a few more efforts to be more serious about their OpenGL support. Now they need to master that whole leaking drivers once a week technique

3dfxgamers has the latest Voodoo 4/5 AGP/PCI drivers for Windows 2000. The 7.7mb download fixes several game related bugs, but also has OpenGL optimizations for P3s and Athlons.

There's a new interview with 3dfx's PR person Bubba Wolford on Voodoo Extreme. Bubba comments on the 3dfx Gigapixel merger, multiple chip solutions, and of course bad mouths the competition even though 3dfx really shouldn't be the one talking right now with all their missed product cycles and multimillion losses.

Voodoo Extreme -- Any status on the Voodoo5 6000? We get the impression that nVidia launched the GeForce 2 Ultra, at the $500 price tag, to compete directly with the 6000; with it's launch coming out prior to the 6000, does this change any of the 6000's plans/price/features?

3dfx -- Nothing Nivida does will change what we are doing with the 6000. What is clear is that they missed their product cycle. This is the third regurgitation of GeForce! It was our belief that a product cycle meant introducing a new product. How many times Nvidia expect the consumer to buy the same product?

Now that Nvidia has missed the product cycle with NV20, we plan to forge ahead. The Voodoo5 6000 is still a 4 chip, 512-bit interface monster with 128MB of RAM and over 10.6 GB of memory bandwidth. It will regain the hands-down performance crown for us.

The "fresh and in your face" guys of the FiringSquad have done a 3dfx driver comparision looking if that Geometry Assist function in the new drivers actually means anything.

For those of you who were wondering wtf the Geometry Assist function in the new Voodoo4/5 drivers was for, Voodoo Extreme has an explanation from 3dfx's Bubba Wolford on this and a few of the other new features in the drivers.

There are new Win9x/ME drivers for the Voodoo4 and 5 on 3dfxgamers. A list of changes can be seen here.

Deadbread sent along word that there's been yet another release of the WickedGL driver, adding texture support this time. You can get it from the Wicked 3D website.

We quit linking Voodoo5 reviews around here quite a while ago, but Tech-Report has come through with the mother of all reviews. They also have some pretty interesting stuff about the mipmapping dithering techniques used etc. Good readin.

Oh yippy, 3dfx has announced it's shipping the Voodoo4 4500 in AGP and PCI flavors, for $149. Kinda late huh. Saw that on Stomped.

If you STILL own a Voodoo2, or, rather two as that's what this hole story is about. Last year someone edited some drivers to support SLI mode from two different Voodoo2s. This has been done again with the new drivers so you can still use them. I would suggest getting a new videocard though.

For the folks out there running a Voodoo5 card, 3dfx has released some new drivers for both Win9x as well as Win2K. Should fix a few minor bugs, not sure about speed increases though.

Another article on the V5-6000 that was showing at the ECTS show. Have a look at what GameSpotUK thought.

No time demos, but 3dfx did show the Voodoo5 6000 at ECTS that is happening in London. EuroGamer has a writeup and some pictures which once again show that its a freaking long card.

3dfx has released new beta drivers for the Voodoo5 - AGP and PCI version. The drivers, which are for Win9x and WinME and Windows 2000 fixes several game bugs such as the multitexture problem in Ritual's FAKK2.

After yesterday's q&a on the future of 3dfx, Evil Avatar asked further about the OEM changes. Here is what Brian Burke of 3dfx had to say

Old model: Make chip, put it on board, sell board
New model: Make core, put it in chip, put it on board, sell board AND
Sell chip to OEM or motherboard maker AND
Sell core to other companies that need 3D

So 3dfx is going back to the old (successful) days of selling just their chips (besides their own fully manufactured products). Seems like a good timing at least, as long as they can get their products out, such as the Vooodoo 5 6000 which should ship some time this fall.