Classic Kiss of Death

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I was just inspired by Twitch's link in the 'old 3d cards' thread to read some stuff from thg in 1997.In doing so i came upon this hilarious quote from a video card review:

"3Dfx is one of the few other computer hardware companies next to Intel, that doesn't have to worry about its future."
It's <A HREF="http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/19971130/quake-04.html" target="_new">here</A>
I think you really signed their death warrant with that one, Tom.


no matter how hard you try, you can't polish a turd. :]

 

[Twitch]

Lol! Back then, nVidia and ATI were barely even in the running. Remember 3D Virge? And wasn't Tom's talking about how untouchable nVidia was in an article about a year and a half ago? I'll have to find that.

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[Crashman]

OMG no, they made that kind of statement about nVidia? Another kiss of death? OMG, nVidia ran away from the market for 2 years when 3DFX went down, before any real competitor could face the challenge! If that happens again, who's next to fill in ATI's challenger position when ATI becomes champ?

<font color=blue>Watts mean squat if you don't have quality!</font color=blue>

 

[Twitch]

My money is on SiS!

Hey, their Xabre cards are crap, but ATI started off way behind too. And really, who else is there? Matrox? Lol!

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[Crashman]

Hmm, what ever happened to that company that made the Kyro?

Maybe Trident will make a comback?

<font color=blue>Watts mean squat if you don't have quality!</font color=blue>