Nvidia on Friday announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the graphics assets of 3dfx for $70 million and 1 million shares of common stock, in a deal worth approximately $112 million.
"We're buying their graphics assets. So [that includes] patents, IP [intellectual property], pending IP patents, trademarks, brand names, chip inventory. We are not in a retail business and we are not doing boards, so we are just taking the chip-level stuff," said Nvidia spokesperson Derek Perez.
According to statements from both companies, they have agreed to drop their ongoing legal actions against each other, which includes a patent infringement levied against Nvidia by 3dfx. The acquisition is expected to be complete in the first quarter of Nvidia's 2002 fiscal year.
Nvidia has also agreed to loan to 3dfx $15 million for working capital once the agreement is signed.
3dfx spokesperson Bubba Wolford told Gamecenter that all 3dfx employees have been laid off, including himself. Perez said that this is an opportunity for Nvidia to hire some former 3dfx talent.


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Nvidia buys 3dfx !!!
I have a Voodoo2 Card 12Mb and is better then TNT2-M64.I love Glide3dfx is the BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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3DFX Kicks ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GLide rules!!!!!!Down with Nvdia!!!!!!
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Glide had a nice period of ruling, but now it is OVER! Glide is down. No highquality games are using glide, because glide is low quality!!! perhaps a little bit faster, but its shit!
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3DFX rules!!!!!!!!!!!Nvidia sukz!!!
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f**k nVidia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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they both have really good products, however, don't forget who came first. it was 3dfx who really got the ball rolling when it came to real 3d fun. they were mismanaged obviously and didn't have a vision of what to do next. only the strong survive in this world. they will be missed!
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I hope this doesn't mean that nVidia is going to rule the industry and price graphic cards at 1,000 dollars a unit !
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3DFX if for Simpletons who dont know the real value of a good NVidia card. Can you overclock your 3DFX card so you wont have to buy one in the next 3 weeks, without that big ass card catching fire????? No, Nvidia has had the upper hand ever since they came out with the GeForce, and 3DFX tried to compete but couldnt succeed??? (VooDoo 5)??? Im happy that NVidia bought out 3DFX, then we wont have anymore sucky ass video cards
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Heywhat it this NVidia can´t just buy 3Dfx like that! What will happen whit 3Dfx´s 128mb card now?It is the same shit anyway
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espero que nVIDIA incluya un soporte para todas las tarjetas de 3dfx con drivers... y que las tarjetas de nVIDIA tengan soporte para 3dfx de ahora en adelante... la compra me parece bien, pero solo si nVIDIA cumple sus obligaciones respecto a este tema.
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Become one of the best! Of course NVIDIA was going to f**k the 3dfx sooner or later! 3dfx was good only when there war no other video cards!Well, lets pray for AMD buys INTEL next! heheheSo we will not have these shit overcloked processors anymore!In the case that I hurted someone´s feelings, f**k YOU! And for ya americans, learn how to vote first!
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can you say monopoly?
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The 128 MB card by VooDoo was cancelled like 2 months ago!!1
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We all knew 3dFx was going to die...I have been saying it and they did notbeleive me. :)
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Crap, Oh well the best that NVidia could do is to mkae good use of the 3dfx chipsets.My big question is, what's gonna happen to those of us who still have 3dfx cards?Are we going to be thrown out with yesterday's rubbish?NVidia sucks and even though 3dfx is as good as dead, it will always rule!
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You people whoa dvocate Voodo can all go to hella nd suck a hog. Voodoo cards blow--chop chop chop. My friend upgraded from a Voodoo 3 to a voodoo 5 after three years and my Nvidia GeForce 256 agp still looks better and runs smoother than anything does on his computer. Voodoos blow, thank god a decent company kicked their ass off the freakign store shelves. GLIDE TECHNOLOGY SUCKS, DIRECT 3D ROCKS, AND NVIDIA IS THE BALLS!!
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The 3Dfx never died. I wil support it till I died.
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Nvidia earn about 110 million till this end of year 2000 so that they got too much money to overtake the 3Dfx.
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Microsoft support Nvidia through DX8.0 use D3D API. So, the Nvidia performance is better. If DX8 contribute Glide technology in DX8, I think Nvidia will blow up??
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your all f**kin panzies stop complaning about stupid cards and get on with your shity little lives
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Does this mean that NVIDIA's card are gonna wor on 3dfx's chipsets from now on ? Well we should have expected that they can't make a chipset of their own!
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Finally NVIDIA's cards will work on glide, like they should 5 years a go.
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3dfx LIVES FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Nvidia buys 3dfx !!!
GLIDE !!!!!!!GLIDE !!!!!!!GLIDE !!!!!!!GLIDE !!!!!!!GLIDE !!!!!!!GLIDE !!!!!!!
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It´s looks like nvidia is going to make real cards.
Nvidia buys 3dfx !!!
Listen to all you Quake Poosay's. Hehehe nVidia is going to have a say finally on what is going to happen in the gaming universe. We will see what new games are going to come out now that the Big 3dfx is gone gone gone...
