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Re: Voodoo II found to have overheating problems!

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From: mike
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 00:00
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no shit, I agree - 3Dfx rules!!!!

Same with ID software. Screw activision (distributed Quake 2)... we
should have given our money to ID.


Jeff Atwood wrote in message <6d0g66$per$1@nnrp2.crl.com>...
>Fuckin' A. Cut out the middleman and lets just send our money directly to
>3dfx. They deserve it a hell of a lot more than Diamond or Creative. I hate
>middlemen. They don't deserve a dime.
>
>Jeff
>
>sly wrote in message <34f2becf.18684770@news-server>...
>>On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 17:03:29 GMT, papadoc@ix.nospam.com wrote:
>>
>>>What a coincidence!!!! They are getting their heads handed to them by
>>>Creative's earlier release date and better product options (ie 12mb
>>>board which Diamond says we dont need) with people all over the world
>>>cancelling their Diamond pre orders to get the Creative Voodoo2
>>>offerings and all of a sudden Diamond finds a bug. oooh yea....sounds
>>>right to me. Actually Diamond has just convinced me that they are
>>>completely full of shit....and that if I were 3dfx I would strongly
>>>wonder whether they should continue being one of my partners.
>>
>>It should be interesting to see if 3dfx has any "problems" getting Diamond
>>their quota of V2 chips :)
>>
>
>
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From: "mike" <mtansy@med.wayne.edu>
Subject: Re: Voodoo II found to have overheating problems!
Date: 1998/02/25
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