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Poll: 3dfx's downfall...
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Good for 2 reasons:
1. I own Nvidia stock.
2. They have most of the patents and most of the engineers now. I think this will allow them to put out a better card now that anything any of the companies might have done otherwise. I really don't think cards are going to get more expensive, even if Nvidia totally dominates the mark. Many things besides video cards, compete for my money. If cards get too expensive, I will not up grade. I will get a new Plextor burner, or car stereo equipment. I think we are all going to love the card from them that comes out in a year or so which combines both technologies.
1. I own Nvidia stock.
2. They have most of the patents and most of the engineers now. I think this will allow them to put out a better card now that anything any of the companies might have done otherwise. I really don't think cards are going to get more expensive, even if Nvidia totally dominates the mark. Many things besides video cards, compete for my money. If cards get too expensive, I will not up grade. I will get a new Plextor burner, or car stereo equipment. I think we are all going to love the card from them that comes out in a year or so which combines both technologies.
Question is without no point!
e.g. "Is raining good or bad?"
The point is 3dfx was unable to execute and therefore went out of business!
e.g. "Is raining good or bad?"
The point is 3dfx was unable to execute and therefore went out of business!
Here's a fun question:
Can we dislike Hardware just as irrationally as he dislikes 3dfx?
...Nah... he gives us legitimate reasons.
We'll just have to permanently shut the doors of every company he dislikes for whatever unfounded reasons he can come up with. ATI is next for their imperfect drivers, I guess.
But never the perfect, infallible nVidia with its shoddy 2D and still less than perfect support. Ever played X-Com? Won't work with Geforces of any kind, but you wouldn't care about that would you? Hmm?
Guess we'd better shut down Anandtech too! :Q
Can we dislike Hardware just as irrationally as he dislikes 3dfx?
...Nah... he gives us legitimate reasons.
We'll just have to permanently shut the doors of every company he dislikes for whatever unfounded reasons he can come up with. ATI is next for their imperfect drivers, I guess.
But never the perfect, infallible nVidia with its shoddy 2D and still less than perfect support. Ever played X-Com? Won't work with Geforces of any kind, but you wouldn't care about that would you? Hmm?
Guess we'd better shut down Anandtech too! :Q
bluemax you can't be serious.. X-Com does not work with the Ge-Forces..
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo..
That trilogy is my 2nd best of all time, well apart from the Wing Commander Series
of games..
Anyway..
Comeon Dudes lighten up. 3DFX going bust, yes was bad for competition, but
for standards was good...
Now developers can concentrate on giving us gamers better games, and start supporting features that the current cards in the market have.
Look at the Radeon and the GTS, both are more-or-less the same in terms of features,
and when they both ATI/Nvidia release the next-gen cards, thats all the developers will
work on.
Thank God 3DFX Bit the Dust!
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo..
That trilogy is my 2nd best of all time, well apart from the Wing Commander Series
of games..
Anyway..
Comeon Dudes lighten up. 3DFX going bust, yes was bad for competition, but
for standards was good...
Now developers can concentrate on giving us gamers better games, and start supporting features that the current cards in the market have.
Look at the Radeon and the GTS, both are more-or-less the same in terms of features,
and when they both ATI/Nvidia release the next-gen cards, thats all the developers will
work on.
Thank God 3DFX Bit the Dust!
Don't worry, even though 3dfx is gone, software developers WILL NOT go straight to "Geforce required" because there's too many people with integrated i810, Savage4, SiS, ATI, etc video setups.
3dfx's closure is NOT a good thing except if you really reach and try to say that now NVidia has the ability to put 3dfx's better FSAA and HSR abilities to work for them. If they do.
I'm no dummy though, I just ordered an Elsa Erazor X2, partly because of a good price, (and the fact it's one of the VERY FEW nVidia cards with GOOD 2D quality!) and its availability. (Yes, I'd have grabbed the Elsa Gladiac MX if it was in stock - GTS if it were cheaper.)
While I was considering ATI, in Canada it's just too expensive in comparison.
In spite of this, I'm rooting for the "little guys" and Big ATI who will keep the ever-growing NVidia in check! I'm hoping SiS or Trident will put out a 32-64MB monster with graphics as good and fast as an MX for half the price. (They're almost there.) NVidia won't be able to charge $300-500 if their *competitors* are 1/3 of that!
