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14 Jun
Hardware
InterAct and 3dfx launch co-branded Peripherals

InterAct Accessories, a subsidiary of Recoton Corporation today announced plans to launch a series of co-branded peripherals for multimedia gaming PCs powered by graphics accelerators from 3dfx Interactive.

07 Jun
Hardware Nintendo Switch
Creative and Lucent collaborate on New ADSL/V.90 Modem

Creative Technology announced Creative has teamed with Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group to produce a new ADSL G.LITE/V.90 modem.

07 Jun
Hardware
3Dlabs Demonstrates Geometry Acceleration In DirectX 7

3Dlabs today provided the first public demonstration of accelerated geometry and lighting using Microsoft's newly-enhanced DirectX 7 application programming interface (API).

07 Jun
Hardware
NVIDIA Graphics Drivers Optimized for AMD’s 3DNow!

NVIDIA Corporation announced the availability of a new set of software drivers for the RIVA TNT and TNT2 3D processors that are specifically optimized for AMD's K6-2 and K6-III CPUs.

02 Jun
Hardware
Hercules Dynamite TNT2 Announced

Hercules Computer Technology today announced the Hercules Dynamite TNT2, integrating the NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 graphics processor, a 300MHz DAC, and up to 32MB of ultra fast SDRAM.

02 Jun
Hardware
Aureal formally Changes Name

Aureal Semiconductor, a leader in digital audio imaging, announced the record date for its previously announced 1-for-15 reverse stock split will be effective as of the close of business on June 10, 1999.

01 Jun
Hardware
NVIDIA and ABIT announce Vanta-Based ZX-21 Motherboard

NVIDIA Corporation and ABIT Computer Corporation announced the ZX-21, a new integrated motherboard solution based on NVIDIA's Vanta 3D graphics processor.

May 1999
31 May
Hardware
Matrox Millennium G400 Pre-Orders

It will be taking online pre-orders for the Matrox Millennium G400 Series as early as Tuesday, June 1, 1999 at 12:00 noon EST via Matrox’s online store.

27 May
Hardware
Alienware selects Aureal Vortex2 Sound Cards

Alienware PC Systems has chosen to include Aureal's award-winning Vortex2 SuperQuad Digital PCI sound card as the standard audio system for its complete line of PC gaming systems.