Diamond Multimedia's Monster 3D Chosen by Falcon Northwest Computer Systems for MACH V 3D Gaming Line of PCs.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 1996--Diamond Multimedia, Falcon Northwest Falcon Northwest is a personal computer manufacturing company located in Medford, Oregon, USA which was founded in 1992 by its current President Kelt Reeves. The company began its existence focusing on high-end systems for CAD applications. , and 3Dfx Interactive today announced that Diamond's Monster 3D gaming accelerator with 3Dfx Interactive's Voodoo Graphics A family of 3D graphics accelerator chipsets originally from 3Dfx that are used in a variety of 3D display adapters from major manufacturers. The Voodoo Rush technology added 3D capabilities to 2D adapters. engine has been chosen for Falcon Northwest's new MACH V computer systems. The next-generation systems, geared toward hard-core PC gamers, will be available from Falcon Northwest this month. "Falcon Northwest only chooses top-of-the-line components for its game machines," said David Watkins David Watkins may refer to:
"When designing our next-generation MACH V, Monster 3D with Voodoo Graphics was the obvious choice in 3D accelerators, because it is simply the best technology available today. No other product matches the speed and photorealistic Having the image quality of a photograph. quality of the 3D effects," said Kelt Kelt: see Celt. Reeves of Falcon Northwest. Falcon Northwest has been building custom PCs with industry-leading components since 1992. The Monster 3D accelerator is an advanced, 3D-only pass-through subsystem that provides consistently high frame rates and high quality for the most demanding 3D games. The PCI-bus compatible accelerator works with existing 2D graphics accelerators, supports Windows95 and MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , and is one of the fastest Direct3D accelerators available. "MACH V systems will scream with intense 3D graphics that only Monster 3D with Voodoo Graphics delivers. The blazing performance of both products will propel any serious gamer into 3D nirvana," said Andy Keane, vice president of marketing for 3Dfx Interactive. Monster 3D, using 3Dfx Interactive's Voodoo Graphics technology, delivers interactive 3D applications with photorealistic quality at real-time frame rates with performance exceeding one million texture-mapped triangles per second. It incorporates critical 3D features, such as triangle setup, tri-linear filtering, Z-buffering, alpha-blending, level-of-detail MIP mapping and anti-aliasing, which are essential for visually realistic texture-mapped entertainment and authoring applications. Moreover, Voodoo Graphics technology simultaneously delivers these features with the triangle and fill-rate performance necessary to achieve 30-plus frames per second. In addition to its core 3D capabilities, Monster 3D supports unique special effects including texture compositing and morphing, per-pixel atmospheric effects and texture animation. The combination of features offered by the Monster 3D dramatically enhances photo-realism and aids developers in creating a truly radical gaming experience. For more information on the Monster 3D contact http://www.diamondmm.com. Information on 3Dfx Interactive's Voodoo Graphics can be reached at http://www.3dfx.com. Details on the MACH V system from Falcon Northwest can be found on http://www.falcon-nw.com. The Companies Diamond Multimedia Diamond Multimedia is driving the Internet multimedia market by providing interactivity and connectivity solutions for home, business and professional desktop computer users, enabling them to create, access and experience compelling new media content from their desktops and through the Internet. Products include the Stealth and Monster 3D series of media accelerators, the Fire GL series of professional 3D and CAD accelerators, and the Supra A relational DBMS from Cincom Systems, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (www.cincom.com) that runs on IBM mainframes and VAXs. It includes a query language and a program that automates the database design process. series of modems and NetCommander ISDN adapters. Diamond also markets sound cards and multimedia and Internet upgrade kits. Headquartered in San Jose, Diamond has sales, marketing and technical facilities in Vancouver (Wash.), Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Starnberg (Germany), Clichy (France) and Winnersh (U.K.). Diamond's products are sold through regional, national and international distributors as well as to major computer retailers, mass merchants and OEMs worldwide. Diamond's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol DIMD DIMD Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary . Falcon Northwest Falcon Northwest Computer Systems is based in Coos Bay, Oregon Coos Bay is a city located in Coos County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2000 census, Coos Bay had a total population of 15,374. The 2006 estimate is 16,005 residents.[1] . The MACH V series has been in production since 1992. Falcon also builds systems for game development, computer animation, architectural design, and many other graphic-intensive applications. Falcon Northwest has established themselves as the computer to beat for high-end gaming. The Falcon MACH V system has been awarded Editor's Award for the best computer hardware of 1995 by Computer Game Review. The past year has brought rave reviews of the Falcon system from the biggest computer entertainment magazines in the country, including PC Magazine (May '96), Computer Gaming World Computer Gaming World (CGW) was the first magazine devoted exclusively to computer games. CGW was founded in 1981 by Russell Sipe as a semi-monthly publication. (Dec. '95), Jan. 96, Feb. '96, July '96), Computer Game Review (Oct. '95, a perfect 100 rating), PC Gamer (Mar. '96), Computer Games Strategy Plus (Nov. '95). 3Dfx Interactive 3Dfx Interactive Inc., founded in 1994, is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in San Jose. 3Dfx Interactive brings together a team of leading professionals from the 3D graphics, video game, multimedia, PC, and semiconductor industries to provide advanced technology that enables new levels of interactive 3D electronic entertainment. Major consumer and coin-op/arcade OEMs have announced support for the chipset, including Acclaim Entertainment, Diamond Multimedia, Falcon Northwest Computer Systems, Hewlett-Packard Company, Interactive Light, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Technologies, Orchid Technologies, and Williams-Atari-Bally-Midway. -0- Note to Editors: The 3Dfx Interactive logo and Voodoo Graphics are trademarks of 3Dfx Interactive Inc. Monster 3D, NetCommander and Supra are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc. All other trademarks referenced are the service mark, trademark or registered trademark of their respective manufacturers. CONTACT: Diamond Multimedia, San Jose Kim Stowe, 408/325-7204 kims@diamondmm.com http://www.diamondmm.com or 3Dfx Interactive Wendy Allen, 415/934-2400 wallen@3dfx.com www.3dfx.com or Falcon Northwest, Coos Bay Brent Caldwell, 541/269-0775 bcaldwell@falcon-nw.com www.falcon-nw.com |
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