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3DFX was basically the shit in mid late 90s. First time seeing Quake in OpenGL was insane - before that all games were rendered in software.

• pjmlp 4y ago
  Nope, the blitter engine on Amiga, tile engine on consoles like Nintendo and Sega, the early GPUs on arcades like TMS34010, glide on 3Dfx. Quake used miniGL, not full OpenGL.
  • iforgotpassword 4y ago
    I guess they're specifically referring to textured polygon-based 3D graphics. There were a few earlier attempts that failed for one reason or another, mostly poor performance. I think there was a French accelerator card that I can't remember the name of right now.
  • anthk 4y ago
    Quake had a Glide renderer. But those are examples on 2D acceleration. There were equivalents on PC too.
    • pjmlp 4y ago
      There is enough 3D over here, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMS34010 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMS34010 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Saturn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Saturn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_(console) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_(console) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_64 All predate 3dfx Voodoo launch in October 7, 1996.
      • anthk 4y ago
        - PSX: Ahem, more than an GPU, simple integer based rasterizer. - Saturn: It did quads. - The N64 was an SGI machine made into a desktop. OK, not much earlier than the VooDoo.
        • pjmlp 4y ago
          Doesn't change the fact that ".... before that all games were rendered in software." isn't true.