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3DFX was basically the shit in mid late 90s. First time seeing Quake in OpenGL was insane - before that all games were rendered in software.

>>Seanam+(OP)
Nope, the blitter engine on Amiga, tile engine on consoles like Nintendo and Sega, the early GPUs on arcades like TMS34010, glide on 3Dfx.

Quake used miniGL, not full OpenGL.

>>pjmlp+B3
I guess they're specifically referring to textured polygon-based 3D graphics.

There were a few earlier attempts that failed for one reason or another, mostly poor performance. I think there was a French accelerator card that I can't remember the name of right now.

>>pjmlp+B3
Quake had a Glide renderer. But those are examples on 2D acceleration. There were equivalents on PC too.

>>anthk+UR
There is enough 3D over here,

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMS34010

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Saturn

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_(console)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_64

All predate 3dfx Voodoo launch in October 7, 1996.

>>pjmlp+qA2
- PSX: Ahem, more than an GPU, simple integer based rasterizer.

- Saturn: It did quads.

- The N64 was an SGI machine made into a desktop. OK, not much earlier than the VooDoo.

>>anthk+8H2
Doesn't change the fact that ".... before that all games were rendered in software." isn't true.