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To: Kulnor who wrote (6557)	12/5/1997 1:45:00 PM
From: Douglas V. Fant	Respond to of 13925

Pascal, Here is the CREAF/3DFX Announcement from Comdex about three weeks ago... (If you are a computer gamer, note the CREAF reference to double-linking Voodoo chipsets- that should make for some excellent graphics in computer gaming)! Monday November 17, 6:00 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: 3Dfx Interactive 3Dfx Interactive(TM) Joins With Creative Labs to Blast Video Gamers Into The Future New 3D Blaster Voodoo2 to Feature 3Dfx Voodoo 2 Graphics(TM) Chipset COMDEX, LAS VEGAS, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- 3Dfx Interactive(TM) (Nasdaq: TDFX - news) announced today a new partnership with Creative Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREAF - news), one of the world's leading providers of multimedia products for the PC. This joint partnership has produced the 3D Blaster(TM) Voodoo2, a powerful new 3D accelerator card that utilizes 3Dfx's new Voodoo 2 Graphics(TM) chipset. Creative is expected to begin shipping the 3D Blaster Voodoo2 by the end of first Quarter '98. ''Creative Labs already has a great reputation in the PC multimedia field for their Sound Blaster products,'' said Greg Ballard, President and CEO, 3Dfx Interactive. ''With the addition of the Voodoo 2 Graphics chipset, they've added a new standard in 3D graphics acceleration to their line up to complement their standard in PC sound.'' The 3D Blaster Voodoo 2 features the full range of 3D acceleration that only the Voodoo 2 chipset can provide. 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(TM) chipset. Serious gamers will also be able to link two 3D Blaster Voodoo2 cards together to double fill rate performance. ''We are very excited to be working with 3Dfx Interactive, the leader in 3D graphics technology for the gaming industry,'' said Hock Leow, vice president of Creative's Multimedia Division. ''Like Creative, 3Dfx Interactive has a reputation for innovation and excellence. With 3D Blaster Voodoo2 and our widely successful Sound Blaster(R) AWE64(TM) product line, gamers can expect to experience exceptional 3D graphics and audio performance backed by the brand names they can trust.'' Creative Technology Ltd. is the world's leading provider of advanced multimedia solutions for personal computers, including sound, graphics, communications and video conferencing products. The company's Sound Blaster(R) technology has been accepted as the worldwide standard sound platform for PCs, and the company's global distribution network is among the most extensive in the multimedia industry. Creative is focused on enhancing the overall user experience by providing powerful, enabling, high-value technology for the mass market. 3Dfx Interactive, a publicly traded company, 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 2 Graphics, Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo Rush. Visit the company on the web at 3dfx.com This press release 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 than expected, or 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. The Company refers 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.'' NOTES: 3Dfx Interactive, Voodoo 2 Graphics, Voodoo Graphics(TM) and Voodoo Rush(TM) are trademarks of 3Dfx Interactive. Sound Blaster and Blaster are registered trademarks and 3D Blaster, Graphics Blaster and Exxtreme are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. All other names are trademarks of their respective holders. SOURCE: 3Dfx Interactive