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The Demise of 3dfx

By Maarten Goldstein, Sep 26, 2002 6:57am PDT

FiringSquad has posted an article looking at the demise of 3dfx, creator of the Voodoo chipsets and videocards. Supposedly this comes from an...

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"CAUSE bsod IN xp INFINITE LOOP ERROR IN NV4_DISP.DLL"

- Toraz Chryx see all 75 comments

3dfx Rampage: Coulda been!

By Steve Gibson, Jul 08, 2002 1:49pm PDT

Here is a cute article looking at the 3dfx Rampage card that could have been. There are a few specific details about what the technology included....

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"taped out means that the chip has been simulated to death, as well as checked for timing, etc. ..."

- BulletPro see all 95 comments

New V4/5 Drivers

By Maarten Goldstein, Oct 22, 2001 10:27am PDT

For the few of you still stuck with the ol' Voodoo 4 or Voodoo 5, there are new drivers out, released by a company called AE Software Technologies....

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" same here. My Voodoo5 is rock stable. One reason why I didn't get a Geforce 2 GTS. My friends ..."

- Cheesedog_3:16 see all 49 comments

New x3dfx Drivers

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 24, 2001 6:11am PDT

Specter let us known that GamersHQ @ Madonion has word of some new drivers by x3dfx for those of you who still have a V3/4/5 card. These are for...

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" Good for you, I am now a fuller person for knowing this. you're a fucking dork"

- DOOM3 see all 12 comments

3DPower Rampage?

By Steve Gibson, Jun 07, 2001 6:57am PDT

Many of you may recall a little while back we revealed (and had confirmed) that the 3dfx next-gen Rampage card was actually completed just a day or...

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

- Ominous see all 147 comments

3dfx Rampage Pics

By Steve Gibson, Apr 26, 2001 8:17pm PDT

A flood of people have been sending in a couple of pictures of the 3dfx Rampage card. Several ex-3dfx guys had actually mentioned to me that the...

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"4-way SLI? And all you losers are just running two 6800GTs."

- riptyde see all 102 comments

3dfx Windows XP FAQ

By Maarten Goldstein, Apr 12, 2001 7:03am PDT

For those of you still with the 3dfx cards, there is a 3dfx Windows XP FAQ on NT Compatible where they show that even though there won't be any new...

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"This is just natures way of telling you that you should be using 3dfx and/or Windows xp. :)"

- baron calamity see all 7 comments

3dfx Retrospective

By Steve Gibson, Mar 19, 2001 8:22am PST

You guys remember 3dfx? Those brave souls who helped start the 3D acceleration revolution for gaming? Here is a retrospective on 3dfx looking at...

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New Voodoo4/5 Drivers

By Maarten Goldstein, Feb 21, 2001 11:04am PST

The xdfx team have released new Voodoo 4/5 drivers that fix the FSAA problem of the previous release and add some DirectX8 features, as noted in...

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" I can visualize it already Voodoo LOD options: Crap / Ugly / Ok / Don't try / Argh Geforce ..."

- Lara Croft see all 15 comments

V5-6000 Looking Back

By Steve Gibson, Feb 08, 2001 2:44am PST

Here is an interesting article looking at the defunct Voodoo5-6000 card that never did see the light of day in the retail channel. It was gonna be...

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NVidia Supporting 3dfx

By Steve Gibson, Feb 08, 2001 2:41am PST

HardOCP got a hold of an image of a document that has been distributed to several EB stores claiming that NVidia has decided to continue support...

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"I vote for nVidia for rulers of earth. I hope they go into the sound card buisness soon so they ..."

- archon see all 13 comments

Updated 3dfx Drivers

By Maarten Goldstein, Jan 31, 2001 12:15pm PST

The x-3dfx team (former 3dfx employees) have release some unsupported, unofficial Voodoo 3/4/5 drivers for Win9x and Win2k. This will probably be...

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"Deus Ex and Ultima 9 are probably the biggest glide games that need a 3DFX card. As for UT, it ..."

- baron calamity see all 50 comments

3dfx 8-K

By Steve Gibson, Jan 26, 2001 11:18am PST

In what will probably be the last update to the 3dfx news ticker, form 8-K! Basically 3dfx cleaning up shop and tying up loose ends. Trying to pay...

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"it's just not going to be the same-damm--IT!Who will push nvidia?This still suckors big time."

- Masterdumbass see all 38 comments

3dfx Tech Demos

By Maarten Goldstein, Jan 10, 2001 6:47am PST

The 3D Pulpit has three 3dfx technology demos that show off the T-Buffer technology, FSAA, Motion Blur, Soft Reflectance and Depth-Of-Field. Nice...

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"they still have the v5-5500 on the shelfs at comp USA,for 199.99."

- brutal see all 9 comments

3dfx RIP

By Steve Gibson, Dec 21, 2000 5:06am PST

SharkyExtreme has an interview and tribute about the NVidia / 3dfx buyout. I eagerly anticipate the future pricing of videocards. Purty please ATI...

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" nah if 3dfx didn't think it was a viable product then I think that means something =)"

- lee majors see all 6 comments