3DFX: Lap Power whispers Voodoo3's name
M2 Communications
JUN 9, 1999, M2 Communications - Lap Power AB, one of Sweden's leading IT retailers, has announced that it will implement Voodoo3 cards as standard in its new range of Whisper PCs. The Whisper PCs, as their name suggests, are designed to be totally silent in operation, with operating at less than 24 Decibels.
Lap Power specialises in selling PCs to the business and the home market through its own Lap Power stores and 23 franchise stores throughout Sweden and Finland. The company will make use of different configurations of Voodoo3, from the Voodoo3 2000 to the Voodoo3 3000 AGP in different machines in the Whisper series. Whisper PCs which include the Voodoo3 cards will be designated the Whisper V series (where V stands out for Voodoo) and start shipping this month (May). Lap Power also plans to implement future Voodoo cards as standard into these Whisper V series computers.
Lap Power's Chief Executive Officer, Anders Jonsson, commented on the agreement: "We are delighted to be a partner of 3Dfx and the combined strengths of two strong partners will create very exciting prospects for both companies in the Scandinavian markets."
For 3dfx, European marketing manager Marianne Herber said, "3dfx considers the European market to be a vitally important part of our worldwide strategy and to be able to announce a deal like this in the fast-growing Scandinavian market is fantastic for us. As the leading Swedish PC seller, Lap Power is an ideal partner for 3dfx and we are really looking forward to working with them long into the future."
Voodoo3 2000 features a 300MHz RAMDAC and 16MB of SDRAM (125MHz). The new accelerator also includes such advanced features as single-pass single-cycle multi-texturing for bump mapping and trilinear mip-mapping, dual 32-bit internal rendering, per-pixel mip-mapping, sub-pixel and sub-texel correction, 8-bit palletised textures, programmable exponential fog tables, Gouraud shading, a full 128-bit 2D accelerator, DVD hardware assist, and support for DirectX(r), Glide(r) and OpenGL(r).
The Voodoo3 3000 - designed for true game enthusiasts - generates 7 million triangles and 333 Megatexels per second at resolutions of up to 2,046 by 1,536 pixels. Designed to enhance the latest generation of computer hardware, Voodoo3 3000 also includes such advanced entertainment technology features as DVD hardware assist, and TV-out support, as well as all the support specifications detailed above.
About Lap Power
With 180 employees and revenues of UKP55 million in 1998-99, Lap Power is Sweden's foremost PC manufacturer and retailer, operating through its own four stores and 21 franchisees throughout Sweden and one store and 2 franchisees in Finland. Lap Power has been selling PCs since 1991 to individuals, middle size companies and public service organisations. The company retains control over all aspects of the distribution process, thus ensuring high quality and value for money to its customers.
About 3dfx Interactive
3dfx Interactive 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. Current 3dfx Interactive products include the Voodoo family of accelerator chip sets, Voodoo2TM, Voodoo Graphics(r), Voodoo BansheeTM and the new Voodoo3. Visit the company on the Web at 3dfx.com.
3dfx, 3dfx Interactive, Glide and Voodoo Graphics are registered trademarks and Voodoo, Voodoo2, Voodoo3 and Voodoo Banshee are trademarks of 3dfx Interactive. All other names may be trademarks of their respective holders.
Certain of the statements in this press release, including the statements relating to expectations for commercial availability of the Voodoo3 family products, as well as the performance expectations for the Voodoo3 family of products, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, manufacturing and other delays relating to new products, difficulties in the fabrication process and dependence of 3dfx Interactive on third party manufacturers, general industry trends, including cyclical trends in the PC and semiconductor industries, the impact of competitive products and pricing alternatives, market acceptance of the Company's new products and 3dfx Interactive's dependence on retail channels. Investors are advised to read 3dfx Interactive's annual and quarterly reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly those sections entitled "Factors Affecting Operating Results," for a fuller discussion of such risks and uncertainties.
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