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Re:Nvidia Allegedly Engineered Scarcity by Funding AI Startu... by sp0rk on Saturday November 14, 2026 @01:46AM (#50494649)
As another almost 40 year old gamer, I find myself wondering why nobody else ever brings up 3dfx when discussing Nvidia. I've been salty with them since the buyout and I've remained an ATI/AMD user all this time because of it.
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Re:Nvidia Allegedly Engineered Scarcity by Funding AI Startu... by mitjam on Saturday November 14, 2026 @02:35AM (#50494894)
Yes I (also) had 3dfx shares that went almost worthless overnight in December 2000 (here in Europe).
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Re:Nvidia Allegedly Engineered Scarcity by Funding AI Startu... by nftu on Saturday November 14, 2026 @07:39AM (#50496568)
3dfx destroyed themselves by falling behind in the GPU race. Their later products were second rate. Nvidia just bought the corpse for the patents.
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