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To: buckeye3d who wrote (13074)	6/2/1999 9:21:00 AM
From: Peter S.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

To quote the 3dfx's Dell PR: "SAN JOSE, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- 3dfx Interactive® Inc. (Nasdaq: TDFX - news) today announced that a customized version of its Voodoo3(TM) 3000 graphics accelerator technology is available as an option for the Dell Dimension XPS T Series desktop PCs from Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq: DELL - news). ''Dell's commitment to quality makes them an ideal OEM partner for 3dfx as we seek to raise PC-based entertainment to the next level,'' said Greg Ballard, president and CEO of 3dfx Interactive. ''We look forward to working closely with Dell to bring 3dfx® brand technology to home and small business customers who require high-end 3D graphics.'' Available today from Dell, the Voodoo3 3000D is designed for true game enthusiasts and generates 7 million triangles and 333 Megatexels per second at resolutions of up to 2,046 by 1,536 pixels. Named by PC Data as the hottest selling video cards in retail stores throughout North America, Voodoo3 products also include such advanced entertainment technology features as DVD hardware assist, dual 32-bit internal rendering, 8-bit palletised textures, programmable exponential fog tables, Gouraud shading, a full 128-bit 2D accelerator, and support for Glide®, DirectX, and OpenGL. Through its OEM partners and retail board manufacturers, 3dfx has shipped more than 10 million products to date. Dell is also a sponsor of 3dfx Interactive's new 3dfx Gamers Web site, a hot new destination for the growing 3dfx gamer community. Dell will supply several of its high-end PowerEdge servers to quickly deliver news, forums and other content to gamers who visit the new Web site. Dell will also supply high-performance Dell Dimension XPS T500 Pentium III desktops to enable an area of the site that will spotlight new interactive, multi-user games." What is a 3000D??? Peter S