From the old days of the S3 Virge and the old 3dfx Voodoo, graphics cards have come along way. MaximumPC has a massive 9-page novel chronicling the rise and fall of video cards throughout the years.
It’s pretty amazing when you think about how far graphics technology has come. To help you do that, we’re going to take a look back at every major GPU release since the infancy of 3D graphics. Join us as we travel back in time and relive releases like 3dfx’s Voodoo3 and S3’s ViRGE lineup. This is one nostalgiac ride you don’t want to miss!
via From Voodoo to GeForce: The Awesome History of 3D Graphics | Maximum PC.
I have been waiting for this! Important development for appreciation of OpenCL system/application acceleration for another class of Mac Users. Opens up both OpenCL and CUDA to scientific programming under OS X without high entry cost of the Quadro products. The only reason I run Bootcamp/Windows is to access GTX card, so if this pans out I can stop wasting my time with it. Might even get some good game ports to the Mac now.