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To: AJ Berger who wrote (6959)	9/8/1998 2:32:00 PM
From: Michael Linov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16960

There are ALOT of Diehard Diablo fans who will rush out and buy a 3dfx board just to play Diablo 2 (in its best incarnation). But then, 3dfx users are used to being able to play ALL the latest games, out of the box. We don't have to wait 6 months for a DX6 or OpenGL version like every other board.

To: AJ Berger who wrote (6959)	9/8/1998 2:36:00 PM
From: Andrew Fenic	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

AJ, I am somewhat diversified. My largest holding is 3DFX, however. I see no other stock that has been treated more unfairly by Wall Street. Banshee looks like a big winner despite the cynicism; 3DFX badly needed a low end part to compete with G200 and I740. In Banshee, they are price competitive and they crush those popular chipsets performance-wise. I am very glad 3DFX did their research and determined that a low cost / adequate performance part was the wave of the immediate future. If they had produced a higher cost Voodoo2 killer 2d/3d combo I think it would have failed as no OEM would adopt it (see Riva TNT). And for the millions who do buy I740 and G200 chips with their low 3D performance, the 3D only Voodoo2 remains a compelling product. Looking at the current marketplace dynamics, I think the big loser will be TNT. They are stuck between a rock and a hard place; an expensive 2d/3d combo board that will not appeal to the OEM market and high end performance that doesn't come near Voodoo2 SLI. Add the fact that Riva TNT doesn't support Glide, the predominant high end 3D gaming API, and you have a part with a highy questionable future.

To: AJ Berger who wrote (6959)	9/8/1998 3:35:00 PM
From: Patrick Grinsell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16960

As for Diablo2 support, remember, it's for special effects only. functionally, Diablo2 continues to be a 2D animated game. AJ, this is precisely the kind of thing that buying decisions are made of. Quake was such an immensly popular game that whatever ran it best got a load of sales (voodoo1). Gamers pride themselves on the extra 2 fps or being able to say their system is cooler than somebody elses. Trust me, the Diablo II fanatics will be peeved that their video card isn't displaying optimal performance and will snatch up a 3dfx card as if somebody did a Jedi mind trick on 'em. I'm so looking forward to this game, that not only will I pay Blizzard for an advance copy upon release, but I'll probably take off a day from work just to get a head start on the game the moment it arrives My wife is planning a whole week in seclusion. You'd think the game was heroin. Pat