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To: Frank Sheridan who wrote (3820)	6/8/1998 10:19:00 PM
From: Chip Anderson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

Hi Frank, welcome to SI! Yes, obviously I agree with the good points that you made in your post. Us "old-time" longs here have been trying to get these messages out for quite some time. I'm hoping that people who (over?) analyse stock price movements will see TDFX appear on their computerized market scans tonight and conclude that this a good company with great products and an irrationally low stock price. Should result in additional buyers during the next couple of days. Chip P.S. Re: Unreal vs. Forsaken - I disagree. Forsaken has great graphics, but the level design is very monotonous and the multi-colored explosions get old quickly. Unreal on my PII-400 with dual V2's looks better (much bigger vistas) and the level design varies tremendously - from a prisoner's cell block, to a city floating above the clouds, to that amazing castle in the demo. This is all just my personal opinion though. P.P.S. I have played BattleZone extensively and like it alot. No F22 though. Send me a private message if you want to talk more gaming.

To: Frank Sheridan who wrote (3820)	6/9/1998 8:55:00 AM
From: Pierre-X	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

Hi Frank. Your post demands a reply! <g> Several points I wanna make. 1. Good post! Meaty, with factoid content and personal analysis (and some attempt at keep the two separate <g>). 2. Now that you've listed the pros to 3FDX as an investment, I challenge you to list the cons -- and there are many. An investment decision should be the result of -complete- analysis. Show us you've got the whole egg and not just the yolks. You said: TDFX has the best product shipping in the largest quantities. Can you cite a reference for "largest quantities"? With so many non-public and division players in the business I find it hard to nail down accurate numbers about who's selling what, where, and when. I'm also skeptical about unreferenced claims regarding such. Although 3-D action games are the primary application for 3-D acceleration, other games (and programs) will begin to take advantage of the availability of 3-D acceleration once it becomes commonly available. This is one of your more interesting opinions. For quite some time now I've challeneged various people (amongst whom were several possessed of respectable technical acumen) to present a 3D APPLICATION with mass market potential. "Application" here means "Not a game". As you might expect, I've drawn nil so far. I'm personally of the opinion that no such killer 3D productivity app exists. Take a swing, Frank? --- Re: Forsaken et al I agree Forsaken has quite astounding visuals, at even more astounding frame rates on my V2. Too bad there isn't much of a -game- attached to the superb visuals <WG>. (Dump your AKLM) If you want to see a great, great, great, great -game- (even though it's visuals are pathetic compared to a good V2 PC showcase) check out Gran Turismo for Sony PSX. Unreal has excellent visuals but MUCH more hardware demanding; lousy framerates on my K6-233. Fortunately there's a -game- worth playing in Unreal. Bzone: is the V2 enhancement patch avail yet? The D3D visuals are nothing special. F22: PC fighter sims are getting kind of repetitive ... at least for me. God bless, PX