While these products didn't match the image quality or performance of Voodoo, their lower price points and ease of use made them a hit with many OEMs. It was estimated that 3Dfx accounted for 80-85% of the 3D accelerator market during the heyday of Voodoo's reign.Įventually most of 3Dfx's competition came from companies that were already established in the market producing 2D graphics, and were meaning to produce combo cards capable of 2D and 3D. The 3D landscape in 1996 favored S3 with around 50% of the market. Voodoo Graphics revolutionized personal computer graphics nearly overnight and rendered many other designs obsolete, including a vast swathe of 2D-only graphics producers. That card was followed by Diamond Multimedia's Monster 3D, the Canopus Pure3D, Colormaster Voodoomania, Quantum3D Obsidian, Miro Hiscore, Skywell Magic3D, among others. Orchid Technologies was first to market with the $299 Orchid Righteous 3D, a board noted for having mechanical relays that "clicked" when the chipset was in use. The cards were sold by a large number of companies.
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But by the second half of 1996, memory prices had dipped significantly which turned 3Dfx's attention to the consumer PC market.ģDfx's Voodoo graphics consisted of a 3D-only add-in card that required a VGA cable pass-through from a separate 2D card to the Voodoo, which then connected to the display. The company's first-gen Voodoo chipset powered arcade hits like San Francisco Rush, ICE Home Run Derby and Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey. Founded in San Jose, California in 1994 by a trio of former Silicon Graphics employees, 3Dfx got its start making hardware for arcade machines.
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