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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (8723)	11/2/1998 12:14:00 AM
From: Jeff Lins	Respond to of 16960

Just saw a commercial for Accolade's Test Drive 5 on TV. At the bottom of the screen was the Playstation logo and the TDFX logo. Good news! Hope they keep up the alliances. BTW, I couldn't figure out why either Test Drive 4 or Off Road were so successful...

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (8723)	11/2/1998 7:58:00 AM
From: Miguel M. de la O	Respond to of 16960

Rampage news....maybe From Voodoo Extreme quoting Computer Gaming World: Although 3Dfx's isn't talking about it much yet, not wanting to cloud its fourth quarter sales outlook, we've heard a few tidbits about its next generation chip set, called Rampage. This 2D/3D AGP chip, whose exact ETA isn't known, will be 3Dfx's only chip. That's right, kids new 3D-Only 3Dfx boards will be a thing of the past when rampage arrives, sometime next year. This makes a pretty serious departure from 3Dfx;s traditional approach, which consisted almost of exclusively of 3D-only boards, which have proven very successful for the company. But in announcing their third quarter results to their stock holders, 3Dfx unfortunately posted a net loss, although its settlement of the Sega lawsuit did offset the losses somewhat. The fourth quarter is looking brighter for the company, with the arrival of Voodoo Banshee boards from Diamond and Guillemont International, as well as the traditional heavy holiday buying season. Rampage represents 3Dfx's realization that the 3D-only board market is a niche marker relative to the much larger 2D/3D graphic market, and it's there that the company will focus its efforts with Rampage, No performance specifications are available as of yet, but given that the current Voodoo 2/Banshee architecture isn't especially AGP Friendly, 3Dfx may be looking to create an architecture that will take better advantage of age.