Re: TDFX
<<<Another thing I have learned about these board makers. . .if you have no deals with
top suppliers like Computer City, Best Buy, Office Depot or similar, then your
boards sit in your warehouse until they are discovered...>>>
From their website:
Using the industry standard Quake II time demo benchmark,
demo version of the Voodoo3 product are capable of generating
record frame rates of over 106 frames per second at a
resolution of 800x600, over 84 frames per second at 1024x768
and a remarkable 35 plus frames per second at 1600x1200.
"We are resetting the bar for performance and
delivering an exhilarating visual gaming
experience."
Greg Ballard
President and CEO
To address growing consumer demand for the new boards,
retailers CompUSA, Babbage's Etc., and EB today announced
nationwide promotions to allow game and entertainment fans to
reserve a Voodoo3 board online and at stores throughout the
United States.
I honestly don't know a lot about the technology, as I'm not a gamer, and am not in the market for a really nice video card. As far as how fast the fastest board specs are, I'm not sure. From what I am told, the TDFX board is the best of the best. I place a lot of value on comments made by friends of mine as they are way into using leading edge technology, building computers, running alternative operating systems, etc. You brought up a great point though that I should repeat: so they built the best mousetrap... can they PROFIT from it?
The answer is unclear. Stock price is in a definite downward trend and would have to show a reversal before I'd consider investing.
Have you ever visited (edit: the correct url) slashdot.org Rande? The people over there are really on the ball... or so it seems. |
