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3DFX had put out a lot of cash and bought a company with some cutting edge
graphics technology.
They had hoped to use this cutting edge stuff to win a big contract to
supply graphics chips for an
upcoming game console (Xbox ?), they did not win the contract.
So I would assume the 3DFX management figured they did not have the cash
reserves
to keep the company going, so they sold 3DFX to Nvidia for around $115
million.
I would assume the 3dfx management got some really big golden parachutes out
of the deal.
"Mojo" <mojo@juno.com> wrote in message
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> Hi guy
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>
> Now that I may look at buying nForce4 SLI. Lets go back in time to my
> first big 3D card buy.........3dfx Voodoo2. I bought two to use for
> SLI, and they was not cheap back then. These voodoo rocked. The best
> and fastest on the market. How can a company go from being Number #
> 1 to out of business in just a few years. ? ANYONE remember the
> history of 3dfx and what happened to them.
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> Still have my Voodoo2 SLI in my PC just for the hell of
> it...................................... Funny how low it benchmarks
> now...................hehehheheheh
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> Thanks
>