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Hardware

16 Mar
Hardware
Logitech WingMan Gaming Mouse Announced

Logitech revealed the Logitech Wing Man Gaming Mouse. Wing Man Gaming Mouse is the first mouse designed to provide exceptional performance specifically for games.

16 Mar
Hardware
Logitech Force-Feedback Mouse Announced

March 16, 1999: Logitech says it will be shipping a force-feedback mouse for gaming in time for the Christmas 1999 selling season.

16 Mar
Hardware
Team Fortress II to Support Aureal A3D 2.0

March 16, 1999: Aureal Semiconductor says Team Fortress II from Valve LLC and Sierra Studios will bring full support for Aureal A3D 2.0 positional audio with Aureal Wavetracing.

15 Mar
Hardware Mac
Gravis Unveils GamePad Pro USB

March 15, 1999: Gravis revealed its first game pad designed specifically for Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports is planned for release in stores late March.

15 Mar
Hardware
RIVA TNT2 Announced

March 15, 1999: NVIDIA, revealed the RIVA TNT2 3D processor, the fastest 3D graphics processor for the mainstream market.

15 Mar
Hardware
Viper V770 Graphics Accelerator Announced

March 15, 1999: Diamond Multimedia Systems revealed the new, high-performance Viper V770 graphics accelerator based on NVIDIA's RIVA TNT2 Ultra graphics controller.

14 Mar
Hardware
Canopus stopping Production

March 14, 1999: Canopus has officially said that the Spectra 2500, Pure 3D and Pure 3D II line of graphics cards are no longer in production.

04 Mar
Hardware
Driver Announced

March 4, 1999: Placing gamers behind the wheel of the most sought-after getaway car on July 8 is GT Interactive Software's new game, Driver for the PC.

02 Mar
Hardware
3Dfx Released new Voodoo Banshee and MiniGL Drivers

Voodoo Banshee Release Candidate 1 - Version: 1.02.03 reference drivers are for AGP/PCI boards running under Windows 98.