3dfx's closure is NOT a good thing except if you really reach and try to say that now NVidia has the ability to put 3dfx's better FSAA and HSR abilities to work for them. If they do.
I'm no dummy though, I just ordered an Elsa Erazor X2, partly because of a good price, (and the fact it's one of the VERY FEW nVidia cards with GOOD 2D quality!) and its availability. (Yes, I'd have grabbed the Elsa Gladiac MX if it was in stock - GTS if it were cheaper.)
While I was considering ATI, in Canada it's just too expensive in comparison.
In spite of this, I'm rooting for the "little guys" and Big ATI who will keep the ever-growing NVidia in check! I'm hoping SiS or Trident will put out a 32-64MB monster with graphics as good and fast as an MX for half the price. (They're almost there.) NVidia won't be able to charge $300-500 if their *competitors* are 1/3 of that!
AdamK47
Lifer
- Oct 9, 1999
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This is necessary.... life feeds on life.... nVidia feeds on 3dfx....
And the angel of the lord came unto me. Snatching me up from my place of slumber, and took me on high, and higher still until we moved through the spaces betwixt the air itself. And he brought me into a vast farmland of our own midwest. And as we descended, cries of impending doom arose from the soil. One thousand, nay, a million voices full of fear. And terror possessed me then. And I begged: "Angel of the lord, what are these tortured screams?" And the angel said unto me: "These are the cries of the Voodoo followers. The cries of the Voodooers. You see, reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day, and to them, it is the holocaust." And I sprang from my slumber drenched in sweat with the tears of one million terrified brothers and roared: "Hear me now, I have seen the light. They have a consciousness! They have a life! They have a soul. Damn you! Let the nVidiots use their boards. Save our brothers. Can I get an amen. Can I get a haleluia. Thank you, Jesus."
And the angel of the lord came unto me. Snatching me up from my place of slumber, and took me on high, and higher still until we moved through the spaces betwixt the air itself. And he brought me into a vast farmland of our own midwest. And as we descended, cries of impending doom arose from the soil. One thousand, nay, a million voices full of fear. And terror possessed me then. And I begged: "Angel of the lord, what are these tortured screams?" And the angel said unto me: "These are the cries of the Voodoo followers. The cries of the Voodooers. You see, reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day, and to them, it is the holocaust." And I sprang from my slumber drenched in sweat with the tears of one million terrified brothers and roared: "Hear me now, I have seen the light. They have a consciousness! They have a life! They have a soul. Damn you! Let the nVidiots use their boards. Save our brothers. Can I get an amen. Can I get a haleluia. Thank you, Jesus."
<< They have most of the patents and most of the engineers now. I think this will allow them to put out a better card now that anything any of the companies might have done otherwise. I really don't think cards are going to get more expensive, even if Nvidia totally dominates the mark. Many things besides video cards, compete for my money. If cards get too expensive, I will not up grade. I will get a new Plextor burner, or car stereo equipment. I think we are all going to love the card from them that comes out in a year or so which combines both technologies. >>
This is my hope (I also hope nVidia tosses in Glide support just becuase there is a game or two I like to play that runs better in Glide). If this works out well like this then I'm all for the buyout...but history shows that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely...with no major competition will nVidia keep innovating? I doubt it...I honestly hope I'm wrong. If I were a praying man I'd pray I'm wrong, but if nVidia releases something 2x as fast as a GeForce2 GTS say...no one else will come close, why would they not just sit and get fat off it? That's what I'd do....consumers don't like it, well f*ck them they have no other choice we're still 2x as fast as anyone else. As I said...I hope I'm wrong, and if I am wrong maybe it's a good thing that they bought 3dfx.
Although there is something to be said for John Carmack's bit about market simplification.
But..this vote is getting a bad from me.
Would be nice if there was more compation. The more the better, cus it gets them to put out new cards faster and keeps the prices a little lower.
BFG10K
Lifer
- Aug 14, 2000
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It was bad of course. A piece of the 3D graphics industry has been taken away permanently, never to return. 3dfx may not have been the king of performance but their drivers and hardware ran well and were compatible and stable.
BTW, has anybody noticed that Hardware is now a golden memeber? Talk about the price of gold being at rock bottom!
BTW, has anybody noticed that Hardware is now a golden memeber? Talk about the price of gold being at rock bottom!
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