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Article #115Re: Voodoo II found to have overheating problems!
From: David Masten
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 00:00
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In article <6d0t94$3um$1@nnrp2.crl.com>, "Jeff Atwood" <jatwood@a.crl.com> wrote: >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. Having those names, and maybe more importantly, their distribution, equates to sales. For better or worse, people recognize, and buy, Diamond and Creative products. They have recognition, get the shelf space, get the OEM's in the big-name (Dell, Gateway, etc) systems. Getting them to make cards with your chipset equates to big sales and profit.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit 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 X-Google-Thread: 114911,95b3935cbbdef1d1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114911,public X-Google-Thread: 1029b6,95b3935cbbdef1d1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1029b6,public X-Google-Thread: 10735c,95b3935cbbdef1d1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10735c,public From: masten@frontiernet.net (David Masten) Subject: Re: Voodoo II found to have overheating problems! Date: 1998/02/25 Message-ID: <6d0umd$1uge$1@node17.frontiernet.net> X-Deja-AN: 328471734 References: <34ED13B8.85241AE5@gamepad.org> <34edb540.31602761@news.earthlink.net> <34f2becf.18684770@news-server> <6d0g66$per$1@nnrp2.crl.com> <34F3E428.1FFF@lts.sel.alcatel.de> <6d0t94$3um$1@nnrp2.crl.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@frontiernet.net Organization: Frontier Internet Rochester N.Y. (716)-777-SURF Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,3dfx.products,3dfx.glide,3dfx.game.discussion,rec.autos.simulators,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim