Voodoo 5 6000 CANCELED!

[mikable]

Tuesday, November 14, 2000 - 10:59 am CT
Voodoo 5 6000 Cancelled
The Voodoo 5 6000 has been cancelled. A new press release from 3dfx indicates the technologies have instead been licensed to Quantum3D. The SLI technologies slated for the canned PC graphics accelerator will be used for a line of PC-based machines slated to run visual simulation and training applications. 3dfx also announced in the same statement that these technologies would not be sold in the retail channel. The Voodoo 5 5500 AGP graphics board, which is powered at the hand of the VSA-100 chipset and was the first to feature full-screen anti-aliasing, therefore remains the sole Voodoo 5 product.

 

[Wingznut]

you've got to be kidding.

 

[JayPatel]

tis true i tells ya.

 

[snow]

echo...echo...

 

[Wingznut]

Well, I for one am not believing it... Not until I see at least five threads about this very subject!

(What? Really?... Doh!)

 

[Origen]

Here's some more fun to add to this pot:

3Dfx to stop making graphics cards

 

[Wingznut]

So.... That means that Quantum3D might release the V5-6000? Maybe?

 

[snow]

LOL, oh the comedy.

"Can't...get...nvidia's...foot...out...of...our...@ss"

 

[MaxFPS]

<< and says it will stop predicting when its next-generation chips (code-named Mosaic) will be available. >>

LMAO😛

Seriously, in the end this move away from making the board should help them. I guess this means they'll have to re-create their relationships with board makers such as Creative Labs, eh?

 

[JayPatel]

my how times have changed!

 

[snow]

Definitely a good move for 3dfx and consumers. Just funny to see how low 3dfx has fallen. As they say, you have to hit bottom...

 

[Chuffmaster2k]

There is even a Petition to try and get Quantum to release it...