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The 3dfx Voodoo Worked So Well Nobody Saw the Problem (playstationcouch.com)
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The 3dfx Voodoo wasn’t the first 3D card, or the most complete. It was the first that made games feel smooth. Four years later, Nvidia bought what was left of the company. What went wrong? #Voodoo #Gaming

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[-] FridaVanMercury@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 12 hours ago

I had one of these, it was such a massive difference, made playing Quake 2 and 3 actually possible on my hardware.

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