[EDIT]hmmm.....whats going on at AMD? (and history of 3Dfx Rampage)

[dmcowen674]

i remember the hype back then, really really exciting times. 3dfx and their voodoo line really made a splash in the history of PC. The impact was huge and the significance can't be understated.

I had acquired a PC with a 3d voodoo card, but it was a few yrs late. I picked it up in a trade, I just wanted to mess with it. By the time I had a voodoo, 3dfx was already bankrupt. Nvidia was well into the GeForce 4.

That PC was crazy when I think back. You had a graphics card that would have to be plugged into the 3d card which then went to the monitor. It was pretty worthless by the time I got it, things changed so fast back then. Games were simply unplayable unless you upgraded. If your CPU was 3yrs old it was a dinosaur.....a joke. That was ages ago

Was quite a time.

Now both the CPU and GPU's are so powerful.