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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

27 Aug
Hardware
AMDK6-2 350 mHz processors with 3DNow

AMD now has announced that volume shipments of 350-megahertz AMD-K6-2 processors with 3DNow! technology have begun to OEM partners and AMD-authorized resellers.

26 Aug
Hardware
Diamond Monster Fusion Announced

Diamond Multimedia Systems, now has announced the company's first fully-integrated Monster-brand 2D and 3D graphics accelerator -- Monster Fusion.

26 Aug
Hardware
Diamond Monster Sound MX300 Announced

Diamond Multimedia Systems, now has announced a new high-end addition to the company's award-winning Monster Sound audio accelerator line -- the Monster Sound MX300.

24 Aug
Hardware
Intel Fastest Processor Introduced

Intel Corporation now introduced its fastest processor ever for mainstream Performance PCs, entry-level servers and workstations, and two new basic PC processors that offer.

23 Aug
Hardware
Intel740 Spicy Driver

Patch and driver season never ends on the PC, and Intel740 Spicy Driver is the newest one to chase down. 740 has posted an unsupported demo driver for the Intel740 based video card.

20 Aug
Hardware
California Graphics to use Voodoo2 Rev3

3Dnews.net for letting me know that California Graphics, the 3D hardware company for games, has has announced that it is the first company to be shipping second generation 3Dfx.

19 Aug
Hardware Windows 95/98
XGA PC+TV Monitor Announced

NetTV has announced the arrival of a large screen XGA PC+TV Monitor designed to be the ultimate entertainment and presentation display for home, school or office.

19 Aug
Hardware
Game Performance for 3Dfx Higher

3Dfx Interactive, now has announced game performance results for Voodoo2 and Voodoo Banshee that are significantly higher than those reported by Mercury Research in a recent.

18 Aug
Hardware
3Dfx Interview

Voodoo Extreme did an interview with with Steve Schick from 3Dfx. Alot of good information is discussed about 3dfx including the upcoming Banshee.