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Re:The computers used to do 3D animation for Final Fantasy V... by porbelm on Friday April 08, 2022 @05:40AM (#30955089)
3DFX did not dethrone any CGI giants though. The PC did, but at the time it was by getting an Evans & Sutherland or similarly novel 3D accelerator for like $3000 and a copy of Maya or 3DS Max for like $1500

Which had enough power to dethrone the Indy or O2 at a fraction of the price :)

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