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3dfx.com at the Wayback Machine (archived February 1, 2001) 3dfx Interactive, Inc. was an American computer hardware company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 1994, that specialized in the manufacturing of 3D graphics processing units, and later, video cards. It was a pioneer in the field from the late 1990s to 2000.
Voodoo3. Voodoo3 was a series of computer gaming video cards manufactured and designed by 3dfx Interactive. It was the successor to the company's high-end Voodoo2 line and was based heavily upon the older Voodoo Banshee product. Voodoo3 was announced at COMDEX '98 and arrived on store shelves in early 1999. [ 1 ]
Unsupported. A Voodoo2 graphics card. The Voodoo2 (or Voodoo 2) is a set of three specialized 3D graphics chips on a single chipset setup, made by 3dfx. It was released in February 1998 as a replacement for the original Voodoo Graphics chipset. [1][2]
Unsupported. 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP. The Voodoo 5 was the last and most powerful graphics card line that was released by 3dfx Interactive. All members of the family were based upon the VSA-100 graphics processor. [1] Only the single-chip Voodoo 4 4500 and dual-chip Voodoo 5 5500 made it to market.
RIVA TNT. Support status. Unsupported. The RIVA 128, or " NV3 ", was a consumer graphics processing unit created in 1997 by Nvidia. It was the first to integrate 3D acceleration in addition to traditional 2D and video acceleration. Its name is an acronym for Real-time Interactive Video and Animation accelerator.
Rendition, Inc. Rendition, Inc., was a maker of 3D computer graphics chipsets in the mid to late 1990s. They were known for products such as the Vérité 1000 and Vérité 2x00 and for being one of the first 3D chipset makers to directly work with Quake developer John Carmack to make a hardware-accelerated version of the game (vQuake).
Unsupported. The RIVA TNT, codenamed NV4, is a 2D, video, and 3D graphics accelerator chip for PCs that was developed by Nvidia and released in March 1998. It cemented Nvidia's reputation as a worthy rival within the developing consumer 3D graphics adapter industry. It succeeded the RIVA 128. RIVA is an acronym for Real-time Interactive Video ...
S3 logo, of pre- VIA times. The S3 ViRGE (Video and Rendering Graphics Engine[1]) graphics chipset was one of the first 2D / 3D accelerators designed for the mass market. Introduced in 1996 by then graphics powerhouse S3, Inc., the ViRGE was S3's first foray into 3D-graphics. The S3/Virge was the successor to the successful Trio64V+.