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Article #111Re: Voodoo II found to have overheating problems!
From: Peter Jenkins
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 00:00
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In article <6d0t94$3um$1@nnrp2.crl.com>, jatwood@a.crl.com says... > >So why doesn't 3dfx just contract to make the boards themselves and sell >them direct, as well as distributing them? They'd make a LOT more money. >Creative and Diamond are hardly DESIGNING boards, they take the 3dfx >reference design/drivers and produce it, then slap little "DIAMOND" and >"CREATIVE" logos on both. Hardly a feat of engineering genius. > >Jeff > Jeff, You obviously don't know much about production design. As a circuit board designer (Independant consultant), I can tell you that you can't just take a schematic, slap down a few components and sell a couple hundred thousands boards. If you don't understand all the aspects of the physical developement processes, then the addage "Garbage in, Garbage out" applies. The minutest of detail, such as a via (through hole) size, or component pad geometry, will make or break a product! I don't know what proffession you are in, but I'm sure that you must get misconceptions about what you do. Think before you start typing!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1029b6,95b3935cbbdef1d1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1029b6,public X-Google-Thread: 114911,95b3935cbbdef1d1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114911,public X-Google-Thread: 10735c,95b3935cbbdef1d1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10735c,public X-Google-Thread: f4bb2,95b3935cbbdef1d1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bb2,public X-Google-Thread: 10db54,95b3935cbbdef1d1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10db54,public X-Google-Thread: 10a47c,95b3935cbbdef1d1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a47c,public From: peterj@infoserve.net (Peter Jenkins) Subject: Re: Voodoo II found to have overheating problems! Date: 1998/02/26 Message-ID: <34f5e67e.0@207.168.31.4> X-Deja-AN: 328962345 References: <34ED13B8.85241AE5@gamepad.org> <34edb540.31602761@news.earthlink.net> <34f2becf.18684770@news-server> <6d0g66$per$1@nnrp2.crl.com> <34F3E428.1FFF@lts.sel.alcatel.de> <6d0t94$3um$1@nnrp2.crl.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.168.31.4 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Organization: Moi Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,3dfx.products,3dfx.glide,3dfx.game.discussion,rec.autos.simulators,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim