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Technology Stocks : S3 (A LONGER TERM PERSPECTIVE) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ToolManInc who wrote (11572)	7/22/1998 4:08:00 AM
From: Bert Kuo	Respond to of 14577

Hello people... I've made some money on this stock before, and I'm looking to get back in. Things are looking better now just by the fact that they actually have a non-already-obselete product being marketed, which is a definite change from the past several months. Earnings supposedly come out today, so before they are out, let's play a quick game of Guess-the-Earnings. Yahoo says -.21, with the range between -.16 and -.31, but i think s3 may use this bad-quarter opportunity to do all kinds of writing-off of whatever they have left to write off, so my not-based-on-any-hard-data guess is -.41 after extraordinary charges. Anyone else care to put in a guess? The prize is 10 seconds of glory.

To: ToolManInc who wrote (11572)	7/22/1998 12:06:00 PM
From: Don Earl	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14577

Hi Tool Man, Hardly looks like it's the same chip he was talking about last week!? And for some reason, I was under the impression he was reviewing Rev B. Where is Rev B??? The Hercules announcement a month or so ago talked about a product shipping about now. I couldn't make up my mind to pick up the last of the shares I want before or after earnings, so I got some at 4.81 today and I'll get some more at ? after earnings. Doesn't look like Greenspan can say anything at all without the techs taking a hit. It seems every time he says the US economy is healthy and robust, the NASDAQ takes a 30 point hit. Regards, Don

To: ToolManInc who wrote (11572)	7/22/1998 7:28:00 PM
From: Bryan Ino	Respond to of 14577

Hi all, I use to be a regular here at SI in the "early" days. I came back to check on the stock range for S3. Very interested. I know you have all heard information about the savage chip (S3's answer to the 3d acceleration market) I'll tell you what. I was interested in buying stock in 3dfx when the voodoo chip was being recognized by hardcore techies in the usenet groups as the best 3d accelerator around. Back then place like CompUSA could care less for voodoo cards. Now, there the hottest add-on in the video card market. The newer games being developed today require heavy 3d acceleration. Voodoo cards are the standard by which all other 3d "game" accelerators are judged. It is becoming standard that new games require or will provide better image quality with 3d acceleration. Next time you pick up a game, look for the 3dfx symbol. Also, remember, that 3d acceleration can be done using direct3d and active x, This is the standard Microsoft is pushing it utilizes some sofware emulation. On the other side, is Glide - OpenGL this is a standard developed by the likes of Silicon Graphics. Many game programmers such as the highly respected John Carmack of ID software - Quake prefer OpenGL. There are cards on the market that provide fast Direct 3d acceleration, but not fast OpenGL. Some of these cards can't do OpenGL. Voodoo II can do both and fast! S3 and many others have missed the boat on this. Now, many companies are trying to develop a 2d/3d card combination that rivals a voodoo card in speed (frames per second, image quality) So far no one has developed a fast single card that provide voodoo speed and "equal" or better image quality. Now, however, both Matrox, S3 and some other video card companies will be coming out with there new products. The MAtrox Millenium G200 just came out. It's a hot card, but once again, It has yet to be seen how well it works in OPENGGL. Matrox still has yet to provide an OPENGL driver Oh well. Now S3 has there savage3d chip. Everything I am reading sounds like this is the dark horse ready to slaughter! I've seen screenshots of Quake II with this card and it is impressive. Looks better than Voodoo!, The only question now is the speed. If this thing can do 60 fps in 800 x 600 with that image quality I'm a buying! I'm hearing mixed reviews, but I know some hardcore voodoo addicts that are VERY curious about this chip. If the the chip performs up to par, You will wish you had bought this stock. I'm window shopping. Only time will tell! You want more info about vidoe cards and chips. Check the USENET groups. There's where winning products gain there underground reputation: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video