Spot ion. 3Dfx' strength lay in their insanely-efficient, proprietary API but the turning point was when nVidia rolled out polygon acceleration in hardware ("transform and lighting").
I was running Matrox Millenniums and Matrox Mystiques at the time but 3Dfx was already kicking their ass by then. Case in point: the Matrox version of Tomb Raider ran [accelerated] at 640x480 but the 3Dfx/Glide version rendered Lara Croft's ass beautifully at 800X600.
There's another category besides hearsay; it's called logic.The way it works - t's a good system - is you find "flaws" or "holes" in their logic, and point them out.
I was in the electronics section at an Albuquerque Walmart and as I was paying for a nVidia TNT2, I noticed that the box felt kind of light so I made sure to open it in front of the cashier.
Out popped an ancient 8bit ISA card that I couldn't even identify.
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When Harrier VTOL fighter debuted in the 1990s, it was remarkable.
The 90's?? Pretty sure they were used in the Falklands War.
"The fucking 90's..."
If this was organized...it wasn't by "French union bosses.
Nice theory, though.
Spot ion. 3Dfx' strength lay in their insanely-efficient, proprietary API but the turning point was when nVidia rolled out polygon acceleration in hardware ("transform and lighting").
I was running Matrox Millenniums and Matrox Mystiques at the time but 3Dfx was already kicking their ass by then. Case in point: the Matrox version of Tomb Raider ran [accelerated] at 640x480 but the 3Dfx/Glide version rendered Lara Croft's ass beautifully at 800X600.
Or not, as the case may be...
Noted.
Fuck sakes; this is like listening to a prepubescent fratboy wander down the tampon isle jeering at all the products that aren't for him.
Even with your inadequate grasp of English, you're able to communicate your desperation remarkably well.
Looks like someone can't get any succession from trade talks in Beijing.
Looks like Chinese shills can't speak English correctlly.
It's so funny that it's almost sad.
and high-end graphics cards between $250 and $400
Diamond Edge with nVidia nV1 and 4MB of VRAM: $699.
In 1996.
Why are all these companies so obsessed with unemploying all their drivers?
There are incomes to pilfer.
Yeah but good luck convincing the dumbshits.
The higher-quality, lower price option (CDs) are fading yet the shitty quality high price (vinyl) is going up, albeit slowly.
We're in the Keurig Era.
H. L. Mencken would've had a field day...
Jibe.That's "jibe" like a sailboat, not "jive" like a Motown pimp.
Eugenicist.
We're not getting important parts of the story.
Those missing bits likely tell a different story,
Why aren't all trains automated by now?
Your question is a microcosm for all the idiocy behind the self-driving push.
By the way, the answer to your [rhetorically-intended] question is "Exactly."
Firstly it sent a very clear signal to everyone that coal is going away
Ah, yes; good old words.
Surely the EU's MO...
I'm kind of surprised a school hasn't been hit yet.
You really think this was the first time??
Thanks for the chuckle.
Apparently everything needs to be simple enough for you to grasp or it just doesn't exist.
Color us surprised.
I was in the electronics section at an Albuquerque Walmart and as I was paying for a nVidia TNT2, I noticed that the box felt kind of light so I made sure to open it in front of the cashier.
Out popped an ancient 8bit ISA card that I couldn't even identify.
Whales are the only animal they eat that can't be farmed
What about tuna.
What are they even defining as abuse?
The most important question of all. The answer is... zeroes and ones.