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Alakazam
02-19-2002, 09:22 PM
Below is the blurb from the website and some links.

To our valued customers:

3dfx (http://www.nvidia.com/) Interactive, Inc. is no longer providing support for any 3dfx products and drivers. Information about 3dfx is no longer available from the 3dfx.com website. Please be advised that on February 19, 2002, the 3dfx.com website will be shut down entirely. As a result, the following alternatives have been put in place:

View: Voodoo Files hosts all the original supported 3dfx drivers here (http://www.voodoofiles.com/3dfxhelp.asp)
Pigflipper
02-19-2002, 10:18 PM
R.I.P. 3dfx, you brought me into the world of computer gaming and for that I am forever grateful!
lurch63
02-19-2002, 11:27 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

i love you voodoo, i still think that that 3dfx sign rotating as open gl mode started on your pc was wonderful, thanks for the link, lil bro has my old voodoo 3 3000 and might need drivers. sinc. lurch
Pigflipper
02-19-2002, 11:53 PM
I still have my old voodoo2 8mb in an old p2 300 system so I could use it for gaming. 3dfx signed their death warrent when they stopped allowing people to make boards for them.

/me cries softly
Rando
02-20-2002, 12:18 AM
What a shame:(

Cool link Al, thanks:)
Techvillage
02-20-2002, 07:24 AM
Thx for letting us know Zammy - yep, end of an era :(
KaraK
02-20-2002, 09:44 AM
lurch: I used to love that logo too.

It has to be said though, as flips pointed out 3Dfx have only themselves to blame. They got greedy and complacent and it cost them too much.
floppybootstomp
02-20-2002, 09:51 AM
That's a shame. I'll always remember playing Quake for the first time on a Voodoo 1 card - mind-blowing at the time.

I still have a Voodoo 3 2000 AGP in my K6-2 300 system, working fine.

That's a good link Zammy, I'll add it to our downloads section, it's better than the one we have, this one: 3dfx Drivers (http://www.planetfalconfly.de/)
ImaginAsian
02-21-2002, 11:33 PM
Diamond Monster Video Card...ah the memories.

Well I wonder what 3dfx Technology is Nvidia gonn use in their upcoming chip.