3D Prophet announced

3D Prophet announced puts another piece of PC gear into the September hardware pile, and 1999 is not exactly short on that right now.

Guillemot is excited to announce the 3D Prophet, its highest-performing graphics solution, based on NVIDIA’s revolutionary Graphics Processing Unit, GeForce 256. Especially designed for hardcore gamers, 3D Prophet will give them the absolute graphics power for their PC and the ultimate gaming experience for only $269.99. 3D Prophet offers 32MB onboard RAM, a 350MHz RAMDAC and TV-Out capabilities for excellent image playback of DVD titles or games.

The hardware race is getting mean, and the upside is simple: gamers keep getting faster, stranger toys to bolt into their rigs.