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You know what else didnt support additive blending? S3 ViRGE decelerator, Matrox Mystique mistake, nor NEC PowerVR PCX 1/2, afaik not even Permedia 1/2. Anothe
by rasz 5mo ago
You know what else didnt support additive blending? S3 ViRGE decelerator, Matrox Mystique mistake, nor NEC PowerVR PCX 1/2, afaik not even Permedia 1/2.
Another pain point was multiplicative blending missing in even more early 3d accelerators.
Then came 3dfx Voodoo doing all the blending modes for free.
- Narishma 5mo ago> Then came 3dfx Voodoo doing all the blending modes for free. I'm pretty sure the voodoo came out before all the others you mentioned.
- rasz 5mo agoWasnt December 1995 Comdex premiere still a closed door dont look behind the curtain $80K SGI box showcasing what the chip will do? with actual boards shipping a year later starting October 1996. Flood began after 1997 ram price collapse dropping initial Voodoo1 $299 price down to $199. Virge announced same 1995 Comdex, shipping announced at May 1996 E3 $199 2MB cards https://web.archive.org/web/19961220000918/http://www.diamondmm.com:80/whats-new/press-releases/files/stlth3d-ships.html https://web.archive.org/web/19961220000918/http://www.diamon... Mistake shipped May-August 1996. Both failures were being benchmarked in the press in August 1996 https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video/c/68xBvwPsQ6U https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video/c...