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Technology Stocks : 3DFX -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: William T. Katz who wrote (1118)	12/10/1997 10:27:00 AM
From: AJ Berger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16960

Longbow 2 from ERTS is a 3DFX only title. And there are many others coming down the pipe. Your assertion that 3DFX will be seriously challenged is warrented, but as a Software writer you should appreciate the MAIN REASON for 3DFX's popularity. It's easy for programmers to write software for it. That's why most E3 conference demo's of hot new games like Quake 2 were "shown off" on 3DFX. Cause it was the quickest platform that programmers could get working onto the screen. I'm sure as a programmer you can also appreciate that once a software developement tool/platform is in place and vastly accepted and written to, it becomes much more difficult to displace. What software developer has time to learn yet another environment/silicon to write to especially when the Lion's share of useful 3D chips is already Voodoo! I'm sure with more time, someone can compile a 3DFX only game list, but believe me, it's already long enough to make their competitors very nervous. Note: People should realize that when a game is written to 3DFX, that does NOT mean it won't run without it. That simply means that a significant amount of performance and additional special effects will be seen, when the title runs on a Voodoo chip; enough to make you wanna spend the $150 to get one.