3dfx continued through a glorious period. Its 1997 Voodoo Rush 2D/3D graphics chipset was admittedly a dud, suffering from a lack of memory bandwidth and sync issues with the onboard 2D graphics chip.

By supplying both central and graphics processors, AMD aims to set itself apart from Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), which focuses largely on CPUs, and Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), known for GPUs. Market observers say ...

However, graphics cards can be important for creative professionals and designers too, with processing capabilities for video editing and decoding, 3D rendering, and graphic design-based apps.

Since this was a 3D graphics accelerator, those who bought it still had to buy a separate 2D card. Without the 2D card, the 3dfx Voodoo wouldn’t be able to show any video at all, so this was ...

The tech giant NVIDIA has just hit a massive milestone, reaching a market cap of over $4 trillion, making history. But how did they achieve such an overwhelming value?