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Article #49SV: 3Dfx's response to Nvidia's new GeForce.
From: Johan Appelgren
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:00
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Maybe, but I prefer having the option of turning on all the funky effects even if I get a noticable performence hit. Rikk Streng <rikk@nac.net> skrev i diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:37DBC705.C6B911B5@nac.net... > I don't find any flaw in 3dfx's strategy of getting the frame rates up high > enough where they can add some funky new technology and not have a noticeable > performance hit. Setting a goal of 60fps in a particular resolution, and then > turning on all the toys and getting like 58fps is a feasible goal. > > -Rikk > > Shangoman wrote: > > > Okay was 3dfx not paying attention went S3 did this 5 years ago with > > their virge chip. You would think they would know how this movie > > ends. I do. Nvidia just became the king of the hill, I hope they > > learn from S3 and now 3dfx's errors and stay cutting edge both in > > hardware and software.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 110664,fd307a5d4ad9f411 X-Google-Attributes: gid110664,public X-Google-Thread: 107dc6,fd307a5d4ad9f411 X-Google-Attributes: gid107dc6,public X-Google-Thread: f4bb2,fd307a5d4ad9f411 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bb2,public X-Google-Thread: f5338,fd307a5d4ad9f411 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5338,public X-Google-Thread: 10a47c,fd307a5d4ad9f411 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a47c,public X-Google-Thread: 100291,fd307a5d4ad9f411 X-Google-Attributes: gid100291,public From: "Johan Appelgren" <johan_a@algonet.se.nospam> Subject: SV: 3Dfx's response to Nvidia's new GeForce. Date: 1999/09/12 Message-ID: <7rgh5c$ac$1@zingo.tninet.se> X-Deja-AN: 524109275 References: <B7A6CAC08E4DE8DB.A94DD019C06C73AC.A32D97FC53A713A8@lp.airnews.net> <37daa26f.6027433@news.netscorp.net> <37DBC705.C6B911B5@nac.net> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Complaints-To: abuse@algo.net X-Trace: zingo.tninet.se 937150444 332 195.100.91.26 (12 Sep 1999 15:34:04 GMT) Organization: Telenordia X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Sep 1999 15:34:04 GMT Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,3dfx.d3d,3dfx.discussion,3dfx.events,3dfx.opengl,3dfx.products