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04 Aug
Hardware
S3 Ships Savage4 Xtreme Accelerator

S3 Ships Savage4 Xtreme Accelerator is the news today, which means another box, download, or retail shelf just got busier. Raising the performance level of its...

02 Aug
Hardware
Intel Ships Fastest Pentium III and Celeron Processors

Intel Ships Fastest Pentium III and Celeron Processors is the news today, which means another box, download, or retail shelf just got busier. Intel Corporation is...

July 1999
30 Jul
Hardware
3dfx ships Voodoo3 3500 TV worldwide

3dfx Interactive says the worldwide availability of its new Voodoo3 3500 TV, the ultimate PC entertainment system that combines the industry's most powerful 3D and 2D graphics.

29 Jul
Hardware
ATI announces $99 XPERT 2000 graphics card

ATI Technologies says the XPERT 2000, with 32 MB of memory, 32-bit true color acceleration and full hardware DVD acceleration for only $99.

27 Jul
Hardware
ThrustMaster to sell Game Controller Business

ThrustMaster says it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the assets of the ThrustMaster game controller hardware business to the Guillemot Corporation of Carentoir,.

22 Jul
Hardware
Silicon Dreams partners with Matrox

Silicon Dreams Studio Limited says the company's action/tactics game, WARMONKEYS, will integrate support for dual-display gameplay and Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping.

14 Jul
Hardware
Diamond Stealth III S540 PCI Version Ships

Diamond Multimedia Systems, a leader in PC multimedia and Internet connectivity, Tuesday says the shipment of the new PCI version of the Stealth III S540.

14 Jul
Hardware
Creative ships 32MB 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2

Creative Technology has the latest July 1999 move: Creative ships 32MB 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2. Creative Technology says the availability of it's 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 graphics accelerator.

08 Jul
Hardware
GamePC includes Aureal Vortex2 Sound Cards

Aureal, a leader in digital audio imaging, says GamePC, a custom gaming system builder, is now offering Aureal's Vortex2 SuperQuad Digital PCI sound cards to its customers.