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The News Desk

News.

Release dates, announcements, and anything else worth noting. No PR fluff, no embargoed opinions. If it matters to people who actually play the games, it's here.

Hardware

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.

01 Mar
Hardware
3Dfx at Extreme Annihilation

At Extreme Annihilation, the upcoming Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) gamers event March 12-14 in Dallas, 3 Dfx Interactive will join with several other sponsors to provide top-tier prizes, including a $3,000 third-place prize awarded by 3 Dfx.

February 1999
26 Feb
Hardware
Pentium III Processor Available

Pentium III Processor lands in February 1999 as PC hardware makers keep pushing faster chips, cards, drivers, and gaming peripherals.

25 Feb
Hardware
Intensor LX Sensory Gaming Chair Announced

Intensor LX Sensory Gaming Chair lands in February 1999 as PC hardware makers keep pushing faster chips, cards, drivers, and gaming peripherals.

22 Feb
Hardware
AMD-K6-III processor with 3DNow! Introduced

AMD-K6-III processor with 3DNow! lands in February 1999 as PC hardware makers keep pushing faster chips, cards, drivers, and gaming peripherals.

22 Feb
Hardware
Voodoo Accelerators optimized for AMD Processors

Voodoo Accelerators optimized for AMD Processors lands in February 1999 as PC hardware makers keep pushing faster chips, cards, drivers, and gaming peripherals.