New 3DFX cards announced.

[link lost in import] 3dfx Targets Corporate America 3dfx Interactive today unveiled a new product brand and strategy that targets corporate and small business markets. 3dfx debuted the new Velocity brand with two PC graphics cards - the Velocity 100 and Velocity 200. The Velocity 100 is a 2D/3D board priced at $69 and features 8MB RAM, AGP 2X support with resolutions up to 2,046 x 1,536. The Velocity 200 features 16MB of SGRAM for better 2D/3D performance although pricing and availability haven't yet been set. According to 3dfx the Velocity line features the fastest 2D engine on the market today for both Windows 98 and NT systems with full 128-bit VGA implementations. For 3D the cards can render at resolutions up to 1,600 x 1,200 with internal 32-bit rendering and feature: per-pixel MIP mapping and alpha blending, tri-linear MIP mapping, floating point Z buffer, dynamic environment mapping and single-pass single cycle bump mapping. The Velocity line is optimized for AMD's 3DNow! and the Pentium III's SSE instructions with full 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit color support. The boards are Microsoft certified for all current and legacy operating systems (Windows 3.11, Windows 95/98, NT 3.51, NT 4.0 and OS/2) and will support Windows 2000 on release. -- * rrevved at mindspring dot com * Post in haste, repent at your leisure.

I wonder if they will support Glide?

Doubtful, as it's simply a continuation of STB's line of business and entry-level targeted boards. The attached 3dfx label is inconsequential.

On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:04:24 GMT, >> I wonder if they will support Glide? >Doubtful, as it's simply a continuation of STB's line of business and >entry-level targeted boards. The attached 3dfx label is inconsequential. But it talks about the new card's bump mapping capability,etc. -- * rrevved at mindspring dot com * post in haste, repent at your leisure.

None of that is listed on the 3dfx site or the STB Legacy site or the special development site off that. Maybe they're getting rid of a stockpile of old chips? I did notice a $30 off Voodoo 3 offer on the 3dfx site (forget which model). Neal

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> On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:04:24 GMT, > >> I wonder if they will support Glide? > >Doubtful, as it's simply a continuation of STB's line of business and > >entry-level targeted boards. The attached 3dfx label is inconsequential. > But it talks about the new card's bump mapping capability,etc. > -- > * rrevved at mindspring dot com > * post in haste, repent at your leisure.

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Wrong, they are based on they V3 architecture they most likely will support glide. The new V3 drivers are written for the Velocity cards also. STB never made its own chipsets, they used whatever was around, Nvidia, S3, 3DFX etc. > > I wonder if they will support Glide? > Doubtful, as it's simply a continuation of STB's line of business and > entry-level targeted boards. The attached 3dfx label is inconsequential.

They can talk about it all they want, but currently the only card on the market that does HARDWARE accelerated, heck even true bump mapping, is the Matrox G400. Both the TNT/TNT2 and Voodoo line does it in the drivers as "embossing" which less costly to implement but not true bump mapping.

With the latest Voodoo3 drivers, some games are listing Banshee, Voodoo3, Velocity 100/200 as choices for Glide rendering - so I'm sure that they support Glide. I think they'll use the latest V3 drivers, so are probably stripped-down V3's. The 200 sounds much like a V3 2000/3000, might just be different in the software bundling and marketing. Probably more of an OEM type thing anyway. -- Ken's Sig 3.0 "Who is the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?" - Obi-Wan Kenobi Go #43 and #44! volksy (at) geocities (dot) com volksy (at) yahoo (dot) com >On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:04:24 GMT, >>> I wonder if they will support Glide? >>Doubtful, as it's simply a continuation of STB's line of business and >>entry-level targeted boards. The attached 3dfx label is inconsequential. >But it talks about the new card's bump mapping capability,etc. >-- >* rrevved at mindspring dot com >* post in haste, repent at your leisure.

That's a good point and I can't imagine 3dfx releasing a new card that does not support Glide. That would be all but admiting Glide was done for. -Tim

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> Wrong, they are based on they V3 architecture they most likely will > support glide. The new V3 drivers are written for the Velocity cards > also. STB never made its own chipsets, they used whatever was around, > Nvidia, S3, 3DFX etc. > > > I wonder if they will support Glide? > > Doubtful, as it's simply a continuation of STB's line of business and > > entry-level targeted boards. The attached 3dfx label is

inconsequential.