Is 3DFX doomed?

[djcoolmasterx]

ITT: We pretend its the year 2000.

 

[Mousemonkey]

3DFX have a wonderful product range and will never go under or sell out to the highest bidder.

 

[SpidersWeb]

I had a VooDoo2 12Mb.
Good times, good times.

 

[Mousemonkey]

12MB on a graphic card is pointless, there is no way you are ever going to need that much, next you'll be saying that 64MB of system RAM is not enough.

 

[djcoolmasterx]

Im looking forward to the Voodoo 5 6000, it may be late but it will really help 3dfx.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Im looking forward to the Voodoo 5 6000, it may be late but it will really help 3dfx.

:lol: I have a feeling it's going to need a whole lot more than that.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Pfff... 3Dfx SUX, everyone knows Matrox is #1 !!

 

[bige420]

I feel so young....i came of age during the Geforce 7000 series....

 

[Mousemonkey]

I feel so young....i came of age during the Geforce 7000 series....

Just remember, youth and exuberance is no match for age and extreme violence.

 

[bige420]

Just remember, youth and exuberance is no match for age and extreme violence.http://forums.hexus.net/images/smilies/angst.gif

lol, true

 

[eklipz330]

my first video card was a radeon 7200... i was 11 and that's when i discovered the beauty of electronics

i was able to play max payne at a stable 30fps even in the most hectic scenes

now i can only play it at an unstable 6000 fps on my 4850.... i can't wait until ati's next 7000 series

 

[edeawillrule]

My first graphics card was a 16mb ATI Rage 128 Pro. It served me well.

 

[jay_l_a]

Ahhhh, my first discrete GPU, VooDoo 3 2000 (I think it had 16Mb ram).

I also had a VooDoo 5 at one point, it was actually quite a good card.

 

[sparky13]

Ahhhh, my first discrete GPU, VooDoo 3 2000 (I think it had 16Mb arm).

I also had a VooDoo 5 at one point, it was actually quite a good card.

That was my first graphics card too! I accidently bought the AGP version and had to return it when I realized my PC didn't have an AGP slot when I got home. I also picked up Half Life the same day not knowing really what to expect. I still don't think there's been a gaming experience since that has compared to the 'awe' of taking that first tram ride through Black Mesa. Memoooriees.....

 

[jay_l_a]

Half life was the reason I bought the Voodoo 3. I tried playing with software rendering and it just didn't cut it

 

[IzzyCraft]

Decisions decisions what to wait for
Voodoo 4
Geforce 2
Radeon
or wait for
Directx 8
I don't think imma need 64mb of ram from what i hear some will have it.
currently im running a 2 voodoo2 in sli cost me my left nut
I mostly play quake so i need the high frame rate

 

[Mousemonkey]

DX8 is going to be rubbish, you'd be better off waiting for DX9.

 

[IzzyCraft]

Eh i might as well buy something I've been flowing in the money ever sense i got a new job at Enron.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Eh i might as well buy something I've been flowing in the money ever sense i got a new job at Enron.

Sweeet!, you have a great future with that company and are assured long employment and a wonderful pension when you retire.

 

[jennyh]

I lol'd at this thread.

 

[SpidersWeb]

DX8 is going to be rubbish, you'd be better off waiting for DX9.

DirectX will never take off.
OpenGL is the clear standard of the future.

 

[randomizer]

ITT: We pretend its the year 2000.

My Voodoo 2 and I sat and watched the fireworks while playing Battlezone. Happy new millennium!

 

[notty22]

My dad had a couple thousand he wanted to play the stock market with back in 1999. I told him these graphic card/chip makers were big up and comers. Especially with oem conttracts and a new version of windows coming.........I told him about nvdia, 3dfx......THANK GODS Nvidia investing numbers looked better more promising back then. Because NV went on where that 7,000 worth of stock turned in to about 19 for him, but if he had stayed in 1 more month, it would have been 35,000. They took off incredibly in one faithful week. 3dfx stock ending up going down to single digits.

 

[willisbj]

hahaha, awesome thread

My first GPU was an 8mb Rendition Verite 2200. I also had a 2.1 speaker system and a 17" SVGA CRT!!! I was about 12, and the envy of all my PC gamer friends ...

Running Half-life, Descent, Quake 1&2, Jedi Knight, Tomb Raider; all at 800x600 instead of 640x480 (like those lowly enough to use the 3Dfx Voodoo 1 had to endure lol), the joys of bilinear filtering ... sweet sweet days. But I missed Glide support for games like the original Turok.

And not long after my purchase, the Riva TNT came out and pooped over everything else out. Remember how different the graphics were on different GPU's in those days. Hilarious