Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Viper V770 graphics card from Diamond Multimedia tells the story of how the demise of 3dfx Voodoo happened. Featuring the Nvidia RIVA TNT2 graphics chip, it could display more colors and higher textures than for example the Voodoo 3. Because 3dfx bought STB and produced their own graphics cards, former board partners, like Diamond Multimedia, were left in the cold and flocked to Nvidia for revenge.

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