3DFX is back???

LoL, just some oddities.

• Jansen Products
  • Jansen instead of Jensen?
• 3dfx Voodoo 6 PCI
  • Not PCIE?
  • Is this the PCI version instead of the AGP version?
• Product line to include appliances?

I've got a trusty bag of salt sitting here next to me.

Regards,
SB

 

Maybe the design of that crazy (in a positive way) russian guy, who did a 128-MByte-version on PCI? There are, at least, more current boards with PCI slots still available than with AGP.

 

AFAIK the last time you could see PCI slots on a "modern" board was like 6-7 years ago in times of z87/z97

 

They are not standard, but even outside of specialized industry suppliers, there are more than a dozen boards with at least one ancient PCI-slot for LGA1200, LGA1151v2 or AM4.
Here are two examples:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B560M-D3H-rev-10#kf
https://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=984

 

It is also good for the retro market - I am happy with it.

 

Appliances refers to them making TVs. Which, yes, is still considered an appliance. lol.

I feel like this is being spearheaded by someone who isn't personally super knowledgeable about the technology himself, and PCI probably *means* PCI-E.

But hey, I'm optimistic. If nothing else, this is a good lark, and I'm loving seeing the name 3dfx and the old logo back in action. Regardless of how this pans out.

 

Based on the announcement thread this just looks like some typical Chinese device maker/rebrander who bought the 3dfx brand in an attempt to cash in on its cachet. They left "10%" in the "video card" bucket but I am 100% sure they are not going to become a competitor to NV, AMD or Intel. Mayyyybe they can become a board partner but I doubt that too.

"Bluetooth speaker" should really tell you everything you need to know.

This really seems to be a case of "bad faith" trademark resuscitation per EU rules as a prior poster noted.

 

Maybe Jansen Products is going to sell exactly this on a larger scale: https://www.modlabs.net/page/voodoo_5_6000_pci

 

Account suspended, what a surprise

 

Wait, "suspended"? They didn't removed the account voluntarily?
It should be obvious that this is the work of the more famous Jensen with his anti-consumer practices to eliminate competition.

 

It could have been volountarily removed as well, I'm just used to the fact that Twitter suspends accounts left and right.

 

But what about KEK 2022 presentation?..

 

I think some old fanboy dreams were crushed here, but at least those dreams died without the jaggies.

 

The description of the account had "(parody account)" added to it shortly before the suspension, and started making obvious, unprofessional / trolly replies to people.

They ruined the bit even before the suspension. I was sorely disappointed, not even by the fact that 3dfx wasn't actually returning, but by the fact that it wasn't even done well and went out so poorly.

 

I notice that 3dfx.com redirects to Nvidia GeForce page.
Someone at Nvidia at least remembers to renew the domain.