Ok so on way up north i stopped by San jose to see if there was any 3dfx related pictures to take, the old 3dfx address there is now a church so off to the other side of town to Quantum3d.

Ive arrived in 3dfx style drab (ty gamma, ouch 235lbs fit in your old shirt lol)

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9311/dsc01867rq9.th.jpg

The signs were sorta small i thought but i was so happy to be there


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No cars in site but i tried the door anyways

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a couple shots thru the front door

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/2750/dsc01870hk6.th.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5963/dsc01871rz0.th.jpg

I got a couple more pic's but not sure their legal to post showing some set-up work and no i didnt go anywhere near their trash to find discarded items, a sign of getting old and not wanting to get in trouble lol

If these photo isnt allowed for some reason feel free to delete ???
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3296/dsc01873ug9.th.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2651/dsc01874et4.th.jpg

:'( :'( :'(
last year there was still a 3dfx sign

GAt was there
http://forum.voodooalert.de/thread.php?threadid=11887&page=1

okay all photos are offline......




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Hier stehe ich neben dem 3dfx Schild an 4435 Fortran Drive in San Jose, CA, im Silicon Valley. Ja, das Schild steht tatsächlich IMMER NOCH DA! Selbst die Blumen drumherum sind noch sehr gepflegt und bewässert:

Here I stand beside the 3dfx sign at 4435 FORTRAN drive in San Jose, CA., in the silicone Valley. Yes, the sign stands actually STILL THERE! Even the flowers around are still watered

Excellent pictures bro!!

Hey exxe, do you remember what the photo's looked like cause soe ppl have gotten the texas NEW building confused with the old strip center building in San Jose, the San Jose building in just a single story building, the Texas Building is that big multi story building with the big signs.http://www.falconfly-central.de/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=general;action=display;num=1140772175
we drove right up to it in parking lot and the sign was for a church which is common here in california to turn bussiness strip mall buildings into churches. i guess i shoulda taken a picture but it wasnt to interesting.

maybe you can reach GAt for the pic's, i'd love to see those, i just went to front of building so maybe around back there's an old sign or something.




Thanks Gary, I'd like to post the other 2 pic's but not sure if its ok, one is of a big cabinet ready to go in a crate other is of a rack mount in process of construction, since i took em thru window is that ok to post or not do you think?

@BFG3Dfx - great pics man!

Now I know why you are called BFG, you must work out or something - you look like one of those wrestlers...
(although it could be because you are wearing the small T-shirt from @Gamma742...LOL!)

It would have been good if you took shots of those framed posters, like the one for the Obsidian 2-X Series...

Kewl anyways!

ah i wish i coulda got in there to take a pic, those shots were thru the glass front door.

wrote on 25.09.07 at 22:41:10:

Now I know why you are called BFG, you must work out or something - you look like one of those wrestlers... (although it could be because you are wearing the small T-shirt from @Gamma742...LOL!)

The shirt fit me fine :-/ but I only weigh 163  :P

well i was gonna diet before the trip but wth i was still able to squeeze in there lol

nice picture...3dfx and you - pure power - american muscle !!!

the 3dfx shirt feets you wery well !

;)

@BFG - the newest WWF wrestler! ;D

my girlfriend told me i should have sucked my stomach in lol

Ahh! You look in good health to me. People are just built differently ;)

oh now shes laughing at me :P

Love you guys tho haha

Man this sucks,

You mean you get all the way to Q3D and do not ring the bell and ask for Hank  :P

It would be kinda like ringing the bell at the Vatican and saying... ;)

"Is the Pope in...?" ???

ROFL! ;D

well i was there on a saturday Hank, i'm thinking they gave you the day off cause i was the only car in the lot , i did try the door anyways, man i'd love to walk around that place even for 5 minutes, almost got lock jaw looking thru window hehe

Hank what seemed odd to me is that you guys dont have a bigger sign than you do, only reason i looked big is sign was small lol

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http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3296/dsc01873ug9.th.jpg http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2651/dsc01874et4.th.jpg

wrote on 01.10.07 at 23:47:08:

i was the only car in the lot

noone there but a open garage with Hardware  :o :o :o
a free gift for all visitors? http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8598/uglyey9.gif

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you guys dont have a bigger sign than you do

...Engrish... ???

wrote on 02.10.07 at 10:46:15:

...Engrish... ???

Nah, he was just remarking on how small the sign was, surprised is was not larger.

wrote on 02.10.07 at 10:06:32:

noone there but a open garage with Hardware  :o :o :o a free gift for all vistors?

Picture taken through a window I suspect.

Lol ty Gary,

yes i thought the sign was a wee bit small, Q3d is huge to me so i was expecting a big sign. ;D

All phot's were thru windows, thought my girlfriend did a decent job considering the glare from sun, as a matter of fact she made me be her glare blocker ;)

Hmm, i was at Q3D on a Saturday too, missed my Chance to meet Hank. ;)

Well, but i think the 3dfx building in Fortran Drive should still stand? At least it did so last year, when i was there. I dug up the pics, but please be patient, they will not load very fast.

This was 2006 at 4435 Fortran Drive, not all too far from Quantum3D (easily reached by car).

Here we go:

The building from a distance:
http://www.xin.at/thrawn/pics/3dfx/sanjose/sanjose_0000_05.jpg

3dfx' old parking lot:
http://www.xin.at/thrawn/pics/3dfx/sanjose/sanjose_0000_07.jpg

The sign and our rented cadillac in which we drove through California, Arizona and Nevada:
http://www.xin.at/thrawn/pics/3dfx/sanjose/sanjose_0000_04.jpg

Me standing by the sign:
http://www.xin.at/thrawn/pics/3dfx/sanjose/sanjose_0000_03.jpg

The sign at close range:
http://www.xin.at/thrawn/pics/3dfx/sanjose/sanjose_0000_08.jpg

The building at close range (it was locked, so we couldn't get in):
http://www.xin.at/thrawn/pics/3dfx/sanjose/sanjose_0000_06.jpg

well, the building still looks the same, there's a church sign now, i just asked my girlfriend where the church sign was cause i couldnt remember if it was there or on the building and she says that was where the church sign was as she remembers it, gosh it would be real nice if i was wrong . . . . . . . Hank . .HELP . .

to make matters worse some ppl that worked one building down had never heard of 3dfx, plus we went in and back out that driveway, i sure hope im not that blind ???