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To: Chip Anderson who wrote (9329)	12/1/1998 4:02:00 PM
From: Joseph Hoane	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

Something struck me in this link: voodoomag.com in the Voodoo Review section under Nov 29th issue. The author was reminiscing about what he wrote about two years before. Here is one of his bullets. "Worrying that the "Rendition" card would become the 3D standard over Voodoo ("Hey, it's not as fast but it LOOKS better..." sound familiar?) " This keeps ringing through my head, especially appropos of what Chip has been posting. Also, a week or two ago, someone posted a suite of interviews with game developers, characterizing the gestalt as negative for Voodoo3. I would argue that all of the developers acknowledged that "fill-rate" was important and some said it was very important, especially for complex 3d environments. Let me remind you that Multiplayer with 4 opponents and 8 rockets in the air is a complex 3d environment. I would like to argue that Voodoo will win out again because of speed. However, the Achilles heel is marketing. If everybody thinks that the TNT is better, then everybody will buy it. Our saving grace here may be banshee. If banshee gets widely distributed, then the average gamer may have a Banshee and a friend who has a TNT. They will compare the results and find that Banshee is better for Quake II or Half-life or something. This would then help them decide to buy and to tell their friends to buy Voodoo3 when it comes out. Still, I think faster will win out over "looks better" for now, given a forced choice. Joe Hoane P.S. I have carefully benchmarked my K6 Voodoo1/Millenium system. When I finally get my Wicked3D Banshee, I will benchmark it and report the results. YEA. Just before I hit "Submit Response," my doorbell rang and it was UPS and it is HERE! More later.