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Personally I hate Nvida cards... yes they are a good card... but 3dFx always did a better job... The glide technology made games awesome... even quake 3 on a voodoo 5 played as far as im concerned far better then the riva card... Combining the 3DFX cards and a Atholon Processor Yielded amazing results.... even on a 300mhz computer..
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3dfx suck d**k, i owned a voodo 1,2,3 and was going to get a 4 untill a friend got one paid $200 more than a geforce2 mx and gets 2000 less in 3d mark 2k on the same system, so f**k 3dfx.
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Yaknow what I like about 3dfxThe fact that they were willing to cop out for cash, to the bigger badder better opponent.(Oh wait, fighting to the death would be the bold courageous thing to do. 3dfx ain't been worth squat since Voodoo2... Good to see 'em go)
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All that Nvida stuff might be better, but ya know what... I can play UT and Q3 at 1024x768 and get 80 fps on my old 3dfx Vodoo III and thats good enough for me!And best of all, I didn't blow $300 on it!GO 3dfx, maby you can teach those Nvida guys a thing or two about how to make cards!
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AHH well i always love 3DFX i have a Voodoo 3 3500 AGP and i know it will last m another 2 years shootin and smashin in my games! if i get over 70 FPS and pay less then 150 for it im twice as happy F*** nVidia (just to damn expensive) they will never have as many sales 3Dfx will and eventualy nVidia will crumble apart ATI will be the next leader!
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HAHAH you stupid F**** are all ass lickers theres always companies buying out other companies and eventually nVidia will DIE IN HELL and be bought out! and who do you think will do it1st ATI!!!2nd IM A PROUD OWNER OF AN ATI RADEON 64 MEG with DDR RAM Technology!3rd IT KICKS @$$4th its better then the GeForce2 GTS! its be proven in my 3DMark2000
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WHY ARE U COPYING MY NAME ASSWHOLE!
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ha ha ich habe bei 3dmark2000 6700 punkte mit der geforce 2 gts deluxe von aopen !!!!!!!! last das euch mal durch den kopf gehen !!
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Nvidia buys 3dfx !!!
Ahhh, brutal corperate takeovers. Now lets see what type of hybrids NVidia develops. Now hopefully we'll get a card that supports both Direct 3d and 3dfx. 3dfx may be the creator of the field, but NVidia beat it at it's own game.
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Nvidia and 3dfx will rule forever.Now who is gonna beat us?Ati dont give a f**k for is users
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i740 is the best!!!!!it kick ass in ur computer....hahahaintel intel intel intel intel
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f**k Intel and 3DFX use a good 3d card like Geforce2 MX.
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with Microsoft DirectX and NVIDIA working together LINUX for games is no option anymore.
Nvidia buys 3dfx !!!
I love 3dfx. My friend has a geForce and a voodoo 5, He says the voodoo 5 eats the geforce. But now we have know choice but to buy that nvida junk that is over priced and will be obsolite in like 6 months, because nvida is always getting cheap labor to make a new card in that period. THIS DEAL SUCKS.
Nvidia buys 3dfx !!!
I think, that now nVidia is able to rule the prize of the whole grafik-kard market. Intels i740, ATIs Radeon and S3s new one have no chance ageinst the new G-force 2 Kard
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R.I.P 3DFX
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i think it primarily a good thing, but not for low end users. the potential for both chipsets, if somehow made compatible, is astounding. imagine a graphics card with both a voodoo5 and a geforce ultra2 chip on it working together. the downsides are that prices may go up because of the lack of comparable video cards, and nvidia may decide not to support glide anymore, which was a really awesome api.
Nvidia buys 3dfx !!!
3DFX will be back and teach NVIDIA how to create a real incredible damn good kick-ass card not a cheap incredible damn f**king f**k-ass card3DFX WILL BEAT NVIDIA f**kING CARD!!!3DFX WILL WHOOP NVIDIA f**kING ASS!!!3DFX WILL CRUSH NVIDIA f**kING d**k!!!3DFX FOREVER!!!PISS OFF YOU ALL NVIDIASS YOU JUST A PIECE OF MOTHAf**kKKAAASSS!!!
Nvidia buys 3dfx !!!
Well I must say im deeply shocked...what was 3dfx thinking??? I personally have 2x v2 SLI and i sware by them...i know it isnt a V5...but my p166 can run UT and Q3 with the greatest of ease...ive NEVER noticed any lag due to graphics...Nvidia are shite, 3dfx are the kings...so why let themselves be bought out...i personally think this is now becoming a monopoly...most people buy either 3dfx or Nvidia...now there is no difference...cos theyre the same...
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3DFX didnt have a choice. Either they go out of business, or they become part of the most expensive and best graphics card company of all time. You are all stupid shit and dont know anything. Do research you f**king ameratures.
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wow greatIm gonna buy a Ge-doo 75000 LoL
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they better not use Glide because all of you know it sucks and it is now over finally
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3DFX is lucky as hell because if Nvidia didnt buy them, they would have gone out of business.....stupid d**ks.Nvidia should have let them go and watch them burn in hell
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