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To: Simon Cardinale who wrote (7017)	9/9/1998 4:32:00 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Banshee is incapable of SLI. Having the capability is not the same as having to use it. There could be cheaper cards without SLI, and more expensive ones that I could use in SLI mode or in combination with V2 or V1, etc. This should not have made Banshee much more expensive. Making Banshee work with V1 would almost garantee that every V1 owner would buy a Banshee. As for nvid, all I can say is that nvid did not know of Banshee specs either. This did not seem to prevent them from bashing 3Dfx. The least 3Dfx could do about nvid was to cast serious doubt on their capability to deliver what they had promised. Instead they treated them with kiddy gloves and even gave them some credibility by stating on numerous times that they only consider TNT their competition. I think in general 3Dfx has been noble and naive with regards to marketing in the technical front and damn incompetent in the investment front. Sun Tzu P.S Whatever happend to Michael Flemming aka Got2MuchTime? P.P.S What did the word "exclusive" mean in the 3Dfx and EA agreement?

To: Simon Cardinale who wrote (7017)	9/9/1998 8:18:00 PM
From: Waldeen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 16960

no SLI on Banshee, but please prove me wrong... Simon, > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Banshee is incapable of SLI. > Having the capability is not the same as having to use it. There > could be cheaper cards without SLI, and more expensive ones that I > could use in SLI mode or in combination with V2 or V1, etc. This > should not have made Banshee much more expensive. Making Banshee > work with V1 would almost guarantee that every V1 owner would buy a > Banshee. Exactly! Get people to buy a Banshee, and make Banshee a desirable first start to a future V2. Or as an upgrade to existing V1, and later move to V2+. 3dfx needs to make their cards desirable to be sold as bundles. Or, with clear upgrade paths. Don't know how many times I have paid more for a computer for the 'ability' of future upgrades: be it open memory slots, open PCI slots, etc. If OEMs get Banshee, and Banshee has a nice "tie in" with Rampage, doesn't the installed base of Banshee cards facilitate future Rampage sales?????? Seems like any additional cost is really just a marketing cost. It may be prudent for people to go back and look at reply #5391 which discusses the Banshee SLI issue. This has been one of my sore points with 3dfx as a stock holder. And, there seems to be some misinformation on this thread that cycles over-and-over. I have not seen any hard facts that Banshee is capable of SLI.... be it with Voodoo2 (doubtful due to hardware differences) or with another Banshee. Would appreciate any posts that prove otherwise.