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To: Michael Linov who wrote (7909)	10/6/1998 8:42:00 AM
From: Michael Linov	Respond to of 16960

Powerful 12MB 3D Gaming Card Now Available for $149! MILPITAS, Calif. Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Creative Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREAF) today announced that it has significantly lowered the price of its most popular 3D gaming card, 3D Blaster(R) Voodoo2(TM). Effective this month, the 12MB version of 3D Blaster Voodoo2 will be available at an estimated retail price (ERP) of US$149.99 after a US$50 manufacturers mail-in rebate for the United States and Canada only. The 8MB version of 3D Blaster Voodoo2 will also be available at an ERP of US$79.99 after a US$30 manufacturers mail-in rebate for the United States and Canada only. With this extraordinary new pricing, both mainstream PC consumers and hardcore gamers can now enjoy exceptional performance, rapid response times and dazzling graphics when playing today's most popular PC games. Creative offers a complete line of aggressively priced, high-performance graphics solutions to meet the diverse needs of everyone from mainstream consumers to hardcore performance fanatics. This line-up includes two newly announced and shipping products, the Graphics Blaster(TM) RIVA TNT(TM) and the 3D Blaster Banshee. These 16MB cards offer two of the hottest chipsets available today and come in PCI and AGP versions. Since its introduction, 3D Blaster Voodoo2 has been recognized by numerous PC trade and gaming publications for its lightning fast speeds, incredible textures and outstanding software bundle. Some of 3D Blaster Voodoo2's most recent awards and accolades include the following: * "Kick Ass Award" from Boot Magazine * "FamilyPC Recommended" from FamilyPC * Five out of five stars in Game Buyer * "Editors' Choice" in PC Gamer * Four out of five stars in Computer Gaming World Based on 3Dfx Interactive's Voodoo 2 Graphics chip, 3D Blaster Voodoo2 can deliver more than three times the speed found in graphics cards using the current Voodoo Graphics(TM) chip set. 3D Blaster Voodoo2 delivers a phenomenal three million triangles-per-second as well as 90 million (180 million pixels in SLI configuration) dual-textured, bilinear-filtered, per-pixel MIP-mapped, alpha-blended, Z-buffered pixels-per-second. With this level of performance, 3D Blaster Voodoo2 is the most powerful 3D gaming solution to date in Creative's 3D Blaster line of high performance gaming cards. 3D Blaster Voodoo2 comes bundled with the full versions of "Ultim@te Race" Pro from MicroProse, Inc., "Incoming" by Rage Software and "G-Police" from Psygnosis. 3D Blaster Voodoo2 is currently shipping through Creative's extensive distribution network. Creative Technology Ltd. develops, manufactures and markets a wide array of advanced multimedia solutions for the PC, entertainment, education, music and productivity tools markets. Creative's products are marketed through the OEM, systems integrator and retail channels under a variety of trademarks, including the "Blaster" family name. With the new Sound Blaster(R) PCI standard, Creative has produced a solution that utilizes a combination of hardware and software for near-perfect compatibility with existing DOS and Windows titles. Creative's corporate headquarters and primary manufacturing are based in Singapore, with sales, distribution and research and development being carried out through an extensive, global network of subsidiaries located in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. This announcement relates to products whose launch are in the United States of America. The product names, contents, prices and availability may differ elsewhere in the world according to local factors and requirements. Sound Blaster, Blaster, and 3D Blaster are registered trademarks, and Graphics Blaster and Exxtreme are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. in the U.S. and other countries. Voodoo 2 is a trademark of 3Dfx Interactive, Inc., and RIVA TNT is a trademark of NVIDIA Corp. All other products mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby recognized as such. SOURCE Creative Labs, Inc.