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To: Stuart C Hall who wrote (10631)	2/11/1999 2:25:00 PM
From: Obewon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

3Dfx/STB unlikely to win OEM deals from Dell/IBM/CPQ since all three require full OpenGL driver complience for their business customers. 3Dfx has been working on OpenGL drivers for HOW LONG? About a year? They are still in beta testing. Hello?!? Anyone listening to what the market (OEMs) demands? Assign sufficient resources to the problem and fix it before release Voodoo3! Obewon

To: Stuart C Hall who wrote (10631)	2/11/1999 4:29:00 PM
From: Ben Wu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

i'm more curious to find out who's supplying the boards to IBM. STBI? Aren't the OpenGL drivers for V3 done already? I remember reading somewhere that the drivers for V3 are in beta and that the ones for banshee aren't even close to being done.

To: Stuart C Hall who wrote (10631)	2/12/1999 11:19:00 PM
From: Fred Mah	Respond to of 16960

"From the NVDA thread.... IBM chooses NVDA product for its Aptiva line: biz.yahoo.com This appears they went without the TNT chip?" So far IBM PC Company (which is behind locked doors within the IBM RTP facilities) has been a step behind in the graphics, always offering the older technology. I guess either they are really focused on cutting the cost of this part or don't think the users need the functions. The 128ZX chip is the 2nd major revision of the Riva chips, while the 4th revision (TNT2) is coming out in 2-3 months or so. That means they're about 1-2 generations back with the graphics, course I don't really know anyone who would consider buying a IBM PC for higher end games/multimedia. I was pretty impressed with the expect pricing of V3 boards, perhaps the vertical integration will actually lead to good margins but lower end user cost. That was part of the plan anyway.