The unpublished gpu 3dfx rampage running max payne and unreal

3dfx was a legendary graphics card brand from the mid-90s and early 2000s that pioneered the graphics performance of the time. Before closing, 3dfx had in mind to launch a graphics card to outperform its competitor, the GPU Rampage.

Rampage was 3dfx's latest effort to develop a graphics card to compete and outperform the GeForce 3

Martín Gamero Prieto shared some images of the canceled 3dfx graphics card, the Rampage, in unpublished images never seen before executing some important games from the beginning of the 21st century, such as Max Payne, Unreal Tournament and the 3DMark 2001 application.

Rampage was 3dfx's latest effort to develop a graphics card to compete and outperform GeForce 3. Unfortunately 3dfx filed for bankruptcy a year later (2002) and Rampage never went on the market, in what could have been a titanic battle with GeForce series 3.

Some Rampage GPUs with a soldered chip called A0, and others without solder called the Test Socket, have become highly sought- after collectibles, in many cases reaching $ 11, 000 on the market.

A certain Oscar Barea is the owner of two Rampage cards (a third was exchanged for other prototypes) and both used a dongle (adapter) due to a design error, but they are fully functional. Both were issued directly by 3dfx labs and were saved from destruction during the company's final days. What stands out from these tests is the possibility of completing the 3dMark 2001 test thanks to a very specific 'special' driver.

Rampage can today be considered a relic for collectors and a piece of history for those who once had a 3dfx graphics card, which could have been and was not.

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