🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 00:20:03 -0600, "ziffel" <ziffel@greenacres.com>
wrote:

Yep, both 3Dfx and Creative are saying it's bullshit, and I'm sure
3Dfx has put the reference boards through much more rigerous testing
than Diamond has.  As for Gamecenter, they've been ripping on
Voodoo2/3Dfx left and right.  Remember back around ComDex when people
were posting 100 FPS in Quake and they wouldn't agree with the results
until they'd tested one themselves.  Something about they couldn't
trust 3Dfx because they officiated the tests.  Course, 3Dfx was
testing on a MB nailed to a 2x4 with a Voodoo2, so I kinda wonder how
you could skew the tests.  Anyways, Gamecenter got a reference board
at Comdex and went off to test on their own at Jazz Multimedia's
booth.  Guess what, pretty much 100 FPS in Quake like everyone was
posting.  Right now, I wouldn't believe a word Gamecenter posts about
Voodoo2.  They've got some kind of grudge against 3Dfx.

Mark

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>Ken wrote in message <34ED13B8.85241AE5@gamepad.org>...
>>Diamond has discovered overheating problems in the Vodoo II. Read about
>>it at http://gamepad.org/
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>it's a bunch of bullshit given by Diamond at the 11th hour. Sour grapes.
>Creative stunned them by being 1st to market and for producing a 12 MB
>board. The horseshit article was posted by Gamecenter who didn't even
>contact 3dfx to get their side of the story.
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>3dfx has posted a response to this.... to see this response, along with a
>landslide of discussion on this topic, go to    3dfx.products.voodoo2
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