Well, the Team still exists I've heard, and whatever they are doing is being continued.
All that went down the dumps is their public Interface (Website), together with most of their 'reputation'...
But that's another story, and I won't talk about that here
Fragments of the happenings around 3dfxU/3dHq can be found over at the x3dfx Forums, for those that care to read...
My best guess is, that they will (sometime, somewhere) re-emerge as usual. Only question being, when and where...
PS.
Radeon 9700 (or 9500) will be my first choice as well.
From all I've heard and seen from this 'Monster', it is a worthy successor for my Voodoo5 5500
Greetings
FalconFly