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To: Scott Moore who wrote (5788)	7/25/1998 1:31:00 AM
From: JR	Respond to of 16960

In responce to the Gateway release: From:Greg Ballard <gballard@3dfx.com>To:"'Joe Richmond'" <jlr63@yahoo.com>Cc:Simone Seydoux <simone@3dfx.com>Subject:Your Message to MeDate:Fri, 24 Jul 1998 09:06:16 -0700 Someone here forwarded your comment to me about the Gateway release. Although your tone was a little offensive, I thought I would give you my thoughts on the Gateway release. I asked my press relations people much the same question you asked me (although more politely). Gateway issued that press release without ever telling anyone in our company that they were going to do so. That is the way that many of the larger OEM's do business, unfortunately. We are very proud of the relationship with them and we are now trying to issue a matching release. Of course, now it takes some time to get this release cleared through their PR department. It is never as easy as it looks from the outside. I do care, as do all the people at 3Dfx, about our shareholders. I think it is a lot easier to sit on the outside of a company and fling criticism in than it is to maintain investor confidence when your stock is going down. If you can think of something that we can do that we are not doing (or can convince us that some things we are not doing we should be doing) please let me know. I guess I was a little rude to Mr. Ballard, but I never mentioned the stock price, IMHO if you invest you take the risk. Gateway has to carry every board out there and every boardmaker except TDFX released a press statement, then Gateway themselfs issued the release about V2, now what company dose Gateway want to be associated with, I thing a joint press release should have been done, don't you all, and I now thing Mr. Ballard might be a pissed as myself, I hope the company will get ahold of the sitituation with these press releases, Have a good weekend all JR

To: Scott Moore who wrote (5788)	7/25/1998 2:26:00 AM
From: Yakov Lurye	Respond to of 16960

[Boxmakers' current strategy for the mainstream] They are offering a relatively cheap 2D/3D card as a default, plus an optional Voodoo 2 and a gamepack for those who are somewhat interested in 3D gaming. Which may mean that they are not neccessary in a hurry to use Banshee - or its competitors like S3D - as the mainstream default offering. The emphasis for the default option may be on price, rather than performance. Most recent example: Gateway G-series (Gateway announcement could have contributed to the TDFX drop in the morning) - they are going to use Riva 128Zx and offer a Voodoo 2 gamepack as an option. Andy Chu from STBI thread wrote: "Notice this is the best-selling G Series, not the Destination series. I confirmed that the Voodoo2 used in G Series is the OEM BlackMagic... STB may soon surpass Diamond on Voodoo sales. Next it will be TNT and Banshee!" SUNNYVALE, CALIF. (July 23) BUSINESS WIRE -July 23, 1998--NVIDIA(R) Corporation announced today that Gateway 2000 (NYSE:GTW), a leading global manufacturer of build-to-order personal computer systems, will be using the RIVA 128ZX(TM) 3D graphics processor in their G-Series of consumer PC solutions and GP-Series of small business PC solutions. This new 8MB-AGP version of the Velocity 128, from STB Systems, Inc., provides industry leading 3D performance, in addition to 2D and video acceleration, for the mainstream PC market. NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 1998-- Gateway (NYSE: GTW - news), a global leader in the direct marketing of PCs, today announced its support for the 3Dfx Interactive(TM) platform for 3-D gaming. The company is now offering the next-generation Voodoo2(TM) chipset as an option in its award-winning line of G-Series home and home office PCs. Gateway clients have the option to get the 12MB 3Dfx Voodoo2 3-D Accelerator installed and configured on their G-Series PCs. Voodoo2 technology offers a ten-fold performance advantage over other popular home game consoles. Gateway previously announced that the Voodoo2 technology would be standard on its Destination D6-333 and D6-400 systems... To further enhance the 3-D gaming experience offered by Voodoo2 technology, Gateway is introducing a software package called ''Extreme Gaming.'' This package is specifically configured to offer the ultimate gaming experience in conjunction with the Voodoo2 technology. The Extreme Gaming software package includes seven titles. These titles include Forsaken and Turok from Acclaim, Test Drive 4 from Accolade, and Quake II(TM), Battlezone(TM), Heavy Gear(TM), and Hexen II(TM) from Activision.