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3dfx technology in nVidia's cards
05.09.09 at 10:31:37
 
I am curious to learn about what people know of 3dfx technology in nVidia's hardware made after 2000.

For example, I have a Galaxy KFA2 GeForce 8800 GT.

On the backside bottom of the box the TRADEMARK INFORMATION reads:
NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, 3DFX, 3DFX INTERACTIVE, the 3dfx Logo, STB, STB Systems and Design, the STB Logo, the StarBox Logo, NVIDIA nForce, GeForce, NVIDIA Quadro, NVDVD, NVIDIA Personal Cinema, NVIDIA Soundsform, Vanta, TNT2, TNT, RIVA, RIVA TNT, VOODOO, VOODOO GRAPHICS, WAVEBAY, Accuview Antialiasing, the Audio & Nth Superscript Design Logo, CineFX, the Communications & Nth Superscript Design Logo, Detonator, Digital Vibrance Control, DualNet, FlowFX, Forceware, GIGADUDE, Glide, GOFORCE, the Graphics & Nth Superscript Design Logo, Intllisample, M-BUFFER, nfiniteFX, NV, NVChess, nView, NVKeystone, NVOptimizer, NVPinball, NVRotate, NVSensor, NVSync, the platform & Nth Superscript Design Logo, Power Mizer, Quincunx Antialiasing, Sceneshare, See What You've Been Missing, StreamThru, SuperStability, T-BUFFER, The Way It's Meant to be Played Logo, TwinBank, TwinView and the Video & Nth Superscript Design Logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.  Other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners with wich they are associated.

I have never seen 3dfx be noted on a nvidia box before
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Re: 3dfx technology in nVidia's cards
Reply #1 - 05.09.09 at 13:11:45
 
I figured that at least one nVidia box would have some 3Dfx copyright stuff on it, since most of the Voodoo 5 tech ended up in the GeForce line of GFX cards... Roll Eyes
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Re: 3dfx technology in nVidia's cards
Reply #2 - 05.09.09 at 14:02:00
 
Stanadard legal boilerplate.

If you don't claim IP over a period of time it can fall into disuse and a shrewed company can lay claim to it.
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Re: 3dfx technology in nVidia's cards
Reply #3 - 19.10.09 at 14:47:30
 
If I'm not mistaken, nVidia bought the remainings of 3DFX and 2 generations later, they desided that they would make a "tribute" to 3DFX, by naming their next generation of videocards, Not Geforce5, but Geforce FX and then the number of the model, like so:

Geforce2 GTS
Geforce3 Ti200
Geforce4 Ti4200
Geforce FX5700

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Re: 3dfx technology in nVidia's cards
Reply #4 - 19.10.09 at 17:05:14
 
kind of ironic,as the fx series were the probably the worst series of cards nvidia ever made.
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Re: 3dfx technology in nVidia's cards
Reply #5 - 20.10.09 at 11:46:35
 
yeah I know, but it was the 1st generation from nVidia that actually made use of some of the tech they bought off of 3DFX, sooo...

And they had stiff competition, the FX5950 Ultra had to go up against the almighty 9800Pro/XT, so....
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