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by kobalsky 1772 days ago
It was so sad seeing this page:

https://web.archive.org/web/20010118202800/http://www.3dfx.c...

I wonder why they were doing so bad comercially since in our microcosm voodoo cards were the best. It was a sad day when nvidia just bought and killed the brand.

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3dfx made a bad acquisition with STB, and decided to abandon the OEM route while NVIDIA/ATI embraced it. Lack of hardware T&L also made a big difference, so by Voodoo5 it just wasn't an appealing option for games like Quake 3 and Half-life. This was also the era when MS was really pushing DX, and 3dfx DX support was always lagging.

The Voodoo2 was the first PC peripheral I ever purchased, and I have fond memories playing the first Delta Force game with it. Was also the first box I wanted to keep like a trophy.