The "gaming" genre on a PC has recently become a completely established market beyond the boom.
There shouldn't be one or two genres that would not have been so large without a gaming boom, such as high -speed video cards (graphics boards), high -performance mice and mechanical keyboards.
However, on the other hand, it is a world where competition is fierce, and there are many brands that have disappeared while gaining enthusiastic support from users at one time.
Under such circumstances, on July 31, the news of the video chip (GPU) brand "3DFX" supported by PC gamers in history has become a hot topic!However, as far as I can see, it is necessary to pay attention to the current credibility, as it is unlikely to be very high.
(The title image is an idea of a 3DFX video chip card -equipped card for Bhaall_spawn for the LEGO official idea posting site "LEGO IDEAS" before this topic.)
Reference article: Ichiki Kikitan LEGO Group GPU Seishin 吧!(March 2020)
あなたのプライバシー設定では、このコンテンツをご利用できません。こちらで設定を変更してくださいThe epicenter of this news is the above -mentioned tweet with an account that claims to be 3DFX Interactive (3DFX company name).
"3DFX is back for the first time in 20 years. Be prepared for a big announcement next Thursday (August 5)."The company was acquired by NVIDIA in 2000, but 20 years old is based on this area.
It is a fairly straight ball for the text, and it is a "likely" touch that is the main target of gaming PC users.
On the other hand, the more you look at the background of this account, the more you will be questioning in terms of credibility.
First of all, this is an attached image, which is a secondary creative work.Originally, it is a pattern of the image by Vermaden, posted in 2009 (!!) on the major site "Devisionart".In addition, the tweets and reply of this account are only one of them when writing the manuscript, and of course there is no Twitter authentication badge (so -called official mark).
Furthermore, there is a statement about technical support for some reason in the profile.From this point, the hints used by Kora craftsmen and others have a feeling of hints that can be seen as jokes.
Furthermore, if you look at the account acquisition and name change history on the Twitter ID checker "IDTWI", the account acquisition and tweet are the same day.Of course, I can't affirm, but in general, when companies open an official Twitter account, there are many days to prepare for a few days to a few months.
At the same time, considering the strategy that "NVIDIA will come back as one brand", which is likely to be actually a 3DFX resurrection pattern, it is a recent time that the company is burning his hand due to lack of GPU., It's a bit difficult to think (in fact, there is no pattern of only software, but that should not be expected for the 3DFX brand).
At the beginning, I introduced that the author's "credibility is not very high" is because it is noticeable that it is not a corporate management.It seems better to judge this area carefully.
By the way, readers who say, "Why is the 3DFX brand a hot topic!?"
3DFX Interactive is a US video chip manufacturer.As mentioned above, it was acquired by NVIDIA in 2000, but in the early days when 3D games could be enjoyed on a PC, it was a manufacturer that was "hegemony with the support of users".
The company's first product is "Voodoo Graphics" (Budoo Graphics) dedicated to 3D drawing in 1995.
At that time, even with a luxury video card, it was a sense of market price in the 20,000 yen to 30,000 yen, but VOODOO -equipped cards are very bullish in the 30,000 yen range even though it is a 3D dedicated card (separate 2D display card is required).price.
Furthermore, for the operation, the software side was necessary (it was necessary to use the dedicated drawing API "GLIDE"), and the hurdle was very high, but the speed was different from the rival product at the time.Great popularity because of that.
In 1998, "VOODOO 2" appeared as a successor model.The market price was also expensive at about 40,000 yen, and the 2D display card was also required separately, and the threshold was high.However, if you open the lid, the speed is just the price that exceeds the first impact.
ソフトウェア面では初代Voodooとの互換であり、また初代の実績により、AAA級FPS『Quake II』や『Unreal』（ゲームエンジン『Unreal Engine』の命名元となったゲームです）、ハック&スラッシュの金字塔『Diablo II』など、当時のAAA級ゲームタイトル――しかも現在でもいろいろな形でシリーズの名前を聞く作品――が、こぞって対応しています。
From such a trend, VOODOO 2 has become a popular "Heavy Gamer Required Card", and if it is called Jargon, it can be called "hegemony 3D card".Furthermore, since it was possible to further enhance the speed by the two co -operations "SLI", the system equipped with this could be called the longing game PC for users at the time (the above quake play video is unofficial.However, you can feel the play atmosphere at the time. Other cards were the level of 15fps and 20fps, but it was possible to play with almost stable 60fps).
However, after this, 3DFX loses the support of video card manufacturers due to business strategic mistakes, and rival companies have fallen from a strong state because they have prepared powerful products.As mentioned above, it was acquired by NVIDIA.
In this way, the "3DFX brand revival" seems to be somewhat bad at the time of writing, but the method of reviving the brand that once held the hegemony of the market should be noticeable.
Looking at the game software in the world of gaming, the reprint of classical works has now become completely established as a means of gaining more popularity and sales.
Even in the world of PC parts, it should be no wonder that there are a few more promotion means to attract attention in such a way (on the other hand, but there are not many powerful brands like this 3DFX).
From such a viewpoint, this trend is something that I personally want to pay attention to (although I sometimes be a 3DFX fan).Even if it ends up in a midsummer night's dream, I think that the means of reprinting the popular brand itself will be a nice movement if other brands continue.
Source: 3DFX Interactive tweet
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