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They also had the most recognizable unified box art style from all HW makers[1]. When you saw those eyes staring into your soul off the shelves, you knew it was

They also had the most recognizable unified box art style from all HW makers[1]. When you saw those eyes staring into your soul off the shelves, you knew it was a 3dfx GPU. They also had the best ads. [2] HW vendors today don't have the balls anymore to use designs like that, it's all flat sterile corporate nonsense. [1] https://www.ixbt.com/img/r30/00/02/08/90/boxes.jpg https://www.ixbt.com/img/r30/00/02/08/90/boxes.jpg [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/41r1wj/3dfx_was_all_kinds_of_savage/#lightbox https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/41r1wj/3dfx_w...

drooopy 2y ago
Unless I'm mistaken, those cards were all produced by 3dfx after their acquisition of STB. Regardless, that box art blew my 14 year old mind back in the day.
hylaride 2y ago
That's something I haven't seen in awhile! I remember as a kid staring at those in the store, not being able to afford them.
- Helmut10001 2y ago
  I sold my used 3DFX Voodoo 5500 with original box in 2015 for about 290EUR. It is probably in a collector's shelf now.
  - FirmwareBurner 2y ago
    >I sold my used 3DFX Voodoo 5500 with original box in 2015 for about 290EUR. Bruh. That's like selling your bitcoins in 2009 for two pizzas.
    - hypercube33 2y ago
      I wiped my drive a few times before realizing dropbox didn't back my wallet up. I shrugged it off losing 30 bitcoins worth maybe at best 3 cents each at the time. Hindsight is 20/20 I suppose.
  - khedoros1 2y ago
    I think mine went into a computer that we donated to a school, or something. Around 2002 or 2003, my dad and I put together a bunch of working systems out of spare parts and donated them. Mine was the PCI version of the card. Crazy looking on Ebay how much even the bare card goes for now, let alone when someone has the full boxed set.
userbinator 2y ago
HW vendors today don't have the balls anymore to use designs like that, it's all flat sterile corporate nonsense. Not all of them... https://www.techpowerup.com/333599/yeston-launches-radeon-rx-9070-series-sakura-sakura-atlantis-models https://www.techpowerup.com/333599/yeston-launches-radeon-rx... https://minixpc.com/products/maxsun-graphics-cards-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-icraft-oc-8g-gddr6x-gpu-8nm-nvidia-computer-pc https://minixpc.com/products/maxsun-graphics-cards-geforce-r...
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago
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drooopy 2y ago

Unless I'm mistaken, those cards were all produced by 3dfx after their acquisition of STB. Regardless, that box art blew my 14 year old mind back in the day.

hylaride 2y ago

That's something I haven't seen in awhile! I remember as a kid staring at those in the store, not being able to afford them.

Helmut10001 2y ago
I sold my used 3DFX Voodoo 5500 with original box in 2015 for about 290EUR. It is probably in a collector's shelf now.
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago
  >I sold my used 3DFX Voodoo 5500 with original box in 2015 for about 290EUR. Bruh. That's like selling your bitcoins in 2009 for two pizzas.
  - hypercube33 2y ago
    I wiped my drive a few times before realizing dropbox didn't back my wallet up. I shrugged it off losing 30 bitcoins worth maybe at best 3 cents each at the time. Hindsight is 20/20 I suppose.
- khedoros1 2y ago
  I think mine went into a computer that we donated to a school, or something. Around 2002 or 2003, my dad and I put together a bunch of working systems out of spare parts and donated them. Mine was the PCI version of the card. Crazy looking on Ebay how much even the bare card goes for now, let alone when someone has the full boxed set.

userbinator 2y ago

HW vendors today don't have the balls anymore to use designs like that, it's all flat sterile corporate nonsense. Not all of them... https://www.techpowerup.com/333599/yeston-launches-radeon-rx-9070-series-sakura-sakura-atlantis-models https://www.techpowerup.com/333599/yeston-launches-radeon-rx... https://minixpc.com/products/maxsun-graphics-cards-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-icraft-oc-8g-gddr6x-gpu-8nm-nvidia-computer-pc https://minixpc.com/products/maxsun-graphics-cards-geforce-r...

FirmwareBurner 2y ago
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