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Hardware

10 May
Hardware
3dfx announced 3dfx Gamers Web Site

3dfx Interactive announced it will preview an all-new Web destination for 3dfx gamers at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) May 13-15 in Los Angeles.

10 May
Hardware
3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 Ultra Announced

Creative Technology announced the addition of an extraordinary new 32MB graphics card to its award-winning 3D Blaster family of products.

08 May
Hardware
Quake3 Compatible Voodoo3 and Voodoo2 Drivers Released

3dfx Interactive has released new Voodoo3 Windows 9x Retail Drivers (AGP/PCI) and Voodoo2 Windows 9x Driver Kit which are both Quake3 Compatible.

03 May
Hardware
AOpen Launches Two New TNT2-Based Graphics Cards

AOpen America announced the launch of two high-performance TNT2-based AGP graphics cards, the AOpen PA3010-A and the AOpen PA3010-N.

03 May
Hardware
Maxi Gamer Xentor to Hit Retail Shelves

Guillemot is proud to announce that, as of tomorrow, the Maxi Gamer Xentor will be the first Riva TNT2 based board to hit the retail shelves worldwide.

03 May
Hardware
Viper V770 Graphics Accelerator Announced

Diamond Multimedia Systems announced the availability of the company's much-anticipated, high-performance Viper V770 graphics accelerators.

03 May
Hardware
Stealth III S540 Graphics Accelerator Announced

Diamond Multimedia Systems announced the imminent shipment of the company's newest addition to the Stealth graphics accelerator product line, the Stealth III S540.

April 1999
27 Apr
Hardware
Intel 752 Graphics Accelerator Chip Introduced

Intel Corporation today revealed the Intel 752 graphics accelerator chip, a complete multimedia solution for Intel Pentium III processor-based platforms that delivers enriched visual quality for consumer and business software applications. packing Intel Scalable Graphics Architecture, the Intel 752 graphics accelerator brings high-quality 2-D graphics, enthusiast-level 3-D rendering and advanced digital video acceleration to mainstream PCs.

16 Apr
Hardware
NVIDIA’s RIVA TNT Drives Pentium III Systems

NVIDIA Corporation said today that top OEMs Compaq, Dell, Gateway, Micron, NEC, CompUSA, ProGen and Quantex are heading to stores NVIDIA's well-known RIVA TNT as the standard 3D graphics processor for all new Pentium III systems.