3Dfx Interactive and Diamond Multimedia Build a Better Monster
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1997--
Award-Winning Family of Diamond Monster 3DAccelerators to Be
Expanded With 3Dfx's New Voodoo 2 Graphics Chipset
Today 3Dfx Interactive (NASDAQ:TDFX) and Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:DIMD) announced plans for the expansion of Diamond's award-winning Monster 3D brand with a new Monster 3D gaming accelerator based on 3Dfx's next generation Voodoo 2 Graphics chipset.
''Diamond Multimedia has been instrumental in the success of the original Voodoo Graphics chipset,'' said Greg Ballard, president and CEO, 3Dfx Interactive. ''Voodoo 2 will thrill existing Voodoo owners and blow away those that have yet to experience 3Dfx's technology. With our newest chipset inside, we believe the Monster line will continue its successful course.''
The Voodoo 2 chipset delivers an incredible 3 million triangles per second and 90 million dual-textured, bilinear-filtered, per-pixel MIP-mapped, alpha-blended, Z-buffered pixels per second, over three times the performance of the current Voodoo Graphics chipset. Serious gamers will also be able to link two cards together to boost fill rate performance again by a factor of two.
''The consumer response to the original Monster 3D was even greater than we anticipated,'' said Scott Vouri, general manager of the Core Graphics Business Unit of Diamond Multimedia. ''The Monster brand, which has come to be associated with high-quality multimedia subsystems, was established with the first 3Dfx chipset. We expect the new Diamond Monster 3D to build on this reputation and to boost it even further.''
Diamond Multimedia will announce the product name, configuration, pricing and software bundle for the new Monster 3D accelerator at a later date. In comparison to the first-generation Monster 3D, Diamond expects the new Monster 3D accelerator to deliver superior performance and to carry a higher price. Product availability is planned for mid-to-late first quarter of 1998.
A full range of unique visual special effects are built into the Voodoo 2 chipset. Eye-catching techniques such as transparency, alpha-blending, full speed bi- and tri-linear filtering, per-pixel and per-vertex atmospheric fog and haze, polygon edge anti-aliasing, texture compositing, perspective correct 3D texture mapping and true per-pixel level-of-detail MIP mapping will make Voodoo 2 the most advanced 3D accelerator available to the average consumer.
3Dfx Interactive, a publicly traded company (NASDAQ:TDFX - news), develops high performance, cost-effective 3D media processors, software and related technology that are designed to enable a highly immersive, interactive and realistic 3D experience across interactive electronic entertainment platforms -- personal computers, coin-operated arcade systems and location-based entertainment (''LBE'').
Current 3Dfx Interactive products include the Voodoo family of accelerator chipsets, Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo Rush. Visit the company on the web at 3dfx.com
Note to Editors: This press contains projections and other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the company. Such statements are just predictions and actual events or results may differ materially.
Many important factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in the company's projections or forward-looking statements, including the risk that new products will not perform as intended, that delays will occur in the completion of development and introduction of new products, that the market for 3D interactive electronic entertainment will not continue to develop or grow or will grow more slowly expected, of if the market does grow that the company's existing and new products will continue to achieve market acceptance, the risk software titles compatible with the company's products will not be published and available in a timely manner, will not be of high quality or will not achieve market acceptance.
We refer you to documents that the company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in particular the company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 in connection with the company's recently completed initial public offering and the section entitled ''Risk Factors.''
3Dfx Interactive, Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo Rush are trademarks of 3Dfx Interactive. All other names trademarks of their respective holders.
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