Well,目前的北美时间是2月19日,对于国内来说,大家还没从春节的假期中完全恢复过来,世界各大IT网站仍然被铺天盖地的nVIDIA GeForce4系列产品的宣传攻势所占领。但很不幸至少这一天对我来说是很伤感的,的服务器在大约2个小时后将完全停止运作,这是唯一仅存的有关3dfx的官方资讯,很可惜几个小时后我们也将再看不到它了,虽然近一年来它并没有任何实质性的运作或者更新。我们建议作为3dfx Voodoo系列的忠实Fans,最后造访一次这个网页权当最后一次表达对于3dfx的敬意,即使它曾在商业决策与技术开发上犯下了一些错误,我个人已经将它保存至我的文件夹中。 所有有关于3dfx的辉煌故事与它传奇般建造出VOODOO系列的神话,以后或许都将被人们渐渐淡忘,实际上目前已经有很多的新PC用户在谈及它们的显卡设备时,都只会对比它们的显卡是属于GeForce的第几代,或者ATi与nVIDIA的产品哪个速度会更快一些。作为3D娱乐图形卡的元老3dfx对于他们来说已经不再是熟悉的可以挂在嘴边的名词,这就像现在NBA的小球迷们通常只记得艾弗森或科比布莱恩特,而未必知道乔丹是谁。无论如何对于资深的PC用户或玩者来说3dfx代表的始终是一种特有的伟大。 我们在网络上找到了一篇有关评述3dfx与Diamond多媒体[我希望还有人记得它]的怀念文章,其中还附带上了一篇诗文,感兴趣的朋友可以看一下: Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing? Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago? Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls have picked them everyone. Oh, when will they ever learn? Oh, when will they ever learn?
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