Simon Brown on Twitter: "Graphics cards had awesome names back in 1997, the "Apocalypse 5D" was the first card I ever bought (3D+2D combo!) http://t.co/bGD8CLPgM0" / Twitter

Simon Brown

@sjb3d

Graphics cards had awesome names back in 1997, the "Apocalypse 5D" was the first card I ever bought (3D+2D combo!)

3:02 PM · Feb 11, 2014Twitter Web Client

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I had a boring "Matrox G1" back then.

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I still have (or had, up until about a year ago) a mint boxed Apocalypse3Dx. (Still waiting for it to be returned. :-| )

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Nice! I still keep mine first 3D accelerator (Monster 3D II) under the bed :) Voodoo legacy will live forever!

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The Bitchin Fast 3D was supposed to be a joke but all GPUs kinda look like it now vgamuseum.ru/wp-content/gal

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Savage S3 Hercules Terminator Beast (affectionately known as slow piece of fucking shit)

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S3 = Slightly Slower than Software

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But it says it's 2D/3D card - doesn't that make it 0.66666667D?

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D is cancelled out!

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Silicon Graphics marketingese was claiming "4D" in 1988...

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Voodoo from Quantum 3D, programmed with Glide. R7 290X and GTX780TI takes this !